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Takeda Suspends Shipments of MR Vaccine as Quality Issue Drags On
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on November 29 that it is temporarily suspending shipments for its measles-rubella (MR) vaccine as it needs more time to identify the cause of quality issues detected for the shot and evaluate countermeasures. In January this year,…
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