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Merck & Co Gains Canadian Approval For Rotateq

August 2006 | Product Launch

Health Canada has approved domestic company Merck Frosst's RotaTeq, making it the first vaccine available in Canada for the prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants, ahead of UK firm GlaxoSmithKline's competing vaccine, Rotarix, which was developed

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