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Crucell announces WHO prequalification for Quinvaxem vaccine

Published in Vaccine Weekly, October 25th, 2006

Dutch biotechnology company Crucell N.V. (CRXL; CRX) announced that Quinvaxem, its fully-liquid pentavalent vaccine co-developed with Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, has been granted "prequalification" by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Following the awarding of licensure by the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) in March 2006, WHO prequalification is a final prerequisite for the combination vaccine to be made available to supranational purchasing organizations. Supranational organizations are major customers for combination vaccines, which are used in mass vaccination programs in developing countries.

Crucell commenced production of...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-10-25)

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