Interesting wording for headline.....
And save this for those who say vaccines make no money for companies
"After being considered something of a commodity product in human health
for many years, vaccines have latterly been rediscovered. Indeed, growth in
vaccine sales has been outstripping that of drugs by a factor of two to one
in the last 20 years, driven by the development of combination paediatric
vaccines and new indications in adults. "

"Throughout the 1990s, vaccine sales grew by an average of 14 percent a
year while drug growth was in the high single-digit range, and the sector
is tipped to reach a value of $10 billion in 2006 from $5.4 billion in
2001, according to a report compiled earlier this year by analysts at
Merrill Lynch.

Meanwhile, the structure of the marketplace is changing. The two largest
vaccines companies, GlaxoSmithKine and Aventis, each have around a quarter
of the market for vaccines, and the top four (adding in Merck & Co and
Wyeth) account for an 85 per cent share. But a number of smaller companies
are carving out a niche, including Chiron (bolstered by its acquisition of
the UK's Powderject), Berna Biotech and Acambis. "
Sheri

http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/news/news-NG.asp?n=48123-akzo-ready-for

Akzo ready for assault on human vaccines market
 
02/12/2003 - Akzo Nobel opened a new biotech vaccines production facility
in Boxmeer, the Netherlands, yesterday, that signposts a new ambition in
human vaccines for the group.

The company already develops and manufactures vaccines under the Intervet
banner for its animal health business, and the new facility will focus
primarily on producing veterinary vaccines. However, the company revealed
that it will also serve as a platform for "exploring opportunities in the
human vaccines field," underpinning the group's new wholly-owned vaccines
business Nobilon, set up this summer.

After being considered something of a commodity product in human health for
many years, vaccines have latterly been rediscovered. Indeed, growth in
vaccine sales has been outstripping that of drugs by a factor of two to one
in the last 20 years, driven by the development of combination paediatric
vaccines and new indications in adults.

Throughout the 1990s, vaccine sales grew by an average of 14 percent a year
while drug growth was in the high single-digit range, and the sector is
tipped to reach a value of $10 billion in 2006 from $5.4 billion in 2001,
according to a report compiled earlier this year by analysts at Merrill
Lynch.

Meanwhile, the structure of the marketplace is changing. The two largest
vaccines companies, GlaxoSmithKine and Aventis, each have around a quarter
of the market for vaccines, and the top four (adding in Merck & Co and
Wyeth) account for an 85 per cent share. But a number of smaller companies
are carving out a niche, including Chiron (bolstered by its acquisition of
the UK's Powderject), Berna Biotech and Acambis.

Akzo's Nobilon unit is not planning to have any human products on the
market until 2009, but is working on the design of an improved influenza
vaccine that should enter Phase I testing next year.

The Boxmeer facility contains a suite of clean rooms, each with its own
air-handling unit, which makes it possible to work with several vaccines at
the same time, according to Akzo. This is a unique feature that improves
the flexibility and production output of the facility, it said.

Importantly, Nobilon will be able to draw on the expertise in
biotechnological processes of Akzo's Diosynth business unit, which
specialises in the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients.
 



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