[Source: Documentation France 3] The Bichat Hospital Clinical Investigation Centre is hosting volunteers for the influenza A vaccine test protocol. A 63-year-old volunteer explains that he wants to be useful to society. The compensation represents a hundred euros. The side effects of this H1N1 vaccine will decide whether to market it at the end of October. The hospital Bichat will vaccinate 60 people in 3 days and focus its resources on this study. 3 clinical trials are scheduled on pregnant women in Paris at the end of September.
Three virus strains were observed this year for the February development of the influenza vaccine, which is available in pharmacies from today. This year, an antiviral drug will be marketed at the same time as the vaccine. Interview with Hervé CHALUMEAU, Pasteur-Mérieux industrialisation director and Doctor Bruno LINA.
Pierre SALIOU, Medical Director of the Pasteur Vaccines Institute, describes the process of creating a vaccine, which can last for several years, from basic research to its implementation, through the various series of tests. He is currently working on a vaccine against hepatitis B, "a scourge in some parts of the world".
The BCG vaccine against tuberculosis was invented by Calmette and Guérin half a century ago. The strain then used by Calmette is still the one used at the Institut Pasteur, where we follow the steps of the manufacturing of the current vaccine.
Report on the production of Professor Lépine’s polio vaccine, a disease that causes paralysis. From monkey kidneys, the solutions that lead to the final vaccine require a three-month process. After a month’s storage in a cold room and a new set of controls, the vaccine is then put into blisters. A final check and vaccination of children can finally take place...
Each year, a new flu vaccine is created. At the Institut Pasteur, twenty operations were necessary for the manufacture of the last born. This was followed by the first tests on mice and guinea pigs, and then on volunteer humans.