Tobacco-based influenza vaccine hailed a promising alternative to egg-based methods
A new tobacco-based seasonal influenza vaccine could potentially rival traditional egg-based versions, an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData has said.
The vaccine, which is being developed by Japanese drugmaker Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma (TYO: 4508), is currently in Phase III development and aims to launch in the USA for the 2018/19 flu season.
It involves the implanting of influenza genetic material into tobacco leaves, a manufacturing process originally developed by Medicago (TSX: MDG), a Canadian biopharmaceutical company which was acquired by Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma in 2013.
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