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December 04, 2002

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS

"Bharat Biotech Set to Launch Typhoid Vaccine in January 2003" Financial Express (India) (www.financial-express.com) (12/03/02)

In India, Bharat Biotech has completed clinical trials of its typhoid vaccine and is awaiting approval from the drug controller before releasing the vaccine to the market next month, according to Bharat chairman and managing director Krishna Ella.  Because the existing typhoid vaccines are imported, Bharat will likely have a pricing advantage, as it plans to manufacture its vaccine locally, at its plant in Hyderabad.  The plant will be able to produce 6 million doses of vaccine a year, the company said.

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