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Dow Jones Newswire Online (www.djnewswires.com)
(09/03/02); Vallejo, Maria P.
Encouraging news regarding Phase I trials of
Acambis PLC's new smallpox vaccine
ACAM1000 and the older Dryvax vaccine came as subjects receiving the ACAM1000
injection responded with full immunity within 10 days, as presented with a pock-mark
on the skin, while 97 percent of the Dryvax subjects responded in kind. Though
no serious or unanticipated side affects were reported in individuals taking the
ACAM1000 vaccine, a second trial is still underway to further test the vaccine's
safety and level of immunity. The Department of Health and Human Services has
been pressing for manufacturers to develop a new smallpox vaccine since the
terrorist attacks last year--challenging each interested firm to demonstrate
their capability of developing, manufacturing and delivering up to 250 million
doses within a one-year period.
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