Pharmaceutical: Dengue Vaccine Ready By 2016 Jun Malig - Inquirer
go to original July 3, 2014

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A dengue vaccine will be available by late 2015 or early 2016 to patients battling the mosquito-borne disease, according to an official of an international pharmaceutical firm.

Guillaume Leroy, vice president of the French firm Sanofi Pasteur and head of the company’s dengue vaccine group, made the announcement to participants of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Dengue Forum held last month.

Leroy said the collection of all information related to the “candidate vaccine,” the CYD (chimeric yellow fever) dengue vaccine, will be completed this year.

By 2015, Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi, will start applying for licenses with the health authorities of various countries, he said.

“We will submit all the data to health authorities in 2015 to obtain the first license. And as soon as we have the license, by late 2015 or early 2016, we will be in condition to supply the vaccine,” Leroy said.

While the World Health Organization (WHO) issues the guidelines for vaccines, the health authorities of every country are responsible for licensing the sale of vaccines and medicines in their territories, Leroy said.

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