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Pfizer pulls its vaccine for Chinese children

AMERICAN pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said it has stopped selling one of its lucrative vaccines for children in China.

The company gave no explanation for halting sales of the Prevnar vaccine, which helps prevent infections such as pneumonia, which killed an estimated 935,000 children under the age of five globally in 2013, according to the World Health Organization. “Based on a careful assessment ... we have decided to cease our vaccines commercial operations in China at this time,” a spokeswoman said, adding that the drug’s import license had expired.

 


 

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