E coli cattle vaccine nearing US approval - (CIDRAP News)
February 11, 2008 – 6:57 pmhttp://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/fs/food/news/feb0708colibr.html
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently signaled that a Canadian company is in a good position to secure the conditional license it needs to market an Escherichia coli O157:H7 vaccine for cattle that could reduce contamination levels in food.
Bioniche Life Sciences, based in Belleville, Ont., said it received a notice that the latest data for its vaccine meets the USDA’s “expectation of efficacy” standard, allowing the company to seek a conditional license, according to a Feb 5 press release from the company. To get the preliminary license, the company must develop a plan to collect enough data to move the vaccine toward full licensure, the Bioniche statement said.
As soon as Bioniche receives the conditional license, it can sell the vaccine in the United States if at least one step in the manufacturing process takes place on US soil and the company doesn’t use a trademark name for the vaccine, […]
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