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Japan Panel OKs 2-Dose Regimen for Silgard 9 for Girls below Age 15
A Japanese health ministry panel on March 7 approved a plan to allow a two-dose regimen for MSD’s nine-valent HPV vaccine Silgard 9 when given to girls below the age of 15. The vaccine will be incorporated into the national…
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