Japanese drugmakers race to release COVID vaccines

KM Biologics and Daiichi Sankyo follow Shionogi in inoculation drive

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Japanese vaccine makers are rushing to conduct Phase 2/3 trials of vaccines, aiming to put them in the market next year. (Nikkei photo)

MITSURU OBE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

TOKYO -- Japanese vaccine makers are racing to release COVID vaccines next year as they anticipate new virus variants and further outbreaks.

KM Biologics, a Meiji Holdings subsidiary, said on Wednesday that it is aiming for the release of its inactivated vaccine for use as booster shots next year. The Kumamoto-based company began a Phase 2/3 trial last week.

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