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- Vical Incorporated announces results of herpes vaccine trial
- NIH studying newly emerging Staphylococcus aureus strain
- University of Cincinnati researchers develop oral breast cancer vaccine
- CDC issues update on fungal meningitis outbreak
- Pfizer’s pneumococcal vaccine approved for use in Europeans aged six to 17
- Swine-origin flu variant cases continue in U.S.
- Scientist map critical portion of anti-influenza antibody
- Boy dies from superbug infection at NIH hospital
- Progress made on new TB drug
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U.N. delivers aid to displaced Syrians
TweetThe U.N. Refugee Agency said on Friday it delivered vital aid to 5,000 displaced Syrians after the area was inaccessible for three months. The agency delivered seven trucks filled with hygiene kits, kitchen sets, blankets and mattresses to Al Raqqa … Read More »
Emergent’s EVP of corporate affairs appointed to board of MdBio
TweetEmergent BioSolutions, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced on Monday that Allen Shofe, the company’s executive vice president of corporate affairs, will serve on the board of directors for the MdBio Foundation. MdBio Foundation is a Maryland-based private charitable organization … Read More »
Social media used to raise funds for the fight against AIDS
Tweet(RED) recently partnered with Mashable in a campaign to use social media to raise funds in the fight against AIDS on Monday and set a world record on the video app Vine. (RED), founded in 2006 to help people and … Read More »
Celerion expands Belfast facility
TweetCelerion announced on June 5 the addition of a containment room to its Belfast, Northern Ireland U.K. facility. The new containment room will give Celerion the opportunity to develop programs that require studies utilizing biologics. It will also allow Celerion … Read More »
Researches find similar protein sets across numerous viruses
Tweet Biologists from Indiana University and Montana State University announced on Monday that they have discovered similar sets of proteins capable of breaking out of infected cells between certain viruses, such as HIV and Ebola. HIV and Ebola are both … Read More »
New technology will merge state and private EMR systems
TweetScientific Technologies Corporation announced on Friday the release of ImmsLink 3.4, which enables state immunization information systems and physicians’ Electronic Medical Record systems to merge. The program was developed due to the increasing difficulty of tracking of patient immunization records … Read More »
Valneva SE sells CMO in France to Indian biopharmaceutical company
TweetValneva SE, a European biotechnology company, announced on Friday that it signed a binding term sheet to sell its clinical manufacturing operations in Nantes, France, to Biological E, an Indian biopharmaceutical company. Valneva’s sale of the CMO unit is part … Read More »
ECDC announces confirmed cases of MERS coronavirus in Saudi Arabia
TweetThe European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control announced on Monday that there are 9 new cases of the MERS coronavirus in Saudi Arabia. The MERS coronavirus, also known as Saudi SARS, is a new type of coronavirus that was … Read More »