Analysis of global hepatitis B vaccine research and development / 第二军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

More than 100 countries have added hepatitis B vaccination to their routine immunization programmes.Hepatitis B vaccines progressed from blood vaccines to recombinant vaccines,then to peptide vaccines and DNA vaccines,to their functions extended from prophylactic to therapeutic.This article analyzes the relationship between hepatitis B vaccine R&D and the immunization programmes in different countries,to summarizes the R&D of both prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines,and points out the direction for futare vaccine development.