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Cansino Biotechnology: Meningococcal Group AC Bivalent Conjugate Vaccine, Freeze Dried is Approved for Clinical Trial

2016.02.15

Meningococcal Group AC Bivalent Conjugate Vaccine, Freeze Dried (MCV2) developed by Tianjin Cansino Biotechnology has been approved for clinical trial by China Food and Drug Administration (approval number: 2015L05221).


We received the clinical trial application acceptance notice in May, 2013 and submitted the materials to Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) in December, 2013. MCV2 of Cansino is used for 3 months infants to 2 years old children, which can elicit memory immune responses for the prevention of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis caused by Group A and C meningococcal.


Meningococcal meningitis is a life-threatening acute respiratory disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus). As a widespread invasive infection, it is associated with high mortality and drug resistance due to high mutation frequency of meningococca.