Topic: Vaccine
A new IFPMA study(1), announced at the "Options for the Control of Influenza VII" conference in Hong Kong, shows that global vaccine coverage remains uneven and low overall, despite total distribution ... moreWayne C. Koff, Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President of Research and Development (R D) at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI.org), will give the keynote presentation titled " ... more
GSK initially became aware of possible cases of narcolepsy following vaccination with the adjuvanted H1N1 pandemic vaccine Pandemrix through adverse event reports received by the Swedish Medical Produ ... more
Mother says trauma could have been avoided if vaccine had been available ... more
Updated Date: Sep 3, 2010 EST ... more
Good morning, everyone. How are you today? Slowing down just a bit, perhaps? Here in the states, of course, a three-day weekend is fast approaching. And so we will pull in the sidewalks early. We hope ... more
In what is being described as the first judgment of its kind in the UK, a family was awarded nearly $140,000 after a medical assessment panel consisting of two doctors and an attorney concluded that t ... more
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced today that it has signed a contract valued at up to $28.7 million with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), an institute w ... more
Clinical trials for promising new drug candidate are planned LA JOLLA, CA August 30, 2010 An international team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute, the Swiss Tropical Instit ... more
New findings may lead to the development of more effective therapies for inflammation, wounds and malignant tumors LA JOLLA, CA August 31, 2010 In two closely related studies, two teams of Scr ... more
INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Modified adenovirus malaria vaccine works a treat in mice Malaria kills more than 1 million individuals each year. Despite intensive research, there is still no malaria vaccine app ... more
INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Modified adenovirus malaria vaccine works a treat in mice Malaria kills more than 1 million individuals each year. Despite intensive research, there is still no malaria vaccine app ... more
Updated Date: Sep 2, 2010 EST ... more
Updated Date: Sep 2, 2010 EST ... more
In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Philadelphia, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Jim Self, a pharmaceutical executive, and Stephen Goldfield, a hedge fund manager, with insid ... more
HIV-infected children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may require revaccination to maintain immunity against preventable diseases. There remains no standard or official recommen ... more
Researchers reviewed published data to assess HIV-infected children's immune responses to vaccines and found that most children treated with HAART remained susceptible to vaccine-preventable diseases, ... more
Now that the Centers for Medicare #038; Medicaid Services has caused a ruckus by unexpectedly conducting a so-called National Coverage Analysis for the Provenge prostate cancer vaccine, the agency la ... more
Some thirty years after authorities doled out the last dose of smallpox vaccine, the world faces another multiplying menace: monkeypox.Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Pages: International H ... more
Monkeypox Prevalence Surges In Smallpox 'Vaccine Naive' In Congo The New York Times reports on monkeypox cases, which are "surging in tropical Africa." Researchers found that "monkeypox was 20 ti ... more
Influenza vaccination of health-care personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility and non-compliance with health-care facility policies regarding vaccination should not be tolerated, accordi ... more
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Kids between 6 months and 9 years may need a double dose, depending on vaccine history Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Children's Health, Flu, Immunization ... more
Malaysia Considers GM Mosquito Release To Control Dengue Fever Malaysia is still "considering releasing" up to 3,000 mosquitoes that are genetically modified to "combat dengue fever, in a landmar ... more
Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility and non-compliance with healthcare facility policies regarding vaccination should not be tolerated, according ... more
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: WINN), will offer flu vaccinations on a walk-in basis and through vaccine clinics at all of its in-store pharmacies beginning Sept. 1. Customers using their Winn-Dixie ... more
The MMR vaccine isn t the only shot under fire: The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) is investigating GlaxoSmithKline s "swine flu" (H1N1) vaccine Pandemrix to determine if it s linked to a hi ... more
