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Decision on Pfizer Vaccine Unlikely to Come before Japan Data Submission Slated by February
Japan will grant exceptional approval to Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine “if safety and efficacy are confirmed,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said on December 18 following its regulatory filing on the day. The submission was based on global PIII data, but…
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