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Mitsubishi Tanabe to Focus on US Approval for VLP Seasonal Flu Vaccine; Aims at 100 Billion Yen Sales for Vaccine Business by FY2030

October 24, 2017
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma plans to allocate resources on a priority basis to a seasonal influenza vaccine currently in a PIII clinical study in the US and Canada, and will do its utmost to obtain early approval in the US. The…

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