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Sanofi Pasteur has submitted Hexaxim vaccine to EMA for approval in Europe

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Last updated:20th Oct 2012
Published:20th Oct 2012
Source: Pharmawand
The Hexaxim vaccine (DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB) has been submitted by Sanofi Pasteur MSD to the EMA for approval to licence within the European Union. Upon approval the company says it will commercialise it in its European territories under its own brand name. The new hexavalent vaccine, developed by Sanofi Pasteur, is the only fully liquid, ready to use 6-in-1 vaccine to protect infants against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), Hepatitis B, poliomyelitis and invasive infections caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b.

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