Q.1759

RTS,S or Mosquirix on 24 July 2015 got approval from European Medicines Agency (EMA). It thus became the world’s first _____ ______. It was developed by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline and the project was also funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Thus, what is Mosquirix which was in development since 1987 but has now finally got public?

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World's first Malaria vaccine

The vaccine was licensed for use on babies in Africa. In 2013, Malaria killed an estimated 58400 people out of which majority were from the sub-Saharan Africa.