【病毒外文文献】2003 Four vaccine manufacturers have been asked by the US HHS to test their vaccines against coronavirus,

Inpharma 1383 19 Apr 2003 Four vaccine manufacturers have been asked by the US HHS to test their vaccines against coronavirus reports the Pink Sheet According to the report the request was made at a recent meeting with the HHS Secretary which was held to discuss the role of the pharmaceutical industry in addressing the SARS outbreak The meeting was attended by representatives of GlaxoSmithKline Wyeth Merck Aventis Pasteur and Lilly as well as by representatives of the National Institutes of Health NIH the FDA s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC National Vaccine Program Office The pharmaceutical industry has been asked to produce all relevant information pertaining to antiviral research and candidate antivirals says the report Aventis has donated samples of a proprietary cell line to the NIH and CDC to enable isolation and culture of coronavirus Department of Health and Human Services severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS infects Rx industry vaccines tested against virus antivirals donated FDC Reports Pink Sheet Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology 65 32 14 Apr 2003 800925781 1 Inpharma 19 Apr 2003 No 13831173 8324 10 1383 0001 14 95 Adis 2010 Springer International Publishing AG All rights reserved