Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Sanofi Pasteur登革熱疫苗 three dengue virus types vaccine: 31000人臨床三期 !!!
Sanofi Pasteur's first efficacy results confirm safety profile of dengue vaccine candidate Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 10:00 Hrs[IST] Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines divisionof Sanofi, has announced clinical study results showing the ability of its vaccine candidate to protect against dengue fever caused by three dengue virus types. The results of the world's first efficacy study confirm the excellent safety profile of Sanofi Pasteur's dengue vaccine candidate.A feature of dengue epidemiology is that the relative prevalence of virus types in a given area is evolving with time. Large-scale phase III clinical studies of Sanofi Pasteur's dengue vaccine candidate are underway with 31,000 children and adolescents in 10 countries in Asia and Latin America. These studies will generate important additional data in a broader population and in a variety of epidemiological settings to define the best conditions to set up vaccination programs in order to protect people at risk of dengue.The study was conducted in 4,002 children aged 4 to 11 years, in partnership with the Mahidol University under the patronage of the Thai Ministry of Public Health in Muang district of the Ratchaburi Province. Sanofi Pasteur's dengue vaccine candidate is a live, attenuated vaccine. The vaccination schedule is 3 doses given 6 months apart (at 0, 6 and 12 months).Dr. Scott Halstead, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea., said, "The complexity of dengue virus infection has hampered vaccine research for decades. This is the first time in 50 years of dengue research that I have seen a vaccine that protected a large group of children fromclinical disease caused by dengue viruses. Best yet, the vaccine met the highest safety expectations. These results should be a source of hope for millions of parents whose children are at risk of severe dengue, a life-threatening disease which often requires hospitalization."The full analysis of vaccine efficacy against each serotype, reflecting real-life conditions (intent to treatanalysis) showed vaccine efficacy to be 61.2 per cent against dengue virus type 1, 81.9 per cent against type 3 and 90 per cent against type 4. One of the dengue virus types (serotype 2) eluded the vaccine. Analyses are ongoing to understand the lack of protection for serotype 2 intheparticular epidemiological context of Thailand."Having worked in the field of dengue research for over four decades, with much of my efforts focused on prevention and control, it is very exciting for me to see a safe vaccine candidate that provides protection against 3 of the four dengue serotypes," said Professor Duane Gubler, Program on Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NSU Graduate Medical School, Singapore. "Dengue is a major public healthconcern for over half of the world's population and is a leading cause of hospitalization and deathamong children in endemic countries.Because mosquito control has failed to control this disease, an effective vaccine will be a critical tool that can change the life of millions living in endemic countries. I see this success as the beginning of a new era of effective control."According to Dr. Roberto Tapia Conyer, General Director of the Carlos Slim Health Institute, Former Undersecretary of Health in Mexico, "These dengue vaccine results bring a significant promise in thecontext of the expanding denguedisease burden worldwide and theabsence of specific treatment. Work will continue to study this vaccine and the circulation of dengue viruses globally, but in the meantime, the public health community can now formulate the best possible immunization policies and prepare for implementation of vaccination campaigns in countries heavily affected by dengue."
因華 興櫃28元 健喬將釋股拉高今年EPS (>2)???
健喬 業績衝10年新高【經濟日報╱記者黃文奇/台北報導】 2012.09.12 03:25 am 健喬信元(4114)旗下小金雞因華生技將於今(12)日召開「登錄興櫃前法說會」,健喬表示,隨著因華登錄興櫃,健喬將出脫老股,11月、12月獲利可望獲得釋股挹注,今年受惠於本業、業外雙引擎,營運將創下10年來新高。健喬昨日股價收29元,上漲0.3元。健喬指出,看好因華長期發展,將考慮少量出脫持股,以活絡因華在資本市場交易狀況。法人表示,因華承銷價暫定每股為28元,而健喬持股成本為每股7元,近期可望承銷600張,每股價差超過20元,因此預估潛在釋股收益至少在1,000萬元,最快第4季認列收益。目前,健喬持有因華約1.34萬張,持股比重近四成,完成登錄後持股比重將降至三成左右。分析師表示,今年健喬受惠於本業、業外挹注,不僅營收將躍進兩成以上再創新高,由於轉投資公司因華的挹注,今年每股稅後純益(EPS )也有機會突破2元,改寫近10年新高。【2012/09/12 經濟日報】


