Vietnam Institute Seeks Human Trials On Bird-Flu Vaccine
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
A health institute has applied to Vietnam's Health Ministry to be allowed to begin human trials on an avian-influenza vaccine it has developed. The Nha Trang Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biological said it is ready for human trials following successful tests of the vaccine on animals. Backed by World Health Organization funds, the institute is building a plant capable of producing as many as a million doses of vaccine a year. A separate bird-flu trial has been testing a vaccine on Vietnamese military volunteers. (Click here for more