No proof of human-to-human H7N9 infection'

Singapore: Amid fears of H7N9 turning into a pandemic in China with a new bout of cases, the country's National Health a...

February 6, 2014 | Thursday | News
Tourists to soon get vaccine for 'Delhi Belly', typhoid

Singapore: Researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, are developing a vaccine that would prevent bad stomach (or D...

June 11, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Takeda expands Singapore operation

Singapore: Japan headquartered Takeda Pharmaceutical has expanded its operations in Singapore in order to focus on emerg...

February 26, 2015 | Thursday | News
Dengue incurs annual cost of $950 mn to SE Asia

Philippines: The economic burden churned by mosquito borne disease, dengue, is costing upto $950 million to south east A...

June 20, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Ebola cure depends on biotech drug ZMapp

Strange as it may sound, the dreaded tobacco plant blamed for millions of deaths of cigarette smokers could emerge as th...

August 7, 2014 | Thursday | News
EU reviews Sanofi's 4-in-1 Influenza vaccine

Singapore: Sanofi Pasteur has been accepted for review in the European Union for a quadrivalent (four-strain) formulatio...

April 12, 2013 | Friday | News
Admedus increases share in Ian Frazer vaccine tech

Singapore: Australia's healthcare company focused on investing in and developing next generation technologies, Admedus, ...

July 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Are declining Ebola cases a challenge for clinical studies?

Singapore: The steady decline in new ebola cases presents a formidable challenge to current and future clinical trials o...

March 16, 2015 | Monday | Analysis
BMS releases $3.5 mn fund for Hep B&C in India, China

Singapore: Bristol-Myers-Squibb Foundation has released nine new grants totaling to around $3.5 million towards hepatiti...

December 4, 2014 | Thursday | News
SII seeks WHO consent to export flu vaccines

Singapore: Serum Institute of India (SII) has applied for permits to export flu vaccines produced using Australia's BioD...

December 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Vaccine must to curb AIDS

Singapore: In a recent conference organized by the International AIDS Vaccine Institute, experts said that though the wo...

February 23, 2015 | Monday | News
Italy clears Novartis seasonal influenza vaccines

Singapore: The Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) has lifted the temporary halt on the use of Agrippal and Fluad vaccines i...

November 14, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Bridge to the DNA vaccine dream

Can DNA vaccines be the answer to diseases such as malaria and influenza? Though DNA-based vaccines have emerged as appe...

June 6, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Vaccine delivery technologies of the future

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a disease that causes infections of the lower respiratory tract mostly in infants and...

July 10, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Polio vac mandatory for travelers from 7 nations: India

Singapore: All travelers coming from these countries to India would need to take OPV six weeks before departure from the...

March 5, 2014 | Wednesday | News
New malaria vaccine produced from algae

Singapore: US researchers have developed a new candidate vaccine for malaria from algae. In a study, published in the jo...

February 19, 2015 | Thursday | News
No vaccination, No benefits, says Australian PM

Singapore: Australian government has recently made an announcement that parents who refuse to vaccinate their children m...

April 21, 2015 | Tuesday | News
The unconventional side of vaccines

When we talk about vaccines, most people think of an injection to prevent childhood infectious disease. However, in rece...

July 23, 2012 | Monday | Opinion