The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated guidelines for use of trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine and antiviral medications to prevent and treat influenza in children. Medscape Medical News ... more
by Jan Gurley, MDAs a whooping cough epidemic hits California, you may be asking yourself, hey, weren t we all vaccinated for that? Even as the headlines imply a Victorian-level outbreak of ... more
Kids between 6 months and 9 years may need a double dose, depending on vaccine history ... more
Ground Beef Recalled Due to E. coli: USDA New Test Helps Determines Need For Caesarean Appeals Court Rejects Vaccine Link to Autism /div ... more
An HHS report outlines initiatives to streamline research and development of medical countermeasures, and allows for expedited FDA approval. ... more
The European Medicines Agency has launched a review of Pandemrix on the request of the European Commission to investigate whether there is a link between cases of narcolepsy and vaccination with Pande ... more
Cost but not convenience plays a significant role in attitudes about vaccination for common human papillomaviruses for women over the age of 26, according to the authors of a recent article in the jou ... more
The number of children admitted to English hospitals with bacterial pneumonia decreased by a fifth in the two years following the introduction of a vaccine to combat the disease, according to a new st ... more
And so another work week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? After all those meetings and deadlines, a respite is in order. We plan on spending time with two of our short people, ca ... more
The controversy over a GlaxoSmithKline pandemic vaccine is now prompting the European Medicines Agency to conduct a review after a #8220;limited number #8221; of cases of narcolepsy were reported fol ... more
Yet another court decision has thrown cold water on the theory that childhood vaccines are linked to autism. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld lower court decisions that rejec ... more
Lower U.S. Birth Rate May Be Linked To Recession Narcolepsy, Swine Flu Vaccine Link Under Investigation Typhoid Fears Spur Recall of Frozen Mamey Fruit Bar ... more
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis Group (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a supplemental Biol ... more
Updated Date: Aug 27, 2010 EST ... more
Updated Date: Aug 27, 2010 EST ... more
The number of children admitted to English hospitals with bacterial pneumonia decreased by a fifth in the 2 years following the introduction of a vaccine to combat the disease The number of children a ... more
The number of children admitted to English hospitals with bacterial pneumonia decreased by a fifth in the two years following the introduction of a vaccine to combat the disease, according to a new st ... more
Although immunity to mumps is high in the United States, mumps vaccine coverage must be maintained and improved to prevent future outbreaks, according to a new study, now available online, in the Sept ... more
The latest people to object to the recent decision by the Centers for Medicare #038; Medicaid Services to open a National Coverage Analysis of the Provenge prostate cancer vaccine happen to be two US ... more
Updated Date: Aug 25, 2010 EST ... more
Updated Date: Aug 25, 2010 EST ... more
New findings could lead to better treatments for memory disorders JUPITER, FL, August 24, 2010 - Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a mechanism that ... more
Study suggests potential for new oncolytic therapies LA JOLLA, CA-A novel mechanism used by adenovirus to sidestep the cell #8217;s suicide program, could go a long way to explain how tumor suppressor ... more
FDA Not Backing Vaccine That Protects Hens in UK from Salmonella: Report 'Tootsie Tanner' Radiation Can Harm Skin, Eyes: FDA 380,000 Pounds of Deli Meats Re ... more
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) confirmed that the European Commission has granted Marketing Authorisation to amend the licence for its cervical cancer vaccine, Cervarix®. The approval from the European Comm ... more
The WHO "has granted prequalification status to Pfizer Inc.'s children's pneumococcal vaccine, Prevenar 13, paving the way for United Nations agencies and governments to start ordering the product," t ... more
Cost but not convenience plays a significant role in attitudes about vaccination for common human papillomaviruses for women over the age of 26, according to the authors of a recent article. Researche ... more
Although immunity to mumps is high in the United States, mumps vaccine coverage must be maintained and improved to prevent future outbreaks, according to a new study. ... more
The vaccination of children and adolescents in Finland with swine flu vaccine - Pandemrix - has been suspended until a link to narcolepsy has either been ruled out or detected, the Finnish National In ... more
There may still be controversy over human papillomavirus vaccines - notably, Merck #8217;s Gardasil - but teenage vaccination rates are creeping up, according to a US Centers for Disease Control and P ... more
