Drugs / RTS,S
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RTS,S

Vaccine

Developed for
Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Investigated by
GlaxoSmithKline · U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command

Regulatory milestones approvals, filings & regulatory actions · 1 recorded

MilestoneJurisdictionBrandIndicationDateSentence it was read from
Filed EU (EMA) — malaria 2014-07-24

“GSK announced today that it has submitted a regulatory application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S.” gsk.com ↗

“Submitting a regulatory application for our malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S.” gsk.com ↗

Trials 1

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PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 1/2 NCT01556945 Apr 2001 → Feb 2002 Plasmodium falciparum malaria U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command Completed No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 7

DateIssuerRelease
2022-09-06 GlaxoSmithKline Regulatory WHO grants prequalification to GSK’s Mosquirix – the first and only approved malaria vaccine gsk.com ↗
GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) announced today that the World Health Organization (WHO) has awarded prequalification to Mosquirix (also known as RTS,S/AS01), GSK’s groundbreaking malaria vaccine.
2021-10-06 GlaxoSmithKline Regulatory GSK welcomes WHO recommendation for broad roll-out of its RTS,S/AS01e (RTS,S) malaria vaccine gsk.com ↗
Based on the recommendation of its global advisory bodies for immunization and malaria, WHO has recommended the wider use of GSK’s RTS,S malaria vaccine in children living in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions with moderate to high malaria transmission.
2015-07-24 GlaxoSmithKline Regulatory GSK’s malaria candidate vaccine, Mosquirix™ (RTS,S), receives positive opinion from European regulators for the prevention of malaria in young children in sub-Saharan Africa gsk.com ↗
The positive opinion for young children was based on the review of data assessing the candidate vaccine’s safety, efficacy and quality.
2015-04-24 GlaxoSmithKline Results Malaria vaccine candidate has demonstrated efficacy over 3-4 years of follow-up gsk.com ↗
Final results from a large-scale Phase III trial of the RTS,S malaria vaccine candidate, including the impact of a booster dose, published today in The Lancet, show that the vaccine candidate helped protect children and infants from clinical malaria for at least three years after first vaccination.
2014-07-24 GlaxoSmithKline Regulatory GSK announces EU regulatory submission for malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S gsk.com ↗
GSK announced today that it has submitted a regulatory application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S.
2013-10-08 GlaxoSmithKline Results Malaria vaccine candidate reduces disease over 18 months of follow-up in late-stage study of more than 15,000 infants and young children gsk.com ↗
Results from a large-scale Phase III trial, presented today in Durban, show that the most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S, continued to protect young children and infants from clinical malaria up to 18 months after vaccination.
2011-10-18 GlaxoSmithKline Results First results from ongoing Phase III trial show malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S* reduces the risk of malaria by half in African children aged 5 to 17 months gsk.com ↗
The trial, conducted at 11 trial sites in seven countries across sub-Saharan Africa, showed that three doses of RTS,S reduced the risk of children experiencing clinical malaria and severe malaria by 56% and 47%, respectively.

All press releases naming this drug 9 releases

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Evidence & citations 3 cited values

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FieldValueCited text
Known as RTS,S ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT01556945 ↗
Modality Vaccine “RTS,S malaria vaccine given with the adjuvant AS02” NCT01556945 ↗
Route Other “intra-deltoid half-doses of RTS,S/AS02 and FMP1/AS02 administered” PMID 38584058 ↗ Apr 2024