WHO sets timeline for ebola vaccine

Singapore: From September 29-30, 2014, WHO organized an expert consultation to assess the groundwork of ebola vaccine de...

October 3, 2014 | Friday | News
Venter lab, Novartis to synthesize new bird flu genes

Singapore: The J Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) and Synthetic Genomics Vaccines (SGVI), US, are working with Novartis to ...

April 11, 2013 | Thursday | News
H7N9 2013 – Flu returns with a vengence

The rise of the flu - Early 2013 Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Outbreak Report • 44 DEAD, 135 INFECTED• First re...

January 16, 2014 | Thursday | News
GlaxoSmithKline acquires Okairos for $325 mn cash

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has acquired Okairos, a specialist developer of vaccine platform technologies for $325 ...

May 31, 2013 | Friday | News
BioDiem's live attenuated influenza virus give positive results

Singapore: Australian infectious disease therapy and vaccine development company BioDiem has achieved successful result ...

August 21, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Takeda to distribute Kaketsuken's influenza vaccine in Japan

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical has partnered with Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute for the distribution of Ka...

May 21, 2015 | Thursday | News
Reality report: AIDS R&D needs more money

Singapore: Recent breakthroughs in HIV prevention research have confirmed the promise of new options to help end the AID...

July 3, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Clinical trials for GSK's Ebola vaccine to begin soon

Singapore: The clinical trials for the experimental Ebola vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline in collaboration with the...

August 28, 2014 | Thursday | News
Korean vaccine market to grow by 11.5 percent

Singapore: With pandemics lurking at the back, achieving vaccine independence has become an essential part towards healt...

August 28, 2014 | Thursday | News
Astellas inks a pact with Immunomic therapeutics

Singapore: Astellas pharma recently announced collaboration with Immunomic Therapeutics to develop and commercialize JRC...

January 30, 2015 | Friday | News
Singapore begins trial of cancer vaccine

Singapore: National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) has launched a clinical trial of a new cancer vaccine, a form of canc...

January 30, 2015 | Friday | News
Admedus herpes vaccine trial achieves endpoint

Singapore: Australian firm, Admedus, has achieved positive endpoint in its phase I trial of a therapeutic vaccine for H...

February 3, 2014 | Monday | News
Teva suspects foriegn material in Adrucil injection

Singapore: Teva Parenteral Medicines has issued a voluntary recall of eight lots of Adrucil (fluorouracil injection) due...

May 6, 2015 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Pevion Biotech to manufacture HER-Vaxx

Singapore: Biolife Science has signed a letter of intent with Swiss company Pevion Biotech for the manufacture of Biolif...

March 18, 2013 | Monday | News
China firm develops new therapeutic vaccine for rabies

Singapore: China's Yisheng Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing vaccines, has developed a new vaccine for t...

March 17, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Hospira recalls Lidocaine HCI Injection for containing unwanted particles

Singapore: Global biopharmaceutical company, Hospira, has initiated recall of one lot of Lidocaine HCI Injection, USP, 2...

July 30, 2014 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Dengvaxia, world's first dengue vaccine approved in Mexico

Singapore: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, has announced that the Mexican authorities have granted mark...

December 11, 2015 | Friday | News
Quality issues get Novartis vaccine in trouble in EU

Singapore: A number of European Union (EU) member states have halted the use, as a precautionary measure, of some anti-i...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory