Date:05/07/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/07/05/stories/2006070502431605.htm

Business - Briefly

Wyeth launches vaccine for infants

MUMBAI: Wyeth has launched `Prevenar' — its international blockbuster vaccine for invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) — in India. Prevenar is the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for infants and toddlers that protects against pneumococcal disease like meningitis, bacterial pneumonia, septicaemia and bacteraemia (bacteria in the blood). Prevenar was launched in Mumbai by Dr Mark Fletcher, M.D., Director, International Scientific and Clinical Affairs, Wyeth Vaccine Research, Paris, France.