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Saturday, 25th of May 2013 Print

  • REPORT FROM THE GLOBAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON VACCINE SAFETY (GACVS)

 

A report of the December 2012 GACVS meeting was presented.

SAGE acknowledged the detailed review and the recommendations of GACVS on the safety profile of varicella vaccines, risk of narcolepsy and Guillain-Barré syndrome with influenza vaccines, and the safety of dengue vaccines.

SAGE suggested that future recommendations on dengue vaccine safety be linked to the dengue vaccine development strategy. SAGE stressed that the development of guidelines for the use of vaccines in pregnant women needs to be accelerated and recognized that while GACVS is focusing on specific vaccines, more generic guidance about the use of different vaccines in pregnant women should be developed by SAGE to complement this work.

 

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