§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what facilities are available in the United Kingdom for anthrax vaccine production; and if it is produced by biotechnological methodologies. [53900]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 2 May 2002]: Anthrax vaccine in the United Kingdom is produced at the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research at Porton Down.
It is produced from the vaccine strain of Bacillus anthracis (known as the Sterne strain) using biotechnological methods, but is not a recombinant product.