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ACAM2000
Proper Name
Smallpox (Vaccinia) Vaccine, Live
Indication
Live vaccinia virus derived from plaque purification cloning from Dryvax® and grown in African Green Monkey kidney (Vero) cells and tested to be free of adventitious agents.
Description

ACAM2000, Smallpox (Vaccinia) Vaccine, Live, is a live vaccinia virus derived from plaque purification cloning from Dryvax® (Wyeth Laboratories, Marietta, PA, calf lymph vaccine, New York City Board of Health Strain) and grown in African Green Monkey kidney (Vero) cells and tested to be free of adventitious agents.

Key Regulatory Milestones

05/02/2017 - FDA approval date

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