Pfizer Announces EC Approval to Expand Use of Prevenar 13

Pfizer

announced today that the European Commission has approved expanding the use of the company's pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Prevenar 13* (pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine [13-valent, adsorbed]), to older children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years for active immunization for the prevention of invasive disease, pneumonia and acute otitis media caused by vaccine-type Streptococcus pneumoniae. Children in this age group who have not previously received Prevenar 13 may receive a single dose of the vaccine. “Prevenar 13 has been administered to millions of infants and young children around the world and helps protect against the often fatal effects of pneumococcal disease,” said Emilio Emini, Ph.D., chief scientific officer, Vaccine Research, Pfizer. “As