Asia Dengue Summit starts in Manila

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Mar, 2017

Singapore: Over the past year, many countries in Asia have witnessed an alarming rise in the number of dengue cases that account for more than 70 percent of the global dengue cases. This tr...Read more

Globally Zika Virus vaccines market expected to reach $18,697mn by 2022

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Jan, 2017

A new report published by Allied Market Research, titled, "Potential Market for Zika Virus Vaccines: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2017-2022", projects that in moderate...Read more

New chikungunya vaccine brings in hope!

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Dec, 2016

Singapore: Bringing in much needed relief to millions of people suffering from chikungunya every year, researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have revealed tha...Read more

GE Healthcare, Valneva delivers optimized cell culture medium for vaccine production

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Nov, 2016

Singapore: GE Healthcare's Life Sciences business and Valneva SE, vaccine biotech company, are sharing the results of a successful collaboration to optimize virus productivity in Valneva's ...Read more

Bharat Biotech's Zika vaccine to enter phase-I trials

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 10 Oct, 2016

Singapore: Giving a further boost to Modi governemt's Make in India initiative, India's Bharat Biotech recently announced that the company has completed pre-clinical studies on its novel Zi...Read more

Zydus Cadila, Takeda to co-develop vaccine for chikungunya

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 23 Sep, 2016

Singapore: Japan's Takeda pharmaceuticals has joined hands with India-based Zydus Cadila in an aim to co-develop a vaccine for chikungunya. As per the terms the companies will jointly devel...Read more

Emirates SkyCargo launches facility for pharma logistics

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Sep, 2016

Dubai: Emirates SkyCargo has launched Emirates SkyPharma, a facility designed and equipped to transport temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products at Dubai International airport. Emirat...Read more

Dengue vaccine now available in Mexico

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Sep, 2016

Singapore: Dengvaxia, the dengue vaccine by Sanofi Pasteur, is now available in private healthcare clinics of Mexico for vaccination of individuals 9 to 45 years of age. "Dengue is a major...Read more

Sanofi gets Philippines nod for first dengue vaccine

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 23 Dec, 2015

Singapore: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, has recieved marketing approval in Philippines for its dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia. The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration ...Read more

Thai JE vaccine receives WHO nod

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Jan, 2015

Singapore: The Government of Pharmaceutical Organization, Thailand, recently announced that the attenuated Japanese encephalitis vaccine has received approval from the World Health Organiza...Read more

Malaria vaccine may be available by October

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 May, 2015

Singapore: The world's first malaria vaccine may be available by October, as the vaccine candidate (RTS,S/AS01) is the first to reach phase III clinical testing and is partially effective a...Read more

Vaxxas' painless vaccine delivery tech fetches BioSpectrum award

Vaccines |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Mar, 2013

Prof Mark Kendall, a scientist at the Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology under University of Queensland, came up with the idea of nanopatch technology in 2003. The te...Read more

Thai vaccine institute: Our nation needs robust vaccine alliances

Vaccines |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Jun, 2013

According to the WHO, Thailand has nearly 520,000 people (aged 5-to-49) living with HIV and AIDS and the country has the highest adult HIV prevalence in South East Asia region. Public healt...Read more

Chinese Ebola vaccine enters clinical trials

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Dec, 2014

Singapore: According to a Chinese news agency, the country's regulators have approved a domestically developed experimental Ebola vaccine for clinical trials. The deadly Ebola outbreak swep...Read more

Sanofi begins dengue immunization program in South Brazil

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Jul, 2016

Singapore: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, has launched the first public dengue immunization program in Parana, a densely populated state in South of Brazil. "The world fi...Read more

Driving public health impact with vaccines: the past, present and way forward

Vaccines |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 31 May, 2016

Living in a time of unprecedented medical interventions, it is difficult to fully appreciate the contribution vaccines have made to human health. In fact, the widespread adoption of vaccine...Read more

China launches nationwide inspection of vaccines

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Jul, 2016

Singapore: Ahead of a huge recent vaccine scandal racket revealing China's vaccine black market in March this year, Chinese health authorities have now appointed a special investigation tea...Read more

Fake vaccine scandal jolts Indonesia

Vaccines |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Jul, 2016

Singapore: Indonesian Children may have to go through the pain of vaccination again as there is a recent police discovery suggesting the distribution of fake vaccines across the country. As...Read more