Girls ages 11 to 12 should receive either of the two FDA-approved vaccines to prevent cervical cancer, ideally before they become sexually active, according to The American College of Obstetricians an ... more
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on an AIDS vaccine and other developments. The transcript is also available. NIH-led scientists found two antibodies neutralize more than 90 percent of the known ... more
The flu kills more than 35,000 people in the United States in an average year -- and most of those deaths could be prevented with a simple vaccine. After last year's H1N1 outbreak, the government says ... more
A recombinant vaccine prevents hepatitis E virus infection in healthy adults, according to new study from China. Medscape Medical News ... more
CHAPEL HILL Flu vaccine will soon be available at local pharmacies and doctor #8217;s offices, and government officials are urging everyone over 6 months of age to receive it. This year #8217;s vac ... more
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An experimental vaccine appears to be safe and effective in protecting people against hepatitis E infection, a large trial in China has found.Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Pages: Hepatiti ... more
Ongoing research suggests it's a potent form of protection against infection ... more
Federal officials say they will revamp strategies for dealing with bioterrorism and pandemic flu because efforts to develop medical solutions have lagged, the Los Angeles Times reports. They "announce ... more
The Wall Street Journal writes about vaccination rates among teens: "The CDC says more teenagers got their recommended immunizations last year, but that there's room for improvement - for example, onl ... more
On Friday, NPR's "Morning Edition" examined arguments from both sides over whether boys should receive the human papillomavirus vaccine, which is FDA-approved to protect against strains of the sexuall ... more
The U.S. government proposed major changes on Thursday to the way it works with companies to fight new disease threats such as flu, including reform at the Food and Drug Administration and setting up ... more
The virus that causes AIDS may undergo changes in the genital tract rendering HIV-1 in semen different than HIV-1 in the blood, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel ... more
Montreal, August 19, 2010 The internationally-renowned scientific journal Immunity, from the Cell Press group, publishes online today, and will publish in its August 27 print issue, the results of ... more
Selecta Biosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing synthetic nanoparticle vaccines and immunotherapies, today announced that it has been awarded a grant for $3 million from the National ... more
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Viruses that can invade host cells, initiate cancer and then flee from their own trail of destruction could be stopped in their tracks, say researchers writing in the September issue of the Journal of ... more
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is encouraging consumers to get immunized against influenza and to consider their local pharmacy as the site to receive their vaccine. Pharmacists in all 50 ... more
AMES - A special set of sugars found on some disease-causing pathogens helps those pathogens fight the body #8217;s natural defenses as well as vaccines, say two Iowa State University researchers. Thi ... more
Global vaccine sales "grew by a healthy 16 percent last year, when sales shot up to $22.1 billion, healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information reported Friday," according to the Associat ... more
Two recent studies provide evidence for a new approach to vaccines to prevent infections caused by drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- better known as MRSA - the leading cause of skin and soft tis ... more
Two studies point to a new way to a vaccinate against drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- also known as MRSA -- the leading US cause of skin, soft tissue, bloodstream and lung infections, as well ... more
Two recent studies provide evidence for a new approach to vaccines to prevent infections caused by drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus #8212; better known as MRSA the leading cause of skin and so ... more
Experts advise doctors to administer the vaccine when they receive it, immunizing everyone 6 months and older, not just those at highest risk. ... more
Protein linked to mental retardation may be controlling factor in drug #8217;s effect in the brain JUPITER, FL, August 10, 2010 Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute ... more
The WHO (World Health Organization) used the recommendations of 15 experts when deciding to class the H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak as a pandemic - 6 of them had declared potential conflicts of interest; ... more
Updated Date: Aug 13, 2010 EST ... more
Updated Date: Aug 13, 2010 EST ... more
