Dutch Biotech Creates Blood To Neutralize Southeast Asia Bird Flu Strains
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
A Dutch biotechnology firm says it has tested successfully blood it created to neutralize the H5N1 virus based on two major strains found in Vietnam and Indonesia. Crucell said its creation of the specific human monoclonal antibodies could be another way to avoid a feared pandemic of avian influenza. The company said it was able to produce one line of antibodies that neutralized strains found in Hong Kong in 1997, in Vietnam in 2003 and in Indonesia in 2005. (Click here for more