Nepal introduces polio shots

Singapore: In its mission to eradicate polio, Nepal had recently launched a polio eradication drive by supplementing ora...

September 19, 2014 | Friday | News
Urgent need arises for SARS vaccine

Singapore: The World Health Organization (WHO) reported four new cases of SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, an...

November 29, 2012 | Thursday | News
IAVI reafirms its commitment to AIDS vaccine

Singapore: "Do you remember the world before HIV/AIDS? Where will you be when the shadow of this disease is finally gone...

May 22, 2014 | Thursday | News
CSL progresses on Novartis influenza vaccine biz acquisition

Singapore: Australia based drug development company, CSL, has secured the necessary approvals required to proceed with t...

July 31, 2015 | Friday | News
Hospira recalls propofol injectable due to visible particulates in vial

Singapore: Hospira has issued a nationwide recall of seven lots of Propofol Injectable Emulsion to the user level due to...

April 21, 2014 | Monday | Regulatory
Experimental chikungunya vaccine induces antibody response

Singapore: An experimental vaccine to prevent the mosquito-borne viral illness chikungunya has elicited neutralizing ant...

August 18, 2014 | Monday | News
Medicago achieves milestone in VLP vaccine production

Singapore: Medicago, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based o...

July 26, 2012 | Thursday | News
J&J begins Ebola vaccine trial in humans

Singapore: The trial is being led by the Oxford Vaccine Group, part of the University of Oxford Department of Pediatrics...

January 8, 2015 | Thursday | News
Influenza can get worse with every season

Singapore: Acute viral respiratory infection influenza, or flu, strikes every winter, and several nations are preparing ...

October 23, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Bill Gates commits $50 mn to combat Ebola

Singapore: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has commited USD50 million to support the scale up of emergency efforts t...

September 12, 2014 | Friday | News
Pfizer to acquire Baxter's vaccine portfolio at $635 mn

Singapore: Pfizer plans to acquire marketed vaccines portfolio of Baxter International at $635 million. As part of the ...

July 31, 2014 | Thursday | News
Intra-nasal vaccine: Answer to avian influenza threat

There is a fear that avian H5N1 virus could cause a pandemic of new influenza in humans without any warning. To prevent ...

July 18, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Free cervical cancer vaccines for poor women'

Singapore: Ewha Woman's University Mokdong Hospital has announced that it is offering free cervical cancer vaccines for ...

August 1, 2014 | Friday | News
CSL ships 11 mn influenza vaccine doses to the US

Singapore: CSL Biotherapies, the US subsidiary of Australia-based CSL, has begun the shipment of its seasonal influenza ...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Takeda gastro norovirus vaccine shows +ve results

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical has achieved positive reponse from its phase I/II study of its intramuscular bivalent (...

October 7, 2013 | Monday | News
FDA to fast-track Ebola drug trials

Singapore: As the death toll reaches 1900, FDA has urged many Big Pharma with prospective Ebola interventions, to accele...

September 9, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Adimmune, Valneva join hands for JE vaccines

Singapore: Taiwan based drug maker Adimunne Corp announced that it had partnered with Valneva SE, France-based vaccine m...

August 14, 2014 | Thursday | News
Experts want typhoid vaccination to be a priority

Singapore: Coalition against Typhoid (CaT), an initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, brought together global health...

June 14, 2012 | Thursday | News