Seven-Valent Botulinum Antitoxin Approved.


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An antitoxin effective against all seven known botulism types has received approval from the FDA.

An agency official says the antitoxin “meets an urgent unmet medical need for the treatment of sporadic cases of life-threatening botulism and provides a medical countermeasure should botulinum nerve toxins be used in a terrorism event.”

The antitoxin, derived from horse plasma, underwent testing in animals.

Source: FDA news

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