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FDA approves Meningitis vaccine for infants

The Food and Drug Administration approved a new combination vaccine for infants, Menhibrix, aimed at preventing the two infections that cause meningitis, meningococcal disease, and Hib disease, all of which can be fatal...

18 June, 2012

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Investigational vaccine effective against Meningococcal Serogroup B

A multicomponent serogroup B Neisseria meningitides vaccine (4CMenB) has been found to be immunogenic against three reference strains

10 February, 2012

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Meningococcal vaccine campaign breakthrough

International research that drew on New Zealand’s ground-breaking meningococcal B vaccine campaign is being hailed as a possible breakthrough in the fight against the deadly disease.

20 January, 2012

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Indian Billionaire Drugmaker’s Vaccine Beats GSK in Study

A vaccine developed by Serum Institute of India Ltd., led by billionaire Cyrus Poonawalla, was better at protecting people from a strain of meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa than older products

22 June, 2011

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