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CII 23.29+0.3%Dec 9 4:00 PM EST

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To: Brian MacDonald who wrote (263)3/28/2000 4:48:00 PM
From: Brister  Read Replies (1) of 298
 
Hey Curly - Moe wake up,
I think this is a drug that our beloved co. is to keep cold. I just wish they would figure out how to get a nasdaq listing.

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Tuesday March 28 2:51 PM ET
Vaccine Slashes UK Meningitis Cases by 75 Pct
By Emma Ducasse

LONDON (Reuters) - A new vaccine against meningitis introduced five months ago has slashed cases of the infectious disease in Britain by 75 percent among babies and teenagers, the government said Tuesday.

``This is welcome news for parents and children. We are the first country in the world to have this new vaccine. It puts the UK in the forefront of tackling this devastating disease,' Public Health Minister Yvette Cooper said in a statement.

The vaccine is for meningitis C which accounts for 40 percent of cases of the disease and claimed the lives of 150 people in Britain in 1998.

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So far, the campaign has been limited to the highest risk groups because of short supplies of the vaccine, manufactured by Wyeth Vaccines, part of American Home Products Corp (NYSE:AHP - news).

Britain hopes to extend the program to all children under five by the summer.

``I hope that all parents take up the chance to have their children protected when their invitations arrive. A second vaccine has been licensed and is now being distributed. We aim to offer the vaccine to all young people under 18 by the autumn -- a target of 15 million children,' Cooper said.

The Department of Health figures show that from December to March, cases of the bug in 15- to 17-year-olds fell by 77 per cent. Instead of the 70 cases expected by government health officials there have been only 16 confirmed cases.

The numbers were equally good for babies under one year old. From the beginning of January to the middle of March only 10 cases were reported from an expected 37 cases, a drop of 73 percent.

``We were very hopeful that the results would prove as they have done,' a spokesman for
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