Meningococcal B vaccine (4CMenB): the journey from research to real world experience
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A Multi-Component Meningococcal Serogroup B Vaccine (4CMenB): The Clinical Development Program
Recently approved in Europe and Australia, the multi-component meningococcal B vaccine, 4CMenB (Bexsero®, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics), contains three surface-exposed recombinant proteins (fHbp, NadA, and NHBA) and New Zealand strain outer membrane vesicles (NZ OMV) with PorA 1.4 antigenicity. This comprehensive review of the 4CMenB clinical development program covers pivotal phase I/IIb/...
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عنوان ژورنال: Expert Review of Vaccines
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1476-0584,1744-8395
DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2018.1547637