Jump to full article: Agence France Presse (AFP) (fr), 2008-04-28
Intro: An anti-nicotine vaccine will be tested on 400 people in the Nordic countries over the next year aimed at helping smokers kick the habit, the Karolinska Institute in Sweden said on Monday.
"A Swedish vaccine against nicotine will be tested on 400 people in three Nordic countries," the institute said in a statement.
Lena Wikingsson, head of Independent Pharmaceutica, which is running the experiment, told Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet that people taking part in the study -- heavy smokers who would like to quit -- would be given counselling before they stop smoking and would be given a drug to help them quit. . . .
The vaccine, called Niccine, has been developed over the course of 10 years by Swedish researchers at the Karolinska Institute, under the guidance of professor Torgny Svensson who founded Independent Pharmaceutica.
Niccine is supposed to help the immune system build antibodies against nicotine.
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