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VN boasts for first batch of A/H1N1 vaccine
VGP – The Hồ Chí Minh City Pasteur Institute recently produced the first batch of A/H1N1 swine flu vaccines after five months conducting cell-based culture.
The batch of vaccine was
made in the library scope and will go through clinical tests on animals and
human beings before coming to mass production.
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Website of the Hồ Chí Minh City Pasteur Institute
In the period of 2006-2009,
the HCMC Pasteur Institute has succeeded in producing A/H5N1 vaccine of which performance
is proved through pre-clinical experiments.
According to Dr. Cao Thị
Bảo Vân, Vice Director of the Institute, cell-based culture is an advance
technology which can help to raise safety and quality of vaccine as well as
enable producers to churn out a large volume of vaccine in a short time.
By Hoàng Phương