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Pfizer, BioNTech Begin Japan PI/II Study for COVID-19 Vaccine
Pfizer said through its Japan arm on October 20 that the company and its German partner BioNTech have kicked off a PI/II study for their mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate BNT162b2 in the country. The placebo-controlled, randomized, and observer-blind study is…
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