2008 DEVANI Research Project into developing a vaccine against GBS

DEVANI (an abbreviation of the title DEvelopment of a Vaccine Against Neonatal Infections) is a European Commission Framework Seven project (HEALTH-F5-2007-200481), which began on 1st January 2008, is to provide useful information for the development of a vaccine against infections in babies caused by GBS.  Public Health Institutes and Universities from Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom (Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections) are all participating in the project.  The study is coordinated by Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Siena, Italy – click herefor more information on the Health Protection Agency website, click here for more information about the project itself and click here for a chart summarising the project.