Increased Flu and Exotic Disease Vaccine Trials Thrive at Passport Health
Posted on: Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 09:01 CDT
BALTIMORE, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Passport Health, an immunization and travel health center with national headquarters in Baltimore, reports that its participation in vaccine trials will expand this year with several new clinical trials in the pipeline. "We're helping pharmaceutical companies and the FDA bring vaccines to market because this cannot be done without successful clinical trials and proper recruitment of patients," says Fran Lessans, RN, MS, Founder & CEO of Passport Health, which is the largest private purchaser of vaccinations in the U.S.
With more than 65,000 travel health client visits annually through its 112 nationwide locations, Passport Health can recruit from a large patient population.
The new trials involve a Phase III flu vaccine, as well as vaccines for exotic diseases (shigella and cholera) that are prevalent in Southern Hemisphere and Third World countries.
Previously, Passport Health has worked on clinical trials for anthrax, hepatitis B, influenza and yellow fever. In addition to its many resources, Passport Health operates a 24/7 call center staffed with experienced nurses who take vaccination calls for Department of Defense (DoD) members, their families and the private medical community. The DoD Call Center contract was recently renewed for five years.
Vaccinations are emerging as an international defense to fears about flu pandemic, bird flu outbreaks, disaster and bioterrorism response, and the reemergence of polio, measles, and other contagious diseases worldwide.
Founded in 1994, Passport Health is the largest private purchaser of vaccinations in the United States, second only to the Federal Government. Passport Health's diverse services include on-site flu clinics and bioterrorism response. Passport Health also specializes in travel immunizations, travel health counseling with itinery-specific education, travel health products and international security counseling. Passport Health has been involved in providing anthrax vaccinations to the U.S. military, Post Office and Federal employees, as well as providing smallpox vaccination training. For more information, go to http://www.passporthealthusa.com/ or call 410-727-0556.
Passport Health
CONTACT: Vivienne Stearns-Elliott for Passport Health, +1-410-733-6681
Web site: http://www.passporthealthusa.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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