| Literature DB >> 22699438 |
Ting Wu1, Shao-Wei Li, Jun Zhang, Mun-Hon Ng, Ning-Shao Xia, Qinjian Zhao.
Abstract
The first prophylactic vaccine, Hecolin®, against hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection and the HEV associated disease was approved by China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) in December 2011. Key milestones during the 14-year HEV vaccine development are summarized in this commentary. After years of innovative research the recombinant virus-like particle (VLP) based antigen with virion-like epitopes was successfully produced in E. coli production platform on a commercial scale. Safety and efficacy of this vaccine was demonstrated in a large scale phase III clinical trial.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22699438 DOI: 10.4161/hv.20042
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Vaccin Immunother ISSN: 2164-5515 Impact factor: 3.452