Wyeth trying to SELL prevnar to the UK docs.

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Wyeth trying to SELL prevnar to the UK docs.............Its not used in UK

yet but is licensed.........

Sheri

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/prevnar.htm

> From: McIntosh [sMTP:MCINTOD@...]

>

> I am sending this to you in the hope that you will circulate it to

the

> vaccimmuk group. I heard with interest comments from the group on the

> Telegraph and Times articles but feel that this can be positively

viewed

> as an opportunity to prepare in plenty of time for an immunisation

> campaign which is unlikely to happen before Autumn 2002.

>

> Prevenar, the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), was

licensed

> here in the UK and throughout Europe earlier this year.

>

> Around 40 infants and young children die from invasive pneumococcal

> disease (IPD) in England and Wales alone each year. The number of

> preventable deaths is similar to that prevented by Hib immunisation.

> Furthermore, 7-valent PCV would be cost-effective when one considers

the

> morbidity (meningitis, septicaemia, pneumonia, otitis media), the

sequelae

> (brain damage, empyema, deafness) and the mortality resulting from

> pneumococcal infection. There would be considerable savings in terms

of

> hospitalisations prevented, consultations avoided and antibiotic

> resistance managed.

>

> Wyeth Vaccines has trained Clinical Liaison Managers from the medical

> department available to provide information on request about IPD and

to

> update you on the most recent data from Kaiser Permanente and the

routine

> US use which supports the safety and efficacy profile of 7-valent

PCV.

>

> I would be happy to pass any requests for such information on to the

> relevant people here at Wyeth. My e-mail address is

mcintod@...

> <mailto:mcintod@...>

>

> With kind regards from

>

>

>

> Dr E. G. McIntosh

> MBBS MPH PhD FAFPHM FRACP MRCP & CH DRCOG DCH

> Senior Medical Adviser

> Medical Division, Wyeth

> Huntercombe Lane South

> Taplow, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 0PH, UK

> Office tel: +44-1628-414-814

> Mobile: +44-7990-530-294

> Fax: +44-1628-414-802

> Email: mcintod@... <mailto:mcintod@...>