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Being careful not to put all of their egg-based vaccine technology into one basket, Vietnam has announced a second vaccine candidate will begin limited human testing.
This from VNS.
Second Vietnamese bird flu vaccine set for human tests
(30-05-2008)
KHANH HOA — The Vaccine and Medical Biological Institute in Nha Trang City has asked the Ministry of Health to test its H5N1 influenza vaccine on humans, after the vaccine worked successfully on animals.
The first 5,000 doses of vaccine were successful in a trial on rats and chickens. The institute administered a further 5,000 doses on test animals and also received good results.
Last year, the World Health Organisation supported the institute with US$2.7 million to build a vaccine factory with the capacity to produce 500,000 to 1,000,000 doses each year.
Construction of the factory is underway in Dien Khanh District, with the plant set to begin production early next year.
In order to fight the avian flu epidemic, the institute worked with the Pasteur Institute in HCM City and the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemics in Ha Noi to study and produce the vaccine with different methods.
Earlier this month, thirty volunteer students and staff from the Military Medical Institute received the second shot of the nation’s first H5N1 vaccine, produced by the National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemics’ Vaccine and Bio-technology Products No.1 Company. — VNS