Updated Date: Aug 13, 2010 EST ... more
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Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) reported that results from a pre-clinical toxicology study of its vaccine candidate to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), showed the vaccine to be safe and well-t ... more
Five of the 15 experts advising the WHO on H1N1 (swine flu) had ties to the pharmaceutical industry, "including for flu vaccine research," according to the Emergency Committee members' list released b ... more
ldquo;Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific cellular immunity contributes to the control of HIV-1 replication. HIV-1-infected volunteers who were receiving antiretroviral therapy were ... more
It's still late summer, but the flu vaccine already is arriving. Get it ASAP, says the CDC, which will start it's "Flu Ends with U" campaign in September. ... more
A study published in the journal Science Translation Medicine proposes that preventative treatment with affordable and safe antibiotics in people living in areas with intense malaria transmission has ... more
Crucell And Harvard To Test Experimental AIDS Vaccine In Uninfected Adults The pharmaceutical company Crucell, in collaboration with Harvard University, "plans to test its experimental AIDS vacci ... more
In a new study of four adenovirus vectors, researchers show that a reportedly rare human adenovirus, AdHu26, is not so rare, after all, and would not be optimal as a vaccine carrier. As previous resea ... more
Randomized controlled trials in Asia and Africa show that this rotavirus vaccine is as safe and effective for preventing severe rotavirus as it is in middle-high income nations. Medscape Medical New ... more
Preventative treatment with affordable and safe antibiotics in people living in areas with intense malaria transmission has the potential to act as a #8216;needle-free #8217; natural vaccine against ... more
AdHu26 demonstrates same fault as previously studied vaccine vectors In recent years, scientists have studied the possibility of using engineered human adenoviruses as vaccines against diseases such a ... more
Now that the World Health Organization has officially declared that the swine flu pandemic is over (see this), the agency has finally released the names of the scientific advisors who helped with pand ... more
The H1N1 pandemic is over and the global outbreak turned out to be much less severe than was feared just over a year ago, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. Source: Reut ... more
Experts Warn of New Superbug Computer Test May Detect Autism in Adults: Study Denge Fever Vaccine Ready For Clinical Study Brain Wired Like Intern ... more
Advancing HIV Prevention Research Requires 'Spirit Of Global Collaboration' "Microbicides, vaccines and other new approaches will one day join proven HIV-prevention strategies, including condoms, ... more
After more than a decade of development, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has started clinical trials to test a vaccine to protect against the dengue virus, a product ... more
You can find this information on PubMed but this is a nice summary from UpToDate (only brief highlights are posted below, check the source link for full text):Sexually transmitted infections25% of urb ... more
Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Related MedlinePlus Page: Dengue ... more
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched the first clinical trial of a dengue virus vaccine at Johns Hopkins University. Medscape Medical News ... more
After more than a decade of development at the National Institutes of Health, a vaccine to prevent infection by the mosquito-borne dengue virus has begun human clinical testing. The vaccine was develo ... more
After more than a decade of development at the National Institutes of Health, a vaccine to prevent infection by the mosquito-borne dengue virus has begun human clinical testing. The vaccine was develo ... more
Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine manufactured in 2009 in multidose vials will have a shorter expiration period than indicated on the label. Medscape Medical News ... more
Updated Date: Aug 9, 2010 EST ... more
Updated Date: Aug 9, 2010 EST ... more
Australian researchers have begun clinical trials of a new vaccine to protect newborn infants against rotavirus, a life-threatening diarrhoeal disease that kills half a million children worldwid ... more
For the first time in three years, Merck can now say that all of its pediatric vaccines are again available. The disclosure, which was made on its supply status web page on Aug. 2, follows a series of ... more
INDIANAPOLIS Adding a direct acting anti-viral drug to the standard treatment regimen for hepatitis C significantly increases the cure rate in the most difficult to treat patients, according to a r ... more
Genetic differences that make some people susceptible to developing meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia, and others naturally immune, are revealed in a new study of over 6,000 people, published t ... more
