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Shionogi Kicks Off Japan PI/PII Study of COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate
Shionogi said on December 16 that it has launched a Japanese PI/II clinical study of its prophylactic vaccine candidate for COVID-19, with the first patient dosed on the same day. The vaccine is a recombinant protein vaccine that utilizes its…
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