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Work to launch 'fridge-free' vaccine under way A vaccine that does not need to be kept in a fridge or frozen has entered its first clinical trial. The Stablepharma tetanus-diphtheria vaccine (SPVX02) is completely stable at room temperature and is ready to be trialled through a government-backed programme. The first in-human trial is being held at the National Institute for Health and Care Research's (NIHR) base at University Hospital Southampton this month. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about half of all vaccines are wasted around the world, in...