Data Add To Strengthening Efficacy Case For Takeda Dengue Vaccine

Newly published details of interim clinical data for Takeda's candidate vaccine for dengue show activity across all serotypes that seems to bode well for an ongoing Phase III trial with the potential rival to the only currently available vaccine, Sanofi's Dengvaxia.

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Newly published details of a pre-planned, six-month interim analysis of a Phase II trial with Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.'s dengue candidate vaccine TAK-003 show the tetravalent product elicited a broad antibody response against all four viral serotypes, regardless of previous infection.

The findings with the live-attenuated product in the ongoing DEN-204 trial, which recruited 1,794 participants aged 2-17 in dengue-endemic areas, were published online in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, and shed some further light on the potential differentiation versus

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