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CPD

5-in-1 Meningococcal Vaccines: Just Over the Horizon?

  • Authors: Ulrich Heininger, MD; Terho Heikkinen, MD, PhD; Federico Martinón-Torres, MD, PhD
  • CPD Released: 8/8/2022
  • THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT
  • Valid for credit through: 8/8/2023, 11:59 PM EST
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Target Audience and Goal Statement

This educational activity is intended for an international audience of non-US primary care providers, pediatricians, and public health and preventive medicine specialists. Not all meningococcal B vaccines are available in all countries. This independent medical education (IME) is intended for healthcare providers (HCPs) from countries where those are licensed. 

The goal of this program is for learners to have better knowledge of the meningococcal vaccines in late-stage development.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge regarding the
    • Clinical trial data on pentavalent vaccines in development
    • Potential benefits of pentavalent meningococcal vaccines


Disclosures

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All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

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Faculty

  • Ulrich Heininger, MD

    Professor of Pediatrics
    Head
    Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology
    University of Basel Children's Hospital
    Basel, Switzerland

    Disclosures

    Ulrich Heininger, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: GlaxoSmithKline; HilleVax, USA; IQVIA Ireland and India; Merck Switzerland; Sanofi Pasteur France; Sanofi Pasteur USA; Seqirus Netherlands; Takeda; Watermark, USA
    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: Merck; Moderna, Inc., Switzerland; Pfizer, Inc., Switzerland; Sanofi Genzyme, Germany; Sanofi Pasteur, France; Sanofi Pasteur, Switzerland; Sanofi Pasteur, USA

  • Terho Heikkinen, MD, PhD

    Professor of Pediatrics
    Department of Pediatrics
    University of Turku
    Turku University Hospital
    Turku, Finland

    Disclosures

    Terho Heikkinen, MD, PhD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: Enanta; Janssen; Sanofi Pasteur
    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: Janssen; Roche

  • Federico Martinón-Torres, MD, PhD

    Head
    Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases Section
    Pediatrics Department
    Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela
    Coordinator of Genetics Vaccines Infections and Pediatrics Research Group (GENVIP)
    Healthcare Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela
    Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Disclosures

    Federico Martinón-Torres, MD, PhD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Biofabri; GlaxoSmithKline; Janssen; Merck; Moderna, Inc.; Novavax, Inc.; Pfizer, Inc.; Roche; Sanofi Pasteur
    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; GlaxoSmithKline; Janssen; Merck; Moderna, Inc.; Pfizer, Inc.; Sanofi Pasteur
    Research funding from: Ablynx NV; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Biofabri; Cubist Pharmaceuticals; GlaxoSmithKline; Janssen; Merck; Moderna, Inc.; Novavax, Inc.; Pfizer, Inc.; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Roche; Sanofi Pasteur
    Contracted researcher for: GlaxoSmithKline; Merck; Pfizer, Inc.

Editor

  • Gillian Griffith, BA (Mod), MA

    Medical Education Director, WebMD Global, LLC 

    Disclosures

    Gillian Griffith, BA (Mod), MA, has no relevant financial relationships.

Compliance Reviewer

  • Susan L. Smith, MN, PhD

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance

    Disclosures

    Susan L. Smith, MN, PhD, has no relevant financial relationships.

Peer Reviewer

This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has no relevant financial relationships.


Accreditation Statements

    For Physicians

  • The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (FPM) has reviewed and approved the content of this educational activity and allocated it 0.50 continuing professional development credits (CPD).

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CPD

5-in-1 Meningococcal Vaccines: Just Over the Horizon?

Authors: Ulrich Heininger, MD; Terho Heikkinen, MD, PhD; Federico Martinón-Torres, MD, PhDFaculty and Disclosures
THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT

CPD Released: 8/8/2022

Valid for credit through: 8/8/2023, 11:59 PM EST

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Educational Impact Challenge

The goal of this activity is that learners will be better able to have greater knowledge of developments with meningitis vaccines.

Before you begin this activity, please assess your clinical knowledge by completing this brief survey. Answering these questions again after the activity will allow you to see what you learned and to compare your answers with those of your peers.

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