China's Sinovac Biotech gets govt approval for more bird flu vaccine trials |
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Thu, 10 May 2007 11:04
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BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Sinovac Biotech Ltd said China's State Food and Drug Administration has granted it approval to begin the Phase II clinical trial of Panflu, a human use vaccine against the H5N1 bird flu virus.The vaccine was jointly developed with China's Center for Disease Control, the company said in a statement, adding that two versions of the vaccine have been approved for clinical trials.'We are developing Panflu to vaccinate humans against H5N1 given the significant concern that it may evolve into a virus capable of human-to-human transmission,' said company president and CEO Yin Weidong.sean.mangieri@xfn.com
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