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GSK Receives Favorable Recommendation by FDA Advisory Committee ...  -  20 Feb 2008
Earthtimes,Belgium, where the majority of GlaxoSmithKline's activities in the field of vaccine research, development and production are conducted.

HIV vaccine research hits impasse  -  Feb 14, 2008
BBC News,By Helen Briggs Scientists are no further forward in developing a vaccine against HIV after more than 20 years of research, a Nobel Prize-winning biologist

Annual Report 2007  -  Feb 18, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,...the Company appointed two new scientists to its In the coming year we expect a number of milestones will be vaccine research and development team.

Scientists No Closer To Developing HIV Vaccine Than 20 Years Ago ...  -  Feb 19, 2008
Kaiser network.org,AAAS President David Baltimore said scientists are no closer to developing an HIV vaccine than they were when vaccine research began, BBC News reports

Millions will fast-track vaccines  -  Feb 15, 2008
Canada.com,..."Vaccine research is expensive and a high-risk area," said Potter. VIDO is taking the lead in setting up a new national non-profit research corporation

NIH Funds Vaccine Research for Needle-free and Self-Administered ...  -  Feb 11, 2008
WebWire (press release),Contact Information Rae Reynolds VP of Business Development Rocky Mountain Biosystems, Inc. 303-667-9265 rreynolds@biofusionary.com (Denver,

U of S VIDO to lead centre of excellence in vaccine ...  -  Feb 14, 2008
Canada NewsWire (press release),..."PREVENT will help drive the nation's vaccine research agenda and co-ordinate graduate student training in a unique environment," said VIDO/InterVac

Failure to find AIDS vaccine has researchers seeking new directions  -  Feb 5, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,3000 conference attendees that the National Institutes of Health has "lost its way," and that current vaccine research trials were essentially futile.

Experts: AIDS Vaccine Research Has "Lost Its Way"  -  Feb 5, 2008
Science Magazine (subscription)By Jon Cohen BOSTON--Two prominent researchers have bluntly assessed the depressing state of AIDS vaccine research and have urged the US National Institutes

MedImmune Strengthens Key Leadership Functions to Further Support ...  -  Feb 7, 2008
CNNMoney.com...corridor to our discovery and development center in Cambridge, UK to our vaccine research facilities in the San Francisco Bay area of California.

Cancer Vaccine Consortium and Cancer Vaccine Collaborative unite ...  -  Jan 28, 2008
EurekAlert (press release),...grants to academic investigators, and dedicates approximately 35 percent of its annual research budget to the support of cancer vaccine research.

Avian flu vaccine the goal of Pitt research  -  Jan 30, 2008
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,The vaccine, being developed by researchers at Pitt's Center for Vaccine Research and Novavax Inc., produced a strong immune response in mice and protected

New Vaccine Against Deadliest Strain Of Avian Flu Successful In Mice  -  Jan 29, 2008
Science Daily (press release)H5N1, has been engineered and tested by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Vaccine Research and Novavax Inc. The vaccine produced

NIAID Director Fauci To Convene Meeting Of HIV Vaccine Researchers ...  -  Feb 8, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),Fauci's announcement comes after 15 vaccine researchers wrote to him requesting a reassessment of strategies in HIV vaccine research in response to the

Merck Aids Failure Signals Doom for African, US HIV Projects  -  Jan 30, 2008
BloombergScientists say the Merck fallout may set back vaccine research for years, and the other vaccines aren't as promising. ``There's a lot of disappointment,''

UPDATE 3-Pneumonia deaths seen with Glaxo vaccine-US FDA  -  Feb 15, 2008
ReutersBy Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's (GSK.L: Quote, Profile, Research) rotavirus vaccine is effective but also associated with

Emory Launches Joint Vaccine Center in India with International ...  -  Feb 1, 2008
WebWire (press release),The center will be dedicated to vaccine research focused on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis C, dengue virus, malaria and other infectious diseases that

Scientific Obstacles to Effective HIV Vaccine Frustrate Researchers  -  Feb 6, 2008
Medscape (subscription)February 6, 2008 (Boston) — The Jeremiah of HIV vaccine research was given a platform here yesterday at a plenary session of the 15th Conference on

Vical Expands Portfolio of CMV Vaccine Technologies Through ...  -  Jan 22, 2008
CNNMoney.comAmong his many contributions to vaccine research while at Wistar, Dr. Plotkin developed the Rubella vaccine now in common use worldwide.

