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Pfizer Seeks Japan Nod for BA.4/5-Tailored Vaccine for Ages 5-11
Pfizer and BioNTech on October 13 filed their COVID-19 vaccine adapted to the BA.4/5 strains of the Omicron variant for use in children aged five through 11 in Japan.The bivalent vaccine contains mRNA encoding the spike-protein of both original and…
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