Takeda investeert meer dan 100 miljoen euro in productiefaciliteit voor dengue-vaccin
KONSTANZ, Duitsland & OSAKA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TOKYO:4502) (“Takeda”) heeft vandaag bekendgemaakt dat het meer dan 100 miljoen euro investeert in een nieuwe, nog te bouwen productiefaciliteit in het Duitse Singen voor een dengue-vaccin. Takeda zet daarmee een grote reichting de vervulling van behoeften in de bestrijding van dengue. Volgens de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie (WHO) is dengue de snelst groeiende ziekte die door muggen wordt verspreid. Veertig procent van de wereldbevolkin loopt het risico op het dengue-virus, dat jaarlijks naar schatting 390 miljoen infecties veroorzaakt en meer dan twintigduizend levens eist.
“Deze investering in een fabriek verstevigt de steun van Takeda aan een mondiale vaccinstrategie, met de nadruk op dengue. De nieuwe fabriek voorziet miljoenen mensen van een medicijn dat tegemoet komt aan gigantische onvervulde behoeften. Het onderstreept onze toewijding aan een beter leven voor mensen overal ter wereld”, zei Thomas Wozniewski, hoofd van het onderdeel Global Manufacturing & Supply van Takeda.
Takeda to Invest More Than 100 Million Euros in Dengue Vaccine Manufacturing Plant in Germany |
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KONSTANZ, Germany & OSAKA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TOKYO:4502) (“Takeda”) today announced that it will invest more than 100 Million Euros to build a new manufacturing plant for its dengue vaccine candidate in Singen, Germany. This represents a major step by Takeda toward meeting important unmet needs in dengue prevention. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue is the fastest spreading mosquito-borne viral disease. Forty percent of the world’s population lives under the threat of the dengue virus, which causes an estimated 390 million infections and more than 20,000 deaths each year around the world in people of all ages. “This manufacturing plant investment reinforces Takeda’s strong support for our global vaccine strategy in general, and dengue in particular. The new plant will provide millions of people with access to a medicine that addresses a huge unmet medical need. It underlines our commitment to improve the lives of people worldwide,” says Dr. Thomas Wozniewski, Global Manufacturing & Supply Officer at Takeda. “Our colleagues in Singen have vast experience in lyophilisation technology, which is key for the manufacturing process of Takeda’s dengue vaccine finished product,” notes Thomas Wozniewski. Initial construction activities will start immediately, and the facility should be ready for production in 2019. On September 7, 2016 Takeda vaccinated the first subject in the Tetravalent Immunization against Dengue Efficacy Study (TIDES). TIDES is now enrolling approximately 20,000 healthy children between the ages of four and 16 years living in dengue-endemic countries in Latin America and Asia. The study is a Phase 3 double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of Takeda’s live-attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine candidate. The study is evaluating the efficacy of the vaccine candidate to protect subjects against symptomatic dengue fever caused by any of the four dengue virus serotypes, regardless of age and whether the individual has previously been exposed to the virus. The study is also evaluating vaccine safety and immunogenicity, with two doses of the vaccine candidate or placebo administered 90 days apart. Dr. Rajeev Venkayya, President of Takeda Vaccines, adds “This dengue vaccine production facility is another strong indication of Takeda’s long-term commitment to vaccines. The progress of the dengue TIDES clinical trial, our partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to eradicate polio, the recent initiation of the world’s first field efficacy trial for a norovirus vaccine, and our work with the U.S. Government to develop a Zika vaccine, together demonstrate how Takeda is dedicated to developing and providing vaccines to protect people in need wherever they are.” About the Dengue Vaccine Candidate (TAK-003) About Takeda Pharmaceutical Company View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161129005575/en/ Contacts Media Contacts: |
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