Crucell Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Results  -  Feb 12, 2008
FOXBusiness...which Crucell is currently developing in partnership with the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Dr. Harriet Robinson Joins GeoVax Team as VP of R & D to ...  -  Feb 4, 2008
CNNMoney.comDr. Robinson has published extensively on HIV/AIDS vaccine research, with more than 150 referred scientific journal publications, 50 monograph reviews and

Larry Krotz on fighting AIDS: Now we know: Circumcision saves lives  -  Feb 5, 2008
National Post,Henceforth, circumcision as a preventative strategy will be a player along with vaccine research, condom use and antiretrovirals.

Sanofi Pasteur and Statens Serum Institut Team Up Against Tuberculosis  -  Feb 13, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),Scientific Advances in Vaccine Research may Lead to Improved Vaccine Against Leading Cause of Death in Developing Countries LYON, France,

Pitting science, security  -  Feb 3, 2008
Dallas Morning News,...was threatening to the public," biodefense grants were plentiful, and she and her staff were awarded millions of federal dollars for vaccine research.

Barrett named director of vaccine development  -  Jan 31, 2008
Galveston County Daily News,He is currently chairman of the World Health Organization advisory committee on vaccine research for dengue and other flaviviruses.

Flu forecast up in the air  -  Feb 18, 2008
Worcester Telegram,...the specter of pandemic heightened concern and prompted vaccine research and ways to prepare for a public health challenge not seen since 1918.

CROI: AIDS vaccine: additional infection risk restricted to ...  -  Feb 5, 2008
Aidsmap,Are we wasting our time with current vaccine research? The STEP vaccine trial may, like another ‘failed’ trial, the SMART trial, generate a considerable

Pitt conducts human tests on fast-track avian flu vaccine  -  Jan 29, 2008
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,Ted M. Ross, assistant professor at Pitt's Center for Vaccine Research, led the study and said the goal is to manufacture the vaccine within one month after

Full Text  -  Feb 14, 2008
Science Magazine (subscription)NIH devotes nearly one-third of the roughly $600 million it spends annually on AIDS vaccine research to developing and testing products in humans, yet,

Oregon college gets Florida money  -  Jan 22, 2008
Orlando Sentinel,Both have medical schools and are conducting vaccine research, and both are facing additional cuts of as much as $30 million this budget year.

DOR BioPharma Reports Achievement of Two-Year Stability Milestone ...  -  Jan 29, 2008
CNNMoney.comDOR BioPharma, Inc. believes it is the world leader in ricin toxin vaccine research. RiVax(TM) is DOR's proprietary vaccine developed to protect against

New Vaccine to counter deadliest strain of bird flu  -  Jan 30, 2008
DailyIndia.com,Ted M. Ross, lead author of the study and assistant professor, Centre for Vaccine Research, University of Pittsburgh said that to stop the spread of the

Center for Vaccines Launches in India  -  Feb 4, 2008
The Emory WheelThe center, a partnership between EVC and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), will conduct vaccine research on

The Fight Against Malaria (By Aisha El-Awady)  -  Feb 12, 2008
Journal of Turkish Weekly,..."A Review of Human Vaccine Research and Development: Malaria." Vaccine 25.9 (2007): 1567-1580. "Global Malaria Programme." World Health Organization.

Profile: Vaccine trailblazer  -  Feb 8, 2008
Chemistry World,But any profits were used to fund vaccine research. 'Those years were difficult and our wallets were often empty,' says Yin. In late 1999, the inactivated

AIDS researchers look for new vaccine  -  Feb 6, 2008
United Press International...and Opportunistic Infections Tuesday in Boston, Harvard researcher Ronald Desrosiers said current vaccine research trials were basically useless.

GlaxoSmithKline Files Pneumococcal Paediatric Vaccine In The EU  -  Feb 4, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),The company is located in Rixensart (Belgium) and is the centre of all GlaxoSmithKline's activities in the field of vaccine research, development and

Darren Michaels Joins Terravant as Laboratory Director  -  Feb 12, 2008
Business Wire (press release),Darren's work at Scