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Shigella Vaccine Pipeline And Why It Matters

 
• By Vibha Ravi

A GSK-Bharat Biotech deal on a shigella vaccine candidate has cast a spotlight on the disease, which is the second leading cause of diarrheal deaths in children below five. Scrip looks at data from Pharmaprojects, WHO and other sources to highlight why a vaccine matters and what pharma is doing.

An Infographic On The Global Incidence Of Shigellosis And Vaccine Pipeline
An Infographic On The Global Incidence Of Shigellosis And Vaccine Pipeline (Shutterstock)

The recent deal between GSK and Bharat Biotech for a shigella vaccine candidate has put the spotlight on the infectious disease shigellosis.

This followed news from Zydus on a a world-first dual vaccine against shigellosis and typhoid that it is beginning work...

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