Mexico on Track as One of First Countries to Implement Dengue Vaccinations Mexico News Daily
go to original July 18, 2015

Employees work in the cell-culture unit at the French drug maker Sanofi Pasteur's vaccine unit plant in Neuville-sur-Saone, near Lyon. (Reuters)

There’s a vaccine on the way for dengue fever after a signing ceremony in France this week, but there’s nothing on the horizon for another mosquito-borne virus that has spread quickly in Mexico.

This country is on track to be one of the first countries in the world to implement dengue vaccinations following the signing of an agreement between the Health Secretariat and drug maker Sanofi Pasteur.

Clinical trials of a drug designed to combat what has been described as the world’s fastest-growing tropical disease wrapped up last September, when it was announced that Mexico would probably be one of the first recipients.

A Sanofi Pasteur official said in June that the company was ready to distribute the drug, it having proved effective against the four types of dengue. Mexico was one of countries to participate in the trials, which began in 2004 and took 10 years to complete.

However, no one has yet said specifically when the vaccine’s distribution will begin.

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