A total of 43 innovative new medicines are anticipated to be approved or listed in Japan this year, according to a survey by Jiho. At the center of attention are some highly innovative, but probably ultra-expensive, gene therapies, as well…
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Japan Secures 18 Million Extra Doses of Moderna Vaccines
Japan’s health ministry said on December 24 that it will receive 18 million additional doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. These will be purchased in the first quarter of 2022, it said. The Moderna vaccine, Spikevax, recently received approval in Japan…
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