Takeda Pharmaceutical said on August 27 that it has obtained Japanese regulatory approval for an updated version of the COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid, licensed from Novavax, targeting the LP.8.1 Omicron subvariant of SARS-CoV-2.The company plans to roll out the updated vaccine…
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