OverviewLaboratoryofBacterialPolysaccharidesFromcover-Science,23March,2001TheLaboratoryofBacterialPolysaccharidesThemissionofthisLaboratoryisunifiedaroundthefactthat:Mostallinvasivebacterialdiseasesintheyoungpediatricpopulationarecausedbybacterialspecihavingpolysaccharidecapsules:•Haemophilusinfluenzae•Neisseriameningitidis•Streptococcuspneumoniae•Streptococcusagalactiae(GroupBStrep)LicensedVaccinesforwhichtheLBPhasProductResponsibilityPolysaccharides:•Pneumococcal23-valentMerck•Meningococcal4-valentAventisPasteur•TyphoidViAventisPasteurConjugates:•Haemophilusinfluenzaetypeb(Hib)WyethAventisPasteuMerck(2)•Pneumococcal7-valentWyethCombinationvacci...
