Sanofi to supply 1.7 bn polio vaccines to GPEI

Bangalore: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, will provide 1.7 billion doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV) t...

April 26, 2013 | Friday | News
Dutch biotech firm raises $6.9 mn in China

Singapore: Clinical-stage Dutch biotechnology company, Mucosis has entered into a long-term collaboration and license ag...

April 16, 2014 | Wednesday | News
IVI appoints new board members

Singapore: South Korea-headquartered International Vaccine Institute (IVI) has appointed Professor Fred Binka, Dr Josep...

November 20, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
Milestone payment for NTS vaccine project

Bangalore: Bharat Biotech and The University of Maryland Center for Vaccine Development have received a $4 million strat...

June 18, 2012 | Monday | News
New antibodies against MERS: Saudi Arabia

Singapore: Saudi health officials declared that they had finally discovered new antibodies to combat the MERS virus. The...

June 24, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Eisai collaborates with Brazilian agency for vaccines

Singapore: Tokyo-headquartered Eisai has signed a global agreement with Brazil's Fundação Oswaldo Cruz for collabo...

October 31, 2012 | Wednesday | News
One third of world's unimmunized children in India

Singapore: Marking the start of the World Immunization Week, the Hilleman Laboratories, an equal joint-venture partnersh...

April 29, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's first flu vaccine clears phase I trial

Singapore: Influenza vaccine (gH1-Qbeta) developed by Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) a...

January 30, 2014 | Thursday | News
Dr Vijay Datla to get FABA award at BioAsia 2013

Hyderabad: Dr Vijay Kumar Datla, chairman and managing director of Biological E, will be given FABA Special Award 2013 ...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
How well is the industry prepared to fight H7N9 bird flu?

During March 2013, the world woke up to yet another dreaded bird flu attack that infected humans through poultry. Two mo...

May 14, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Major breakthrough in Hep C vaccine development

Singapore: Researchers at the Burnet Institute have solved a hepatitis C vaccine mystery which, once developed, could b...

August 15, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Biodiem develops killer for drug-resistant microbes

Singapore: Australian infectious disease therapy and vaccine development company BioDiem is developing an antimicrobial ...

October 18, 2012 | Thursday | News
New drug to halt flu virus mutation

A better flu drug is on its way. This new class of specific, mechanism-based anti-influenza drug works by preventing the...

March 11, 2013 | Monday | News
Medicago, tobacco giant in vaccine deal for China

Singapore: Medicago has granted Philip Morris Products (PMP) an exclusive license to develop, commercialize and manufact...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
Takeda to acquire Inviragen for $250 mn

Singapore: Japanese company, Takeda Pharmaceutical is looking to acquire Inviragen for an upfront payment of $35 million...

May 8, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Allied has big plans for its HPV vaccine in 2013

Allied Healthcare Group's investment company, Coridon, which is led by Professor Ian Frazer, is in the process of develo...

January 2, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Bill Gates gives Duke Univ $2.9 mn to make HIV vaccine

Singapore: Duke University has received a grant of up to $2.9 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to pr...

December 11, 2013 | Wednesday | News
MerLion completes phase I of finafloxacin study

Singapore: Following successful first-in-man phase I and two phase IIa clinical studies with the oral formulation of fin...

November 8, 2012 | Thursday | News