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Vaccine spray may not work for swine flu in kids
2014-11-06 22:48:18| Biotech - Topix.net
In this Oct. 4, 2005, file photo, a toothless Danielle Holland reacts as she is given a FluMist influenza vaccination in St. Leonard, Md. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a statement Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, reacting to startling new data that the nasal spray vaccine made by AstraZeneca's subsidiary MedImmune was ineffective last winter against swine flu.
FDA approves vaccine to block meningitis strain
2014-10-30 01:51:47| Biotech - Topix.net
Federal health regulators have approved the first vaccine to block a strain of bacteria that has caused sometimes deadly outbreaks of meningitis in college dormitories. The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it cleared Pfizer's Trumenba to prevent a subtype of Meningococcal disease in people ages 10 to 25. When the bacteria infect the bloodstream they cause sepsis.
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Swiss test GSK Ebola vaccine in some volunteers going to Africa
2014-10-29 06:02:24| Biotech - Topix.net
Switzerland's drug regulator said on Tuesday it had approved the testing of an experimental Ebola vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline on healthy volunteers, some of whom will be traveling to West Africa as medical staff. The trial will be conducted among 120 volunteer participants at the Lausanne University Hospital, with support from the World Health Organization.
Novartis agrees to sell its flu vaccine business to CSL of Australia for $275 million
2014-10-27 22:24:44| Biotech - Topix.net
CSL Ltd. said the deal will make it the second-largest flu vaccine maker in the world. The company said the Novartis business had $527 million in revenue in 2013 and said its combined revenue could reach $1 billion a year in three to five years.
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WHO: Millions of Ebola vaccine doses ready in 2015
2014-10-24 18:38:12| Biotech - Topix.net
The World Health Organization says millions of doses of two experimental Ebola vaccines could be ready for use in 2015 and five more experimental vaccines will start being tested in March. Still, the agency warned it's not clear whether any of these will work against the deadly virus that has already killed at least 4,877 people this year in West Africa.
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