FDA grants approval for Pfizer's meningitis B vaccine

Singapore: The US-based drug maker Pfizer scored high with the FDA winning approval for its novel meningitis B vaccine, ...

October 30, 2014 | Thursday | News
Asia calls for urgency in typhoid vaccine

Singapore: The Coalition against Typhoid (CaT) called on policymakers and ministries of health across Asia to make typho...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Novozyme, EpiVax to develop therapy for autoimmune diseases

Singapore: Novozymes Biopharma and vaccine firm, EpiVax, have entered into two years' areement for the development of no...

December 23, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Influenza creates havoc in northeast Thailand

Singapore: A seasonal flu is multiplying in large numbers in the lower northeast region of Thailand almost doubling this...

June 12, 2014 | Thursday | News
Thai scientist 'raps' vaccine song, wins award

Singapore: Dr Phanramphoei Namprachan Frantz, a researcher at the virology and cell technology laboratory, National Cent...

October 7, 2013 | Monday | News
Sanofi dengue vaccine demonstrates proof of efficacy

Singapore: The tetravalent dengue vaccine candidate of Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, demonstrated pro...

July 25, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Takeda's dengue vaccine trials to being in 2015

Singapore: Japan's pharma giant Takeda Pharmaceutical has said that it is planning to begin the last phase of clinical t...

September 8, 2014 | Monday | News
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