Foundation of the Institute
In a small villa on the outskirts of Siena, Achille Sclavo founds the Institute, to produce the serum against anthrax he had discovered.
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– The days dedicated to Uniserum during the celebration of 50° anniversary of Institution foundation –
– Promotional material of new Sclavo products –
1950
The international scope and new applications
The increasing degree of technical sophistication leads the Institute to be a modern center not only of production, but also for the study and research.
– The shipment warehouse –
The increasing degree of technical sophistication required by the equipment for the production of serums and vaccines led the Institute to become a modern center not only of production, but also of study and research. In addition, the export of Sclavo products had come to cover, in the 1950s, some forty Countries all over the world.
In addition to the organic or chemical-pharmaceutical products, anatoxins, anatubercolines, serums and vaccines, the Sclavo Institute developed the sero-diagnostics of syphilis and, in general, diagnostics, a new scope of application that included subjects ranging from serology to clinical chemistry.
– 1956 | Informative flier about diagnostic products –
In 1950 the Sclavo Institute participated in the founding of UNISERUM, the Center of Immunology and fight against infectious diseases, born from the collaboration with the Mèrieux Institute of Lyon, the Llorente of Madrid and the Swiss Serotherapeutic of Bern. It also started a collaboration with the World Health Organization for the supply of smallpox and cholera vaccine, aimed at containing the serious epidemic situations in Central Africa and the Far East.
– The days dedicated to Uniserum during the celebration of 50° anniversary of Institution foundation –
Fonte: “50°. Mezzo secolo al servizio dell’immunologia e dell’igiene sociale”, 1954
In 1952, the US Federal Security Agency granted the license for the production and circulation throughout the US of Sclavo biologic products, deemed compliant with the requirements of the strict American legislation, with the consequence of being able to obtain from the Food and Drug Administration the chance to apply for the specific registration of the main serums and vaccines.
In collaboration with the National and International Virology Centers (WHO), starting in 1955 the production of flu vaccine was scheduled in Siena, and in 1958 was licensed.
In 1954 Albert Sabin visited the laboratories of Siena and decided to send – gratis – to the Sclavo Institute 50 ml of each of his three original strains of SO+1 polio.
– Promotional material of new Sclavo products –