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Glaxo-Nabi deal draws nicotine vaccine for smokers a step closer

By Andrew Jack in London

Published: November 17 2009 02:00 | Last updated: November 17 2009 02:00

Smoking addicts may be able to inject themselves in a few years with a vaccine to help fight their nicotine habit, following a deal between GlaxoSmithKline and biotech company Nabi Pharmaceuticals sealed yesterday.

GSK will pay $40m (€26.7m) up front and as much as $500m in the future to Nabi, which is based in Rockville, Maryland, as it tries to develop and launch the world's first anti-smoking vaccine.

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