CHINA Bio-Immunity Corporation (CHHB) has announced an update regarding the nationwide recall of its rabies vaccines.
13/03/2009
A recent Cochrane Systematic Review suggests there is evidence that the safety and efficacy of influenza vaccines in the over 65s is poor.
22/02/2010
Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics has been granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Longhorn Influenza A/H1N1-09 Prime RRT-PCR Assay in CLIA high complexity laboratories.
25/02/2010
THE QUEENSLAND Bligh Government has allocated $1.1m funding towards an international alliance which will be dedicated to developing vaccines to prevent chronic infections and cancer.
20/05/2009
QUEENSLANDERS at most risk of complications from human swine influenza will be among the first to benefit from the vaccine rollout which begins across Australia today.
30/09/2009
Prima BioMed has engaged the Unversity of New South Wales (UNSW) and University of Queensland (UQ) to undertake research into developing an oral delivery system for vaccines for cervical cancer.
20/11/2009
Synbiosis’ ProtoCOL2 automatic zone measuring system is claimed to increase the speed of testing of H1N1 swine flu virus vaccine potency.
22/10/2009
RESEARCHERS at the University of Melbourne, Australia have identified a human vaccine against Bird Flu. The scientists have found that boosting T cell immunity could better protect humans from a bird flu pandemic.
16/03/2009
INTERCELL has announced its Phase I clinical trail for bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine candidate IC47 is underway.
08/04/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Government has announced a three million dollar program which will see Queensland parents vaccinated against whooping cough in an effort to stop the spread of the life-threatening disease.
20/07/2009
SAFC PHARMA has announced the completion of an addition to its Carlsbad facility which expands the Company's contract manufacturing services for its late phase and commercial clients.
14/10/2009
THE US DEPARTMENT of Health and Human Services , Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (HHS, BARDA) has invested $US486m ($A716m) into the development and production of a pandemic flu vaccine.
16/01/2009
THE Western Australian government has announced all WA children aged six months to five years will be able to receive free vaccination against influenza (flu) this winter.
04/03/2009
PRIMA Biomed has secured $12m in funding to advance the commercialisation of the CVac ovarian cancer vaccine treatment product.
17/03/2009
INTANZA 9µg (influenza vaccine split virion, inactivated), the worlds first has been made available for intradermal (ID) influenza vaccine for the prevention of seasonal influenza in adults has been made available to pre-order for the 2010 influenza season.
03/08/2009
RESEARCHERS from the Thai Ministry of Public Health have created an experimental AIDS vaccine which has been able to reduce the rate of infection by roughly 30%.
28/09/2009
GE has launched a ‘GE Healthymagination Fund’ that will invest in highly promising healthcare technology companies. The equity fund will focus on companies globally that have innovative diagnostic, IT, and life sciences technologies aligned with the strategic objectives of GE’s Healthymagination initiative.
23/10/2009
TODAY Australia will embark on what is potentially the biggest vaccination program in its history, offering free pandemic (swine flu) vaccine to every person in the country.
01/10/2009
Epidemiologists are conducting the first surveys to monitor for antibodies to the H1N1 influenza pandemic. The results hope to solve some of the great unknowns about the pandemic regarding how many people have been, or are currently, infected.
26/11/2009
SALMONELLA bacteria research, carried out on two recent NASA space missions, has discovered key elements of the bacteria's disease-causing potential, which scientists say could improve the methods used to fight food-borne infections on Earth.
16/03/2009