First clinical center in South Africa initiated for a Pan-African phase III trial against tuberculosis

First clinical center in South Africa initiated for a Pan-African phase III trial against tuberculosis

Vakzine Projekt Management GmbH (VPM) announces that the first clinical center in South Africa has been initiated in a large phase III trial (priMe) to assess the efficacy and safety of the novel TB vaccine – VPM1002 – in comparison with BCG in healthy newborn infants. The clinical centers in Tanzania, Uganda and Gabon will follow in the next weeks.