vaccines
Flu Vaccine Candidate May Have Broad Spectrum Efficacy
Researchers have designed a new drug to safeguard against epidemic and pandemic influenza virus strains.
Vabiotech Licenses Japanese Encephalitis Technology From Inviragen
Vietnam's VABIOTECH has acquired rights to Inviragen's proprietary Japanese encephalitis technology to produce a cell-derived vaccine.
Microneedles Send Tiny Doses Of Vaccine To The Skin
An Australian biomedical engineer, Mark Kendall, has won the 2012 Rolex Awards for changing the way life-saving vaccines are delivered.
Takeda To Acquire Vaccine Maker LigoCyte Pharma For US$60m
Takeda Pharma will acquire LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals for an upfront payment of US$60 million, it announced on Friday.
Sanofi Pasteur’s Dengue Vaccine Shows Proof Of Efficacy: Study
The results of the world’s first dengue vaccine efficacy study confirm the safety of Sanofi Pasteur’s dengue vaccine against 3 out of 4 dengue virus serotypes.
East Asia Expected To Be Polio Free By 2014: WHO
East Asia is set to be free from polio disease by early 2014, said Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, on Thursday.
Dengue Vaccine Shows Efficacy In Thai Clinical Trial: Sanofi Pasteur
Sanofi Pasteur announced on Thursday promising efficacy results of its dengue vaccine candidate in an efficacy trial conducted in Thailand.
Chicken Vaccines Combined To Form Deadly Infectious Viruses
Researchers in Australia have shown that two different viral vaccines - used simultaneously in chickens - have combined to produce new infectious viruses.
Study: Polio Vaccination Programs In Af-Pak Not Working
A new study finds that vaccines are struggling to have an impact in Afghanistan and Pakistan due to the lack of mass immunization campaigns.
