Inactivated Polio Vaccines Broadly Available for the World's Children in the Drive Toward Polio Eradication
Inactivated Polio Vaccines Broadly Available for the World's Children in the Drive Toward Polio Eradication
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LYON, France, Mar. 3 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --
- Sanofi Pasteur works with global partners to make available unparalleled
quantities of affordable Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) -
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE:
SNY), announced today its further commitment to the international community's
efforts to complete polio eradication. UNICEF, the organization that procures
the vaccine to meet global needs, announced it will purchase significant
quantities of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) from Sanofi Pasteur and make it
available based on country needs and vaccination plans. To achieve the goal of
polio eradication by 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that
by end 2015, all children receive routinely at least one dose of IPV in over
120 countries that solely use Oral Polio Vaccine.
To view the Multimedia News Release, please click:
http://www.multivu.com/mnr/65021-sanofi-pasteur-inactivated-polio-vaccine
In order to support rapid and widespread adoption of IPV, Sanofi Pasteur -
the world's largest producer of IPV - and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
have developed a joint price support mechanism, including a financial
contribution from both organizations. This mechanism allows Sanofi Pasteur to
offer IPV at a price of EUR0.75 per dose (approximately US$1) to 73 of the
world's poorest countries. The GAVI Alliance, a global immunisation
partnership, will make IPV available for inclusion in routine immunisation
schedules in these countries.
This announcement underscores Sanofi Pasteur's commitment to offer
unparalleled volumes of high-quality IPV across a broad range of countries and
economic situations at differential prices in an unprecedented, global rollout.
http://www.multivu.com/mnr/65021-sanofi-pasteur-inactivated-polio-vaccine
SOURCE: Sanofi Pasteur
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