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UPDATE 1-Sanofi-Aventis works on new TB vaccine  -  Feb 14, 2008
ReutersThe only TB vaccine in use in the world today is over 80 years old and is mainly effective in protecting infants, Sanofi noted. TB kills 1.5 million people

Sanofi-Aventis Teams up with Danish SSI to Develop New TB Vaccine  -  Feb 14, 2008
eFluxMediaThe combination of both parties' leading vaccine expertise will really be able to make a difference in the development of a novel TB vaccine for the benefit

PhilHealth now covers childhood TB vaccine  -  Feb 13, 2008
Catanduanes Tribune,The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has included a vaccine against childhood tuberculosis under its Newborn Care Package (NCP)

Sanofi-Aventis gets license from Denmark's Statens Serum to ...  -  Feb 13, 2008
Interactive Investor,PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Drugs giant Sanofi-Aventis said its vaccines unit, Sanofi Pasteur, has been licensed by Danish company Statens Serum Institut to

Joint Ventures/Cooperation/Collaboration Vaccine formulated with ...  -  Feb 13, 2008
news aktuell (Pressemitteilung),The collaboration with Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation in the TB vaccine field will continue and together the parties represent the extensive range of

Sanofi Pasteur Enters Deal With Denmark's Statens Serum To Develop ...  -  Feb 13, 2008
RTT News,SSI TB vaccine candidates are recombinant protein sub-units, including one currently in a Phase I clinical trial. Results from a previous study showed the

WHO: We failed on TB  -  Feb 9, 2008
Mail & Guardian Online,Marcos Espinal was speaking at a symposium in Cape Town after visiting TB research facilities where the South African TB Vaccine Initiative is testing,

ots: Sanofi Pasteur and Statens Serum Institut Team Up .  -  Feb 13, 2008
Stock World,A TB vaccine exposed to an infectious case are high. Although BCG is effective in BCG. "The development of an improved TB vaccine has been a before to

Tuberculosis: Crack the code  -  Jan 27, 2008
Monitor,Many other researchers are racing to develop an effective TB vaccine, he said. The RAHC has a special lab for the purpose of studying lethal diseases like

Crucell Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Results  -  Feb 12, 2008
FOXBusinessC6(R) Technology-Based Tuberculosis Vaccine: The development of this vaccine is being carried out in collaboration with the Aeras Global TB Vaccine

Environmental sanitation controls tuberculosis  -  Feb 12, 2008
Sun St.Kitts/Nevis,The anti-TB vaccine (BGG) is given as part of the national vaccine programme. In addition, he said, the vaccine is given to children in close proximity

Ministry advises on tuberculosis  -  Feb 11, 2008
Sun St.Kitts/Nevis,...of the advice of their personal physicians. An anti-TB vaccine called BCG is part of the national vaccination schedule. It is given in early infancy.

Vienna shares close slightly higher, led by Andritz, Wienerberger ...  -  Feb 14, 2008
Hemscott,Intercell, which today announced closer cooperation with France's Sanofi on its TB vaccine IC51, last dealt 0.28 pct higher at 24.67 eur.

HEALTH SCENE  -  Jan 25, 2008
Contra Costa Times,University School of Medicine are seeking volunteers for a study that will look at Type 2 diabetes and the body's immune response to the TB vaccine.

Aeras and Crucell Announce Start of a Tuberculosis Vaccine ...  -  Dec 20, 2007
FOX News..."We are very proud that Crucell's technologies are playing a key role in the search and development of a much-needed TB vaccine," said Dr. Jaap Goudsmit,

Intercell Announces Launching of Phase I Clinical Trials of TB Vaccine  -  Dec 6, 2007
MedIndia,The company is working with the Statens Serum Institut and the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation to develop the vaccine. The vaccine, called HyVac4-IC31,

Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Intercell (ICLL), and Aeras Global ...  -  Dec 4, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),The new TB-vaccine HyVac4-IC31 (AERAS-404) supported by and co-developed with AERAS is based on the H4-antigen which in the preclinical phase has shown

Crucell to receive up to $5 mln for vaccine deal  -  Dec 20, 2007
ReutersCrucell and US-based Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, said in a statement they had launched a new Phase I clinical trial of a Crucell-based tubercolosis

Health Digest  -  Dec 15, 2007
Nashua Telegraph,Caveats: The authors speculated that the TB vaccine might offer protection from asthma, saying that they had detected a statistical "tendency" in the data,

Market Report -- In Play (WIRES)  -  Dec 21, 2007
MSN MoneyOn The Wires Crucell NV (CRXL) announces it will receive up to $5 mln from Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation to support the advanced development of the

Senior Epidemiologist  -  Dec 11, 2007
Oneworld,KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation is collaborating with Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation in development of field sites for TB vaccine trials in several

HEALTH SCENE  -  Dec 19, 2007
Contra Costa Times,University School of Medicine are seeking volunteers for a study which will look at Type 2 diabetes and the body's immune response to the TB vaccine.

