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Phase III trial for meningococcal C vaccine begins.
2003 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chiron Corporation (CHIR) announced that it has initiated a phase III trial in the United States for Menjugate, the company's conjugated vaccine for the prevention of meningococcal C disease.
The study, which is being conducted in conjunction with the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Vaccines Research Center, will expand the vaccine's safety database for a U.S. population relative to the safety profile of the current U.S.-licensed meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine Menomune (A, C, Y, W-135).
"Bringing Menjugate to the United States would help physicians and families prevent one of this country's most common forms of meningococcal disease, meningitis and septicemia (bloodstream infection) caused by meningococcal C infection," said John Lambert, president of Chiron Vaccines. "This is an important step in fulfilling Chiron's commitment to reduce the toll from meningococcal disease through the development of vaccines to address the five key serogroups that cause it."
"In meningococcal disease, prevention is essential," said Steve Black, MD, codirector of the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center and lead ...
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