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Sanofi Pasteur Initiates Phase II Trial of Cell Culture-Based Seasonal Influenza Vaccine

Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 21st, 2007

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group, announced that it has initiated Phase II testing of its cell culture-based seasonal influenza vaccine in the U.S.

The initiation of Phase I was announced on Sept 25, 2006. This project is part of a contract awarded in 2005 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) aimed at accelerating the development of a new cell culture- based influenza vaccine. Phase II trials involving healthy adult volunteers in the U.S. will focus further on the safety profile and immunogenicity of the cell-based vaccine.

This vaccine was developed using the PER.C6(R) cell line, licensed from Dutch...

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