This fact sheet describes PATH's work on vaccine stabilization, including the development of a method to protect vaccines containing an aluminum adjuvant from freeze damage, the identification of a technology to improve the heat stability of certain vaccines, and the improvement of vaccine stability through reformulation involving glass-forming sugars plus other excipients and processing via spray drying.

Author(s): PATH

Published: 2011

Resource types: PATH resource; Fact sheet

Diseases: Not disease/vaccine specific

Topics: Vaccine stabilization

Regions: Global