BEE-STING VACCINE IN TRIALS PROTECTION POSSIBLE IN 4 SHOTS.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA - A Valencia-based biopharmaceutical company is developing a bee-venom vaccine - the first of its kind - to treat people highly allergic to bees. ``The vaccine is intended to protect the person from the adverse reactions adverse reactions, n.pl unfavorable reactions resulting from administration of a local anesthetic; responsible factors include the drug used, concentration, and route of administration. to being stung, like going into shock,'' said Stephen J. McCormack, president and chief executive officer of AlleCure. While conventional bee-allergy therapies include 100 to 150 shots over a five-year period, AlleCure's vaccine, whose extract is derived from bee venom bee venom, n poison extracted from bees. Has been used in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, especially multiple sclerosis and arthritis; can be applied directly or by intramuscular injection. , will desensitize de·sen·si·tize v. 1. To render insensitive or less sensitive, as a nerve or tooth. 2. To make an individual nonreactive or insensitive to an antigen. 3. patients to an allergy with four shots over a period of about six months. The vaccine was not intended to protect against killer bees Killer Bees Those who help a company fend off a takeover attempt with the use of defensive strategies. Notes: Companies, usually with the help of investment bankers, use a number of strategies to repel a hostile takeover bid including, but are not limited to: poison , but McCormack said he doesn't see why it wouldn't. ``One could predict the protective effects that work against conventional bees, or standard honeybees, could work in the same ways against killer bees,'' he said. The vaccine - which will be one of the first products coming out of the pipeline for the company that develops vaccines to desensitize allergies - is midway through clinical trials, and McCormack said the results look promising. Officials could not yet say when the drug would hit the market. The bee vaccine is the first of many products in development at AlleCure to combat allergies, including vaccines against hay fever hay fever, seasonal allergy causing inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and eyes. It is characterized by itching about the eyes and nose, sneezing, a profuse watery nasal discharge, and tearing of the eyes. , dust mites and cat hair. |
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