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Vaccine Safety Panels to Evaluate Suspected Anaphylaxis Cases Based on Pfizer’s Reports
Suspected cases of anaphylaxis observed in people who received Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty will be assessed based not only on reports from medical institutions but also on those from the manufacturer, panels of experts agreed on April 9. The plan…
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