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New
meningitis vaccine could save thousands
Saturday June 11, 2011 09:44:17 AM,
IANS
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London: Thousands of
children's lives could be saved by a new meningitis vaccine that
could be available by yearend.
The new jab protects against meningitis B, the biggest killer
strain of the disease for which there is currently no protection.
Trials of the new drug - called 4CMenB - have produced "exciting"
results which showed a "robust immune response" in thousands of
infants across Europe, a report said.
In all, it protected against 80 percent of the different variants
of the disease.
According to the charity Meningitis UK, the new vaccine has the
potential to save thousands of lives in the future, the Telegraph
reported.
Steve Dayman, the chief executive, said the results were exciting.
"This data is a very positive step in the fight to eradicate
meningitis B, which is the biggest killer of all types of
meningitis in the UK.
"This vaccine is the first of its kind and has the potential to
save thousands of lives."
There are already vaccines against some forms of meningitis,
including Hib, meningitis C and pneumococcal meningitis.
Results from 1,800 children found the new vaccine worked well
alone or with vaccines for other strains of the disease.
A further study on 1,500 toddlers found it offered protection when
given as a booster jab, while another showed an immune response in
adolescents.
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