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First Animal Rule vaccine approval

FDA Medical Countermeasures Initiative Update


FDA approves vaccine for use after known or suspected anthrax exposure

First vaccine to receive approval under the Animal Rule

Scanning electron micrograph showing spores from the Sterne strain of Bacillus anthracis bacteria. (Credit: CDC/Laura Rose)FDA has approved a new indication for BioThrax (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) to prevent disease following suspected or confirmed exposure to Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax disease. The vaccine’s new use is approved for people 18 through 65 years of age in conjunction with recommended antibiotic treatment. BioThrax was initially approved by the FDA in 1970 for the prevention of anthrax disease in persons at high risk of exposure.
BioThrax is the first vaccine to receive approval based on the Animal Rule. The Animal Rule allows animal efficacy data to be used as a basis for approval when human efficacy studies are not ethical or feasible.
Read the FDA press release 

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Image: Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) showing spores from the Sterne strain of Bacillus anthracis bacteria. A key characteristic of the Sterne strain of B. anthracis is the wrinkled surface of the protein coat of these bacterial spores. (Credit: CDC/Laura Rose)

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January 6-7, 2016
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