Novartis’s Bexsero Guards Against Brain-Swelling Malady in Study
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Novartis AG said its Bexsero vaccine protected infants against meningococcal B disease when given together with routine childhood inoculations, suggesting the shot could be included in standard vaccination programs.
In a trial involving 1,885 infants in Europe, Bexsero stimulated an immune response against three strains of the meningococcus B bacterium, researchers led by Matthew Snape at the University of Oxford wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association today. The vaccine was safe and didn’t interfere with the other shots, they wrote.