CanSino Biologics (HKG:6185) initiated the phase 1 clinical trial of its inhaled tuberculosis vaccine in Indonesia recently and the first patient has been enrolled, a Thursday Hong Kong bourse filing said.
The phase Ia and Ib trials for the vaccine were completed in Canada, with data demonstrating its safety and its effectiveness as a Bacillus Calmette-Guerin booster vaccine.
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin is reportedly the only available tuberculosis vaccine in the world currently.