Daiichi Sankyo's COVID-19 booster vaccine approved in Japan

29 November 2023

Tokyo-based Daiichi Sankyo (TYO: 4568) has announced that its booster vaccine Daichirona for intramuscular injection (DS-5670) has been approved as an Omicron XBB.1.5-adapted monovalent mRNA vaccine against COVID-19.

This follows the initial approval of the vaccine in August of this year, with Daiichi then updating to provide protection against the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant.

The company had submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) for manufacturing and marketing approval of the vaccine in September 2023.

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