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Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Filed for Children 5 to 11 in Japan
Pfizer and BioNTech said on November 10 that they have filed an application asking Japanese regulatory authorities to approve the label expansion of their COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty for use in children aged five through 11. In Japan, Comirnaty was approved…
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