diphtheria tetanus pertussis

US FDA approves GSK's KINRIX -- new combination vaccine for chil...

EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases  Tue, 06/24/2008 - 23:00

(Cohn & Wolfe) GlaxoSmithKline announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved KINRIX, the first combination vaccine to offer protection against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio diseases in one shot.


 

US FDA licenses Sanofi Pasteur's new pediatric combination vacci...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Sun, 06/22/2008 - 23:00

(Publicis Consultants | PR) Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis group, announced today that the US Food and Drug Administrationhas licensed pentacel, diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed, inactivated poliovirus and haemophilus b conjugate (tetanus toxoid conjugate) vaccine.

Pentacel vaccine is indicated for active immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, and invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae type b.