Nha Trang Institute of Vaccines & Medical Biologicals (IVAC) has successfully produced influenza vaccine A/H5N...
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| View of vaccine factory from outside. |
Nha Trang Institute of Vaccines & Medical Biologicals (IVAC) has successfully produced influenza vaccine A/H5N1 for use on human in its USD6.5 million vaccine factory located in Suoi Dau Farm, Cam Lam District.
This is a great achievement of IVAC in particular and Vietnam in general in an effort to prevent an influenza epidemic.
Taking the lead in technology
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| Influenza vaccine produced by IVAC. |
Dr. Le Van Be, Director of IVAC said, “The influenza vaccine is an annual vaccine to protect against the highly variable influenza virus. Influenza vaccination is an effective method for preventing influenza virus infection."
In 2007, IVAC carried out a project on influenza vaccine A/H5N1 for use on human. In August 2011, IVAC successfully produced three lots of influenza vaccine A/H5N1 for use on human in its labs.
The first modern vaccine factory in Vietnam.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved to provide USD4.2 million to invest in influenza vaccine trial production workshops and facilities in two phases to meet good manufacturing practice standard known as WHO-GMP.
All the effort aimed to ensure that vaccines are consistently produced and controlled to the quality standards required by the government authorization.
Approved by the Prime Minister, the construction of the factory with a capacity of over 1 million doses of influenza vaccine A/H5N1 a year began in 2008 and finished in late 2009.
In 2010, an international nonprofit organization PATH funded USD1.5 million to put the factory into operation.
The project of financing IVAC in the production of influenza vaccine qualifying WHO-GMP was approved by the Ministry of Health and carried out in January 2011.
After 1 year of operation, the factory has achieved satisfactory results and become a leading vaccine producer meeting the demand of the National Open Vaccination Program.
IVAC has made great contribution to the eradication of contagious diseases, helping to improve health and well-being.
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