Unlike other medications used against the aforementioned medical condition, this biopharmaceutical has no immunosuppressive or direct anti-inflammatory activity, but restores control of the immune response to the antigens themselves (natural tolerance), through the expansion of regulatory t cells, argued Perez.
With regard to the issue of new preventive vaccines, the also Senior researcher and Member of Merit of Cuba’s Academy of Sciences indicated that the Finlay Institute has been working on the creation of a pneumococcal vaccine.
A phase III clinical trial of this vaccine in children of preschool age was recently completed with satisfactory results, and its registration must be requested from the Cuban regulatory agency, the Center for State Control of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices. (Taken from Prensa Latina)