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Emergex Files a Patent in the USA for its novel Pandemic Flu Vaccine

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Emergex Vaccines Holding Limited, a biotechnology company pioneering a new approach to enable synthetic vaccine development in the field of infectious diseases, today announces that it has filed a patent...

Zika and dengue vaccine stumblingblock: Human body temperature

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A major route toward creating effective vaccines against dengue virus and Zika involves the E protein that covers the surface of each viral particle. If we could develop strong antibodies against this...

PaxVax Chikungunya vaccine receives FDA Fast Track designation

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PaxVax, a leading independent specialty vaccine company, announced today that it has received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its vaccine for the prevention...

Ontario: Whooping cough cases happening much more frequently than previously known

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New research from Public Health Ontario(PHO) and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) suggests that whooping cough cases in Ontario are happening much more frequently than previously...

Scripps Research scientists receive $12 million for malaria and flu vaccine research

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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute aim to improve flu and malaria vaccines with the support of a new $12 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. With the funding, the Scripps...

The European Commission wants to increase the coverage of measles vaccine to 95 percent

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The measles continue to spread in Europe, because in many countries vaccination coverage is too low. The European Commission has now decided to strengthen its efforts to support the Member States. The...

Chikungunya vaccine: PaxVax announces the initiation of Phase 2b Trial

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PaxVax, a leading independent specialty vaccine company, announced today the enrollment of the first patient in its Phase 2b dose-finding trial of the chikungunya virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine,...

Health officials to roll out oral cholera vaccine in May

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As part of its strategic plan to eliminate Cholera in Uganda, Ministry of Health is set to roll out the Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) in Cholera prone districts. The districts that will benefit from this...

Leprosy vaccine candidate, LepVax, provides effective pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis of M. leprae infection in animals: Study

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A publication in Nature Partner Journals (npj) Vaccines indicates that post-exposure prophylaxis with LepVax, IDRI’s leprosy vaccine candidate, not only appears safe but, unlike BCG (a tuberculosis...

Rabies: WHO report provides updated guidance on the multiple facets of prevention, control and elimination

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The World Health Organization (WHO) published the third report of its Expert Consultation on Rabies, which incorporates the latest recommendations on rabies immunization made in October 2017 by the WHO...