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Pfizer Seeks Japan Nod for BA.4/5-Adapted COVID-19 Vaccine
Pfizer filed its bivalent COVID-19 vaccine tailored to the BA.4/BA.5 Omicron subvariants in Japan on September 13, a day after the company earned approval for its BA.1-based jab in the country. The new bivalent mRNA vaccine is based on the…
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