Gates Funds More TB R&D  -  Sep 23, 2007
Chemical & Engineering NewsThe largest grant, $200 million over five years, goes to the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, a public-private development partnership.

TB cases diagnosed in Peoria Co.  -  Oct 4, 2007
WHOI,Researchers are working on developing a more effective TB vaccine. Finish your entire course of medication. This is the most important step you can take to

HEALTH SCENE  -  Oct 10, 2007
Contra Costa Times,University School of Medicine are seeking volunteers for a study which will look at Type 2 diabetes and the body's immune response to the TB vaccine.

HIV, Malaria, TB: vaccine research issues and planning  -  Sep 3, 2007
Ethics of Vaccines,...-- HIV/AIDS: In the July-August issue of Health Affairs, a paper appears titled, "The Impact of An AIDS Vaccine In Developing Countries: A New Model and

Science Health  -  Aug 30, 2007
The Muslim News,The current TB vaccine or BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guerin) as it is known, has been in use for many years. The new vaccine, known as MVA85A, will be given

Development of New Tuberculosis Vaccines: A Global Perspective on ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
Scientist Live,In May 2005, the TB Vaccine Initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) Initiative for Vaccine Research convened a working meeting of regulators,

Uganda: Country Selected for $27m Global TB-HIV Research  -  Aug 26, 2007
AllAfrica.com,It will investigate why the TB vaccine that is used worldwide to protect newborn and young children is no longer protecting adolescents and adults from TB.

Biotech holds the cards  -  Sep 6, 2007
Business Gazette,...promise,� said Gerald Sadoff, a former Merck senior researcher and now CEO of the nonprofit Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation in Rockville.

HEALTH SCENE  -  Sep 12, 2007
Contra Costa Times,University School of Medicine are seeking volunteers for a study that will look at Type-2 diabetes and the body's immune response to the TB vaccine.

Study Reveals Gaps in Vaccine Financing For Underinsured Children  -  08 Aug 2007
SpiritIndia,AP Trials start on new TB vaccine -- The first new TB vaccine for 80 years is being tested in clinical trials in South Africa.

Emory Global Health Institute Awards $2M in Grants for Research ...  -  07 Jul 2007
DentalPlans.com,...with critical needs for increased support of research on new tools for TB control including new drugs, new diagnostics and an effective TB vaccine.

Southern Vietnam suspends TB vaccine after infant death  -  Jun 29, 2007
Thanh Nien Daily,Health centers in southern Vietnam were instructed Friday to stop using BCG, a locally made tuberculosis vaccine, following an infant’s death in Dong Nai

Discovery turns research into tuberculosis and leprosy on its head  -  Jun 29, 2007
innovations report,...tuberculosis follows a different path in the host cell than its weaker younger brother Mycobacterium bovis BCG, used as TB vaccine as well.

Organization to find new TB drugs to be based in Seattle  -  Jun 13, 2007
Seattle Post Intelligencer...sense," said Dr. Steve Reed, director of a Seattle-based organization, the Infectious Disease Research Institute, already working on a new TB vaccine.

TB rates decline for 2006  -  Jun 12, 2007
Shreveport Times,Police officers are protected against vaccine preventable diseases, but there is no TB vaccine routinely in use in the US, Brown said.

Florida is a leader in fight against TB  -  Jun 9, 2007
Tallahassee Democrat,But ultimately, a vaccine is the only solution to eradicating this disease, and medical research is years away from developing an effective TB vaccine.

What the TB Scare Teaches Us  -  Jun 14, 2007
Huffington Post,A TB vaccine -- BCG -- is widely administered, but is ineffective in adults. Consequently, the disease has become endemic in poor countries where TB

Bigger story behind TB headlines  -  Jun 10, 2007
The Herald-Times (subscription),...the plan would expand access to high-quality TB testing and treatment for all, treat 50 million people for TB and create a new TB vaccine for the first

Editorial: US must lead fight against tuberculosis  -  Jun 11, 2007
Albuquerque Tribune,The bill would include research funding for a "Blueprint Plan for TB Vaccine Development." This law is wholly endorsed by the American Lung Association and

New TB vaccines could protect all strains  -  Jun 3, 2007
News-Medical.net,Sadoff, president and CEO of the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, said at the International Conference on Global Health.

