Prevenar shown to reduce invasive pneumococcal disease in Korea’s young children

The routine use of Wyeth’s Prevenar (pneumococcal saccharide conjugated vaccine, adsorbed) helps protect against the seven pneumococcal serotypes causing the majority of disease in Korea, a local doctor said.

In a recent symposium to mark the five-year launching of Prevenar, Professor Lee Whan-jong of Seoul National University said that Prevenar has played a pivotal role to save children's l...