Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2018
Takeda's Zika vaccine gets U.S. FDA's 'fast track' status
30 January 2018 - Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said on Monday the U.S. FDA had granted ‘fast track’ status to its vaccine for the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which erupted as a major public hazard in Brazil three years ago.
The drug, TAK-426, is currently being tested on 240 patients between the ages of 18 and 49 and is in early stages of development.
The virus might be responsible for an increase in birth defects in the United States and its territories, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report last week.
