The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1319
August 24, 2009
A New Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine (Ixiaro)
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A New Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine (Ixiaro)
August 24, 2009 (Issue: 1319)
The FDA has approved a new Japanese encephalitis vaccine (Ixiaro - Intercell/Novartis). It will replace JEVax (Sanofi Pasteur), which has had tolerability and safety problems and is no longer being manufactured.
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