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New vaccines: A financial booster

By Clive Cookson

Published: March 23 2011 18:02 | Last updated: March 23 2011 18:02

Scientists are rapidly coming up with new vaccine candidates to supplement and then replace BCG, which has for 90 years been the only way of preventing tuberculosis.

Several dozen vaccines are at various stages of development, but large amounts of money will be needed to bring the best ones through clinical trials to the market.

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