China developed the world's first EV71 FMD inactivated vaccines

March 19, 2016

Source: xinhua news agency

Kunming March 18 (xinhua) (reporter LinYiGuang) the world's first enterovirus type 71 inactivated vaccines (human diploid cells) was put into the market launch ceremony on the 18th was held in kunming city in yunnan province. The vaccine, to effectively reduce the incidence of hand, foot and mouth disease caused by EV71, especially reduce cases of severe hand, foot and mouth disease and death is of great significance.

Enterovirus type 71 is a kind of human intestinal virus, known as EV71, often cause children's hand, foot and mouth disease, viral angina, children with severe myocarditis, pulmonary edema, encephalitis, there may be, serious can cause death. Hand, foot and mouth disease in China since 1981, there have been many large-scale outbreak or epidemic.

According to the Chinese academy of medical sciences, director of the institute of medical biology qi-han li, enterovirus type 71 inactivated vaccines (human diploid cells) of the research and development of independent innovation of national prevention with biological products class 1 new drug, in December 2015, approved by state food and drug supervision and management of administration, has the first vaccine batch sign qualified, put into the market use.

The vaccine for micro milky suspension liquid, can be layered because of deposit, easy to shake. Not only is the world's first EV71 vaccine, and only USES the anthropogenic sex cell matrix production of EV71 vaccine products.

The Chinese academy of medical sciences institute of medical biology since 2008 EV71 inactivated vaccine research and development work. Listed at home and abroad, there is no similar vaccine development, scale broke the diploid cell vaccine production and quality control of key technical bottleneck. Clinical trial results showed that the vaccine safety is better, hand, foot and mouth disease caused by EV71, which can reach 97.3%, the prevention of severe hand, foot and mouth disease caused by EV71, which is 100%.