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Malaria vaccine gets approval for release to African countries

The world's most advanced malaria vaccine got the nod Friday from European regulators, despite mixed trial results, for eventual use in children in African countries plagued by the killer disease.

Dubbed Mosquirix or RTS,S, the drug received a "positive scientific opinion" from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) following decades of research and millions of dollars of investment.

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