Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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Japan Selects JN.1 Substrains for COVID Vaccines in 2025-2026 Season
A Japanese health ministry panel on May 28 agreed to adopt “descendent lineages of the JN.1 strain” for the antigen composition of the COVID-19 vaccine to be used in the national immunization program in the 2025/2026 season. The decision was…
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