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Article: GSK Receives Favorable Recommendation by FDA Advisory Committee for Rotarix(R) (Rotavirus Vaccine, Live, Oral).
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- February 20, 2008
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If Approved, Rotarix Would be the Only Vaccine Indicated to Prevent Rotavirus Caused by the Five Most Commonly Circulating Types, Offering Completion of the Vaccination by Four Months of Age, with Only Two Doses
GAITHERSBURG, Md. and PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GlaxoSmithKline announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) provided a favorable recommendation for the Company's oral rotavirus candidate vaccine, ROTARIX(R) [rotavirus vaccine, live, oral], to prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants. The Committee voted unanimously (12-0) in favor of ...