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Japan Cabinet Hammers Out Strategy to Boost Vaccine Development
Japan’s Cabinet on June 1 adopted a long-term strategy for the strengthening of vaccine development and manufacturing, which calls for an array of continuous initiatives including strategic R&D funding through a new organization, tentatively dubbed SCARDA. “Developing and manufacturing vaccines…
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