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PreHevbrio: how long were the pivotal tox studies?

hepatitis B vaccine (recombinant), 3-antigen · HBsAg S/pre-S1/pre-S2 VLPs
Longest pivotal study
8 weeks
“For the third study, an 8-week repeated dose toxicity study, the testing facility was not GLP certified at the time the study was performed in 2004.”
✓ VerifiedFDA summary basis for approval, p. 12Source ↗
Pivotal GLP studies
Non-GLP rat IM repeat-dose (doses on days 0, 14, 28; 8-week observation); GLP rat combined EFD and pre/postnatal study
“In this study, three groups of Wistar rats were dosed IM on Days 0, 14 and 28 with 0.5mL of PreHevbri (2 or 10 µg HBsAg per animal), or Al(OH)3 adjuvant alone, and were observed for signs of toxicity for 8 weeks.”
✓ VerifiedEMA assessment report, p. 25Source ↗
Route in tox
Intramuscular
“In this study, three groups of Wistar rats were dosed IM on Days 0, 14 and 28 with 0.5mL of PreHevbri (2 or 10 µg HBsAg per animal), or Al(OH)3 adjuvant alone, and were observed for signs of toxicity for 8 weeks.”
✓ VerifiedEMA assessment report, p. 25Source ↗

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Summary across all 13 vaccines →