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Japan Panel OKs NIP Use of Maternal RSV Vaccine from FY2026
Japan’s immunization policy panel has agreed to add a maternal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine — Pfizer’s Abrysvo — to the national immunization program (NIP), paving the way for routine use starting next fiscal year. The Health Sciences Council’s subcommittee…
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