article_snippet.sent: The vaccine, known as RTS,S, took 30 years to develop but it is now hoped it can be used to save millions of lives .
article_snippet.sent: Researchers say the vaccine, which has just completed the final stages of testing, could make a ‘substantial contribution’ to controlling the world's deadliest disease.
article_snippet.sent: Drug firm GlaxoSmithKline has applied for a licence from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the RTS,S vaccine.
article_snippet.sent: The news is significant because RTS,S is the first malaria vaccine to reach advanced trials.
article_snippet.sent: Scientists have worked on the vaccine for more than 20 years – at a cost of more than £330million, but experts say there is a long way to go.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Despite the falling efficacy over time, there is still a clear benefit from RTS,S. ‘
article_snippet.sent: The shot , which is designed to be used by children in Africa, could be approved by October, making it the first approved vaccine for the world's most deadly disease .
highlights_snippet.sent: Vaccine named RTS,S could be available by October, scientists believe .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Will become the first approved vaccine for the world's deadliest disease .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Experts hail 'extraordinary achievement' for British firm that developed it .