In article <9507150141.02DLL04 at support.com>, alan.r.wald at support.com wrote:
> Hepatitis "A" Vaccine, inactiviated, became availble in the United States this
> year(1995). It has been avaialable in Germany since December 1992, and
has also
> been avaialble in European countries such as France, The Netherlands and
> Switzerland. The HAVRIX brand is manfactured in Belgium by Smith Kline Beecham
> Biologicals. It is also avaialble at special clinics in Nepal. It is
> distributed in the USA by Smith Kline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia ,
> PA 1901 according to the package insert issued in Feb 1995.
The hepatitis A vaccine by Smith Kline Beecham is available in over 50
countries and has
been for a number of years now. As usual, the US has only recently jumped
on the band
wagon. The vaccine was tested in Thailand by the US Army and gave very
impressive results.
Ed Clayson