Future TB vaccine in works  -  Jun 1, 2007
The Coloradoan,BY LAURA BAILEY. Researchers at Colorado State University have developed a vaccine that may someday be effective in tuberculosis cases like that of the

New Vaccines in Development Could Protect Against Drug Resistant ...  -  May 31, 2007
Southwest Nebraska News,Aeras, the only non-profit organization dedicated solely to creating new TB vaccines, is working to develop at least one new TB vaccine regimen for infants

New TB vaccines in development lauded as protection against all ...  -  May 30, 2007
People's Daily Online,The finding was announced here on Wednesday by Dr. Jerald Sadoff, president of the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, at the International Conference on

New Tuberculosis Vaccines in Development Could Protect Against ...  -  May 31, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Dr. Jerald C. Sadoff, President of Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, Says New Vaccine Candidates in Trials This Year

CSU a favorite of feds in TB fight  -  May 31, 2007
Denver Post,A decades-old preventive TB vaccine is still used widely today for children in developing countries, said CSU microbiologist John Belisle,

Tough TB drugs developed by nonprofit  -  May 31, 2007
The Advocate,Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to creating new TB vaccines, is developing at least two new TB vaccine regimens for infants and

Crucell, AERAS and SATVI Announce Start of Tuberculosis Vaccine ...  -  May 12, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),..."We are very proud that Crucell's technologies are playing a key role in the search and development of a much-needed TB vaccine," said Dr. Jaap Goudsmit,

Dangerous History  -  May 25, 2007
Science NewsToday's only TB vaccine, BCG (bacille Calmette-Guérin), was originally derived in the early 1900s from Mycobacterium bovis, a strain of TB that occurs

United Press International Examines Vaccine Development For HIV ...  -  May 15, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Jerald Sadoff, president and CEO of the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, said that the group aims to bring the disease under control worldwide within 15

Crucell launches TB clinical trial in South Africa  -  May 14, 2007
Pharmaceutical Business ReviewThe study is in collaboration with the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation and the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) at the University of

All 28 Czech Airlines passengers near TB-infected man are ...  -  May 31, 2007
Canada.com,False positives are not uncommon in people who have received the TB vaccine BCG, which is not used much in North America but is in some parts of the

Case Western Reserve University’s TB Research Padded with $27M Grant  -  May 8, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Other collaborators include University of Capetown, the South African TB Vaccine Initiative, the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, Colorado State

CDC Health Advisory: Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis  -  May 30, 2007
Food Consumer,Can the TB vaccine (BCG) help prevent XDR TB? There is a vaccine for TB disease called Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) . It is used in some countries to

TB Research Boosted By $27M Award To Case Western Reserve ...  -  May 12, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),There also will be greatly expanded research activities with investigators at the University of Capetown and the South African TB Vaccine Initiative (SATVI)

Market Report -- In Play (CRXL)  -  May 11, 2007
MSN Money...the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation and the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative at the University of Cape Town announce the launch of a new

TB vaccine to be offered to all newborn babies in Cork  -  Apr 12, 2007
Ireland Online,The HSE says all babies born in Cork from this October onwards will be routinely offered the BCG vaccine against TB. Their parents will also be offered

In My Life  -  Apr 26, 2007
Hagerstown Morning Herald,Those included studies of lung disease in Japanese and American telephone workers, TB vaccine trials in south India and experiments in TB prevention among

Alarming increase in tuberculosis cases reported  -  Apr 22, 2007
Malta Independent Online,According to some sources, although this could not be confirmed independently, the TB vaccine given to teenagers does not protect them from the TB strains

That deadly new car smell  -  Apr 3, 2007
National Review of Medicine,MONTREAL — A new genome analysis of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin suggests that the currently used TB vaccine may not be as useful as older types once were.

Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (Xdr-Tb): The Facts  -  Mar 29, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The TB vaccine, called the bacille Calmette- Guérin (BCG) vaccine, prevents severe forms of TB in children, such as TB meningitis.

MQM unit office attacked  -  Apr 2, 2007
The News - International,He said that TB vaccine at the time of birth could be effective for some 20 years and proper use of medicines for a year against the disease could be


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