The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
				
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June 23, 1995
                		
                	Varicella Vaccine
					
					
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Varicella Vaccine
June 23, 1995 (Issue: 951)
					A live attenuated varicella vaccine (Varivax - Merck) has been approved for marketing  by the US Food and Drug Administration. The Oka/Merck strain used in the vaccine  is attenuated by passage in human and embryonic guinea pig cell cultures.
 
        			
        			
					
					
					
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