Following positive results from studies in Asia and Africa on the efficacy of rotavirus vaccines in preventing severe rotavirus gastroeneteritis (RVG), international health experts are promoting the d ... more
University of Queensland research has found the Nanopatch ndash; a needle-free, pain-free method of vaccine delivery ndash; is now dissolvable, eliminating the possibility of needle-stick injury. ... more
Oral vaccine can potentially save infants' lives in developing world, two studies find ... more
Permitting parents to opt out of vaccinating their kids because of so-called "philosophical" reasons is folly, ACSH s Dr. Gilbert Ross and ACSH trustee and former advisor Dr. Jack Fisher write in ... more
An estimated 2.85 billion people worldwide were at risk of contracting malaria in 2009, according to a new report published Tuesday in the journal PLos Neglected Tropical Diseases. Reuters reports tha ... more
Updated Date: Aug 5, 2010 EST ... more
Updated Date: Aug 5, 2010 EST ... more
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Information from the Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring Survey of HIV and Viral Hepatitis among Injecting Drug Users is presented from 1990 to 2009. This survey looks at infectious diseases in a sample of ... more
Continued close monitoring of side effects with this year's seasonal flu vaccine in children under five years of age has shown that the higher than usual occurrence of fever and febrile convulsions ap ... more
According to a new survey, US physicians appear to be reluctant to offer the human papillomavirus vaccine to girls aged 11 to 12 years, as recommended in national guidelines. Medscape Medical News ... more
Introduction of the PCV-7 vaccine to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) has led to a shift in the types of bacteria causing hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) an important cause of acute kidney ... more
New Meningitis Vaccine Scheduled For 'Mass Campaign' In October The WHO "recently gave approval to a new meningitis vaccine that is expected to cost only 50 cents a dose, a price many African gov ... more
Updated Date: Aug 4, 2010 EST ... more
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In a sharply worded letter to the Centers for Medicare #038; Medicaid Services, the American Society of Clinical Oncology takes the federal agency to task for conducting a coverage review of the Prov ... more
But only a minority of patients benefited and more work may need to be done, experts say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Cancer, Immunization ... more
The aim of cancer immunotherapy is the stimulation of immune mechanisms to recognize malignant cells and may be a useful complementary therapy to conventional anticancer therapy. Immunotherapy was ini ... more
Monkeys repeatedly immunized with a particular form the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein generated antibodies capable of neutralizing diverse strains of HIV-1, according to a paper published online in the ... more
An experimental vaccine based on a virus that causes encephalitis in the wild appears to block tumor growth in some cases of advanced cancer, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center ... more
Novartis Vaccines has started shipping seasonal influenza vaccine to U.S. customers for the 2010-2011 season, allowing health care professionals to initiate protection of their patients well in advanc ... more
Two flu vaccine makers said on Friday they had started shipping supplies for the U.S. market, one of the earliest starts ever to distributing seasonal influenza vaccine. Reuters Health Information ... more
The seasonal influenza vaccine Afluria contains a strain of the pandemic 2009 H1N1 virus. Medscape Medical News ... more
Monkeys repeatedly immunized with a particular form the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein generated antibodies capable of neutralizing diverse strains of HIV-1, according to a paper published online in the ... more
Monkeys repeatedly immunized with a particular form the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein generated antibodies capable of neutralizing diverse strains of HIV-1, according to a paper published online in the ... more
An experimental vaccine based on a virus that causes encephalitis in the wild appears to block tumor growth in some cases of advanced cancer, according to new research. Scientists say the vaccine is a ... more
The vast majority of pediatricians and family physicians nationally are offering the human papillomavirus (also called HPV) vaccine, though fewer physicians are strongly encouraging it for 11- to 12-y ... more
DURHAM, N.C. An experimental vaccine based on a virus that causes encephalitis in the wild appears to block tumor growth in some cases of advanced cancer, according to researchers at Duke Universit ... more
