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Japan Eyes June Submission of Immunization Act Bill to Cover Antibody Drugs
Japan’s health ministry is coordinating with ruling parties on submitting a bill to revise the Immunization Act as early as June, aiming to allow antibody therapies such as Sanofi’s RSV preventive Beyfortus (nirsevimab) to be used in the national immunization…
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