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Pneumococcal Disease
New Phase 3 Data Continue to Indicate that Wyeth's Investigational 13-valent Vaccine Has the Potential to Broaden Coverage Against Pneumococcal Disease
June 24th, 2009
New data from Phase 3 European clinical trials reinforce that Wyeth's (NYSE:WYE) investigational pneumococcal vaccine, Prevenar 13* (Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine, 13-valent [Adsorbed]), has the potential to provide coverage against the 13 most prevalent serotypes associated with pneumococcal disease (PD), the leading cause of vaccine-preventable death in children younger than five worldwide. The Phase 3 data presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) come from seven core studies in the pediatric clinical trial program for Prevenar 13 which were conducted in France, Italy, Poland, Spain and the...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-06-24)
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