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November 6, 2002

 

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS

 

"GlaxoSmithKline Launches New Typhoid Vaccine"

Saigon Times Daily (www.saigon-news.com) (11/04/02); Thanh, Phuong

 

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) launched the Typherix vaccine against typhoid fever in Vietnam, according to Pasteur Institute director Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.  GSK hopes the vaccine will help control the illness in the region, especially in teenagers.

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