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Shionogi Delays Filing Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine to “By End of 2022”

October 13, 2022
Shionogi has changed its expected filing date in Japan for its COVID-19 vaccine S-268019 to “by the end of 2022” from the original target of April-September this year. The company will file the jab for both primary and booster inoculations.The…

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