The aim of cancer immunotherapy is the stimulation of immune mechanisms to recognize malignant cells and may be a useful complementary therapy to conventional anticancer therapy. Immunotherapy was ini ... more
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University developed techniques to quickly identify evolution of drug resistance in strains of malaria. Their goal is to enable the medical community to react quick ... more
But only a minority of patients benefited and more work may need to be done, experts say ... more
During trials of preventive HIV vaccines, trial participants may develop HIV-related antibody responses that could lead to a positive HIV test by routine antibody detection methods (called vaccine-ind ... more
The Director of Immunization, Department of Health, UK has written a letter to UK doctors warning about the risk of febrile convulsions in children aged under five years and seasonal influenza vaccin ... more
The US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has approved vaccines for the 2010-2011 USA influenza season, protecting against three strains of influenza, including the H1N1 virus which caused the 2009 pa ... more
Public immunization efforts may be much more sensitive than previously realized to small changes in the perceived costs or risks of vaccination, scientists at Harvard University report this week. In s ... more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has approved vaccines for the 2010-2011 influenza season in the United States. Seasonal influenza vaccine protects against three strains of in ... more
With H1N1 vaccine shortages reported at the end of 2009, the Skokie Health Department successfully vaccinated residents and high-priority nonresidents to maximize the number of vaccinations given. M ... more
Increased incidence of fever and febrile seizure among young children reported in Australia, mainly among those less than 5 years of age. ... more
Protects against three strains predicted to be most prevalent ... more
Updated Date: Jul 30, 2010 EST ... more
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In early 2009, Merck disclosed that manufacturing issues would disrupt supplies of its Recombivax hepatitis B vaccine for adults. Supplies of other vaccines have also been constrained. For instance, o ... more
Public immunization efforts may be much more sensitive than previously realized to small changes in the perceived costs or risks of vaccination, scientists report. In some cases, the spread of vaccine ... more
In 2 randomized controlled trials, human papillomavirus vaccine gave prolonged protection against genital warts and low-grade precancerous growths. Medscape Medical News ... more
But FDA-approved Provenge remains very expensive, experts note Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Immunization, Prostate Cancer ... more
Etubics Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company developing "next generation" vector vaccines, has entered into Phase I trials at Duke University with its ETBX-011, a therapeutic vaccine candidate tha ... more
Etubics Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company developing "next generation" vector vaccines, has entered into Phase I trials at Duke University with its ETBX-011, a therapeutic vaccine candidate tha ... more
LA JOLLA, CA July 28, 2010 For Immediate Release A chemical compound that boosts the action of a molecule normally produced in the brain may provide the starting point for a new line of thera ... more
Antigenics (NASDAQ: AGEN) announced positive results with AG-707, an investigational therapeutic vaccine being developed to treat herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), the virus that causes genital herpes, ... more
After three years of hype and hope over the Provenge prostate cancer vaccine, a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine may finally offer Dendreon some long-sought validation for its co ... more
Bill Gates presented a plan to reduce the AIDS epidemic with more prevention, reduction of treatment costs, improved delivery of care, and more-efficient approaches to vaccine trials. Medscape Medi ... more
The pivotal trial that showed a survival advantage and led to approval is now published, but the lack of a measurable antitumor effect is "surprising." Medscape Medical News ... more
But FDA-approved Provenge remains very expensive, experts note ... more
Biovest International, Inc. (OTCQB: "BVTI) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to BiovaxID®, Biovest's personalized cancer vaccine, for a se ... more
The chains of sugar molecules, or carbohydrates, that cover the outside of the highly variable HIV virus remain constant, are different from those found on human cells, and could form the basis of a p ... more
Given the intense interest in the Provenge prostate cancer vaccine, Wall Street is closely tracking the launch of the controversial Dendreon product, which was recently launched at a price tag of $93, ... more
An experimental drug from Nektar Therapeutics was able to shrink tumors and reduce a cancer biomarker in women with advanced ovarian cancer in a mid-stage study, the Sun-Sentinel reports. Twenty-three ... more
