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BioSante Announces FDA Orphan Drug Designation for GVAX Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine
- BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(NASDAQ: BPAX) today announced BioSante's receipt of Orphan Drug designation from the FDA's Office of Orphan Products Development for GVAX Pancreas Vaccine in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The Orphan Drug...
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Dispatch: Vaccine Court, Cancer 'Epidemic,' Car Crashes
Vaccine Court Rules in Favor of Science Three cases were chosen from a pool of over 5,300 parents who had filed claims with the 'vaccines court,' a branch of the U.S.Court of Federal Claims, seeking damages because they believed their children...
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Special Masters Protect Vaccine Program and Deny Justice to Vaccine-Injured Children
Mercury-Autism Link Not Found Because of Government Policy, not Science WASHINGTON, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition for Vaccine Safety (CVS) believes that the Special Masters of the Court of Federal Claims wrongly decided that thimerosal...
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Federal Vaccine Court Rules Against Autism Families
Government's Refusal to Fund Sound Science Stacks Deck Against Vaccine-Injured Children and Casts Doubt on the Integrity of the National Immunization Program says SafeMinds.WASHINGTON, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Autism and mercury advocacy...
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First consignment of swine flu vaccine arrives in Kerala
State has reported 1,613 cases of swine flu Doctors will have priority in vaccination Thiruvananthapuram:The Kerala Health Department has received the first consignment of vaccine against swine flu or Influenza A (H1N1) from the Union Health...
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Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer
A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.Mississippi and Arkansas, two of the nation's poorest states, also have the highest death rates from cervical cancer a result of poor access to basic...
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HPV wonder vaccines now under intense scrutiny by the FDA
March 12th 2010 saw six very special women from around the world, present documents and research about the HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix to the FDA by request.Never before have the FDA turned to members of the public regarding vaccine safety...
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What's Next in Vaccines? HIV, Malaria, Rabies, MRSA, and 30 Other Vaccine Targets in the 2010-2020 Pipeline
- The report also discusses vaccine manufacturing methods and the approval process.In addition, the report focuses on the emerging vaccine activities of the following companies The global market for human vaccines has experienced strong...
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Chinese Vaccine to treat swine flu in India
While the wait for an Indian swine flu vaccine continues, a Chinese vaccine is headed here.Parenteral Drugs India Ltd, through its subsidiary Parenteral Biotech Ltd, has entered into a supply and distribution agreement with Sinovac Biotech Co.
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Gates study on HIV vaccine facility 'fatally flawed': expert
Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION OTTAWA -- A new report from a Canadian vaccine expert pours water on the Harper government's argument a non-profit HIV vaccine manufacturing facility is no longer needed, opposition critics charged Thursday.Ron...
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New TB booster shows promise
A booster shot appears to improve tuberculosis (TB) resistance in previously vaccinated adults, according to new research in South Africa.The study has been published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal...
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Chinese Vaccine to treat swine flu in India
While the wait for an Indian swine flu vaccine continues, a Chinese vaccine is headed here.Parenteral Drugs India Ltd, through its subsidiary Parenteral Biotech Ltd, has entered into a supply and distribution agreement with Sinovac Biotech Co.
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Genetically modified mosquitoes could transmit Malaria vaccine
Bloody meal: An Anopheles stephensi mosquitoe feeding on a human host.STORY HIGHLIGHTSModified salivary glands of the Anopheles stephensi turned it into a "flying vaccinator"Bites from the insect succeeded in raising antibodies in miceAbout 60 species of the...
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EC Clears Novartis Quadrivalent Meningitis Vaccine
The European Commission granted pan-European clearance for Novartis' quadrivalent meningitis vaccine, Menveo (meningococcal group A, C, W135, and Y conjugate vaccine).The European decision comes less than a month after the vaccine was...
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HPV wonder vaccines now under intense scrutiny by the FDA
March 12th 2010 saw six very special women from around the world, present documents and research about the HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix to the FDA by request.Never before have the FDA turned to members of the public regarding vaccine safety...
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Feds start talks with industry, provinces on next pandemic flu vaccine contract
TORONTO - The federal government wants to explore options for Canada's next pandemic flu vaccine contract, telling industry it will consider whether it is feasible and worthwhile to have a back-up deal with a company other than its main supplier.But...
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Novartis Receives EU Approval For Menveo
The European Commission (EC) has granted a marketing authorization for Novartis' Menveo (Meningococcal group A, C, W135 and Y conjugate vaccine) in all 27 European member states.Menveo is indicated for the active immunization of adolescents (from 11...
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US: Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer
One dose of the HPV vaccine Gardasil developed by Merck.HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS, OR HPV, CAUSES ... 100% of cervical cancers 90% of anal cancers 40% of vulvar and vaginal cancers 12% of throat cancers 3% of oral cancers. Source: The New England...
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Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer
A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.FDA: OKs Gardasil for boys CDC: 1 in 3 teen girls got cervical cancer vaccine FORUM: Living with Cancer Mississippi and Arkansas, two of the...
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Study: Gardasil not going to girls with greatest need
A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.FDA: OKs Gardasil for boys CDC: 1 in 3 teen girls got cervical cancer vaccine FORUM: Living with Cancer Mississippi and Arkansas, two of the...
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Flaws cited in report used to shelve HIV-vaccine facility
The facility a $139-million plant slated to produce small lots of research vaccines for clinical trials was supposed to be the centrepiece of the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative but was cancelled last month when the government said none of the...
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Flaws cited in report used to shelve HIV-vaccine facility
The facility a $139-million plant slated to produce small lots of research vaccines for clinical trials was supposed to be the centrepiece of the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative but was cancelled last month when the government said none of the...
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Flaws cited in report used to shelve HIV-vaccine facility
The facility a $139-million plant slated to produce small lots of research vaccines for clinical trials was supposed to be the centrepiece of the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative but was cancelled last month when the government said none of the...
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Keeping Up with the Neighbors Speeds Vaccine Use
Policies of Neighboring Countries Major Factors in Decision to Implement Hib Vaccine Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conducted an analysis of worldwide use of Haemophilus influenza Type b vaccine (Hib) to determine...
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Also In Global Health News: Vaccine Suspension; E. Africa Food Security; GMOs; Somali President Responds; Chin
Global : Vaccine E.Africa Food Somali President China's Food Security WHO Suspends Distribution, Purchase Of Pentavalent Vaccine A WHO spokeswoman announced Wednesday that the agency has suspended the distribution and purchase Medical Medical...
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