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OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine) bivalent Type 1 & 3 (20 dose vial)

Vaccine Trade Name: Oral bivalent types 1 & 3 poliomyelitis vaccine

Vaccine Type: OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine) bivalent Type 1 & 3

Manufacturer: Sanofi Pasteur

Country of Manufacture: France

Date of prequalification: 2 August 2011

NRA of Record: ANSM

Product Description

Pharmaceutical form: liquid

Presentation: 20 dose vial

Route of administration: oral

Vaccine Vial Monitor: Type 2

Shelf life: 24 months at - 20 °C

Secondary Packaging: carton of 10 vials

Cold Chain volume per dose (cm3): 2.41

Preservative: None.

Handling of opened multi-dose vials: WHO recommends that opened vials of this vaccine may be kept for use in subsequent immunization sessions (up to a maximum of 28 days) provided the conditions outlined in the WHO Policy Statement: The use of opened multi-dose vials of vaccine in subsequent immunization sessions are met.

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24 May 2013 15:54 CEST