SEOUL, KOREA – EuBiologics Co., Ltd. (EuBiologics) and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) announced today that Euvichol®, an inactivated oral cholera vaccine (OCV), recently received prequalification from the World Health Organization (WHO). Developed to protect against epidemic and endemic cholera, the two-dose oral vaccine is low-cost and ready to use in a single-dose vial, facilitating its use in mass immunization programs in low-income countries.

“I am very pleased that Euvichol®, a vaccine whose development was enabled by IVI, was prequalified by WHO,” said Dr. Jerome Kim, IVI’s Director General. “This milestone shows that public-private partnerships - such as that between IVI and EuBiologics – are effective in developing vaccines against diseases of the poor like cholera.”