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Article: GlaxoSmithKline's Combination Vaccine Offers Fewer Shots for Babies.
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- December 17, 2002
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By Sarah Avery, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 17--A combination vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration could eliminate up to six injections babies typically get in their first year of life, the manufacturer announced Monday.
The vaccine, called Pediarix, offers protection against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B and polio. It is made by GlaxoSmithKline, which has one of its U.S. headquarters in Research Triangle Park, and will be on the market in early January.
When it will be available in North Carolina, however, is less certain.
North Carolina is one of ...