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Pharma Power Japan Barely In COVID Vaccines Race. Why?

Long-Standing Lag In New Spotlight

 
• By Ian Haydock

Despite having multiple world-class pharma companies and innovative research, Japan is notably absent as a source of candidate vaccines for the coronavirus. The pandemic is again throwing into sharp relief past and present challenges around the country's vaccines sector.

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Japan Lags As COVID Vaccines Move To Market • Source: Shutterstock

Japan has one of the largest single-country pharma markets in the world, a handful of major R&D-based companies with multiple innovative drugs sold around the globe, and a record of innovation that stretches back decades and includes multiple blockbusters.

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