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Sanofi Pasteur Starts a Phase II Study of a Vaccine Against Clostridium Difficile

Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 4th, 2009

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group (EURONEXT : SAN and NYSE : SNY), announced that it is sponsoring a phase II clinical study of a vaccine against Clostridium difficile, which is among the most common causes of hospital-acquired infection in Europe and North America.

The trial currently conducted in the United Kingdom is investigating the safety and efficacy of sanofi pasteur's C. difficile candidate vaccine. While the target indication for the vaccine is primary prevention of C. difficile infection (CDI), this trial in infected patients aims at providing early proof of concept of the vaccine approach.

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