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GC Biopharma Receives Marketing Authorization for BARYCELA in Vietnam
GC Biopharma (006280.KS), a South Korean pharmaceutical company, announced that its varicella vaccine BARYCELA has received marketing authorization from the Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV).
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