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Article: Sanofi Pasteur and Institut Pasteur Team up Against Malaria.
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- October 15, 2007
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LYON, France, October 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group, announced today a partnership with Institut Pasteur to develop a vaccine against malaria. Under this collaboration agreement, Sanofi Pasteur will have access to antigens identified by Institut Pasteur derived from Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for the most deadly malaria infections. Sanofi Pasteur intends to use these antigens with the goal of developing a safe and efficacious candidate vaccine against malaria.
"Sanofi Pasteur is committed to making malaria a vaccine-preventable disease, ultimately relieving affected populations ...