Aediatric Formulation News Today

Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, "Astellas") contributed to the development of a pediatric formulation to treat schistosomiasis as a member of the Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium (Consortium). The Consortium announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive scientific opinion for arpraziquantel to treat one of the neglected tropical diseases, schistosomiasis, in preschoo...

Medical experts say vaccination still key to protecting children from virus, help reduce severity of complications and cut down on transmissions.