In Brief: Connaught Tripedia
Executive Summary
Connaught Tripedia: DTaP vaccine with two pertussis antibodies was not studied in an 82,000-patient Swedish study, as reported in "The Pink Sheet" (June 23, T&G-13). Tripedia contains pertussis toxin and filamentous hemagglutinin antibodies. The five-component formulation studied in Sweden contains pertactin and two fimbrae antibodies in addition to PT and FHA and is not available in the U.S...