Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical's (Group) (HKG:2196, SHA:600196) subsidiary Fosun Adgenvax (Chengdu) Biopharmaceutical obtained the National Medical Products Administration's approval for clinical trials for its 24-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine, a Tuesday bourse filing said.
Fosun Adgenvax (Chengdu) Biopharmaceutical plans to start the first phase of clinical trials in China.
The vaccine is a preventive biological product used for the prevention of certain infectious diseases caused by certain pneumococcal serotypes.