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Lyophilization of Vaccines

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Abstract

However effective a therapeutic agent may appear during clinical trials, its full potential as a marketable product can only be assured if the material can be stored and distributed in a stabilized form. This is particularly the case with labile biologlcals, such as attenuated vaccines, especially when these products need to be transported in tropical regions with limited distribution infrastructure.

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Adams, G.D.J. (1996). Lyophilization of Vaccines. In: Robinson, A., Farrar, G.H., Wiblin, C.N. (eds) Vaccine Protocols. Methods in Molecular Medicine™, vol 4. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-334-1:167

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