The World Health Organization's emergency committee will not meet this week to review data on the H1N1 swine flu pandemic nor will it declare for now an end to the pandemic, a WHO spokesman said. Sou ... more
Industry-funded research also finds the shot helps protect against precancerous growths Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Genital Warts, HPV, Immunization ... more
Metal surfaces spur conversion of normal prion protein into disease-causing prions JUPITER, FL, July 26, 2010 In a startling new study that involved research on both sides of the Atlantic, scientis ... more
MabVax Therapeutics Inc., a privately held clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of vaccine and antibody based therapies to address the unmet medical need of preventing recur ... more
Findings could lead to next generation of improved therapies JUPITER, FL, July 20 2010 In a joint study, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harva ... more
Research: 4-year efficacy of prophylactic human papillomavirus quadrivalent vaccine against low grade cervical, vulvar and vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia and anogenital warts: Randomized controlled ... more
A study published in Nature Medicine shows promise for a new vaccine delivery system involving patches that contain dissolvable microneedles. ... more
Campaigns to increase seasonal influenza vaccination rates among health-care workers in Canada that include a combination of interventions had the greatest effect on increasing vaccine coverage, accor ... more
Almost half get the erroneous result, causing stigma and hampering trial enrollment, experts say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: AIDS, Immunization, Laboratory Tests ... more
New technology uses painless 'microneedles' to deliver immunization Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Flu, Immunization ... more
Scientists in the US who developed a skin patch that uses hundreds of microscopic dissolvable needles to deliver vaccine into the body have shown it works on animals, perhaps even better than the tra ... more
WHO Questions Validity Of Amnesty Report On N. Korea's Health System The WHO is questioning the validity of the findings of a recent Amnesty International report which highlighted the dire needs ... more
Federal and state officials have guidelines for doctors on how to dispose of expired vaccine and when to administer unused doses that are still viable. ... more
During trials of preventive HIV vaccines, trial participants may develop HIV-related antibody responses that could lead to a positive HIV test by routine antibody detection methods (called vaccine-ind ... more
A new vaccine-delivery patch based on hundreds of microscopic needles that dissolve into the skin could allow persons without medical training to painlessly administer vaccines -- while providing impr ... more
New technology uses painless 'microneedles' to deliver immunization ... more
Almost half get the erroneous result, causing stigma and hampering trial enrollment, experts say ... more
A universal influenza vaccine -- so-called because it could potentially provide protection from all flu strains for decades -- may become a reality. ... more
A primer dose followed by a periodic booster could eliminate the need for annual influenza vaccinations. Medscape Medical News ... more
A universal influenza vaccineso-called because it could potentially provide protection from all flu strains for decadesmay become a reality because of research led by scientists from the National ... more
A two-step flu vaccine using DNA to "prime" the immune system and then a traditional seasonal influenza vaccine may be able to protect against all strains of the virus -- providing a long-sought "univ ... more
Switzerland's Cytos Biotechnology and Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have jointly announced their first collaboration on a virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine. This par ... more
Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Related MedlinePlus Pages: Bird Flu, Flu, H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) ... more
Every few weeks, something unexpected happens to keep the Provenge prostate cancer vaccine in the news in a big way. Last month, the Centers for Medicare #038; Medicaid Services unexpectedly decided ... more
A universal influenza vaccine -- so-called because it could potentially provide protection from all flu strains for decades may become a reality because of research led by scientists from the Nati ... more
On the eve of the world's biggest AIDS conference this month in Austria, a new research review shows many people wouldn't get inoculated against HIV even if a vaccine was developed. The authoritative ... more
On the eve of the world's biggest AIDS conference this month in Austria, a new research review shows many people wouldn't get inoculated against HIV even if a vaccine was developed. ... more