The Seattle Times · Jul 24, 2015
EU regulator recommends 1st license for malaria vaccine
FILE – In this Oct. 30, 2009 file photo, a mother holds her baby as she receives a new malaria vaccine as part of a trial at the Walter Reed Project Research Center in Kombewa in Western Kenya. The European Medicines... (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended approving what would be the world’s first licensed malaria vaccine, even though it’s only about 30 percent effective and its protection fades over time.
In a statement Friday, the agency endorsed the vaccine’s use outside Europe, a regulatory process that helps speed new medicines to the market.