Le Dr Nathalie GARÇON, spécialiste des adjuvants pour GlaxoSmithKline en 2002 :
« En réalité, le seul adjuvant [aluminique] autorisé pour usage
humain, est le plus empirique. Personne ne sait comment il fonctionne,
personne ne connaît sa biodistribution. [...] En fait, je crois que si
l’aluminium arrivait maintenant, il ne serait pas accepté. » (source : page 220 de ce document officiel)
DR. GARCON : Actually, the adjuvant, the only one that is licensed for human use, is the one which is the most empirical. I mean, nobody knows how it works, nobody knows the biodistribution.
I mean, it has really not much known about this one. It’s for the new
one for which, I agree, you have to attempt for better characterization.
Actually I believe that if alum * was coming now, it won’t be accepted.
* l’origine l’alun (alum en anglais) qui servait d’adjuvant pour les vaccins
Alum was the major adjuvant used to increase the efficacy of vaccines, and has been used since the 1920s.[19] But it has been almost completely replaced by aluminium hydroxide and aluminium phosphate in commercial vaccines.[20]
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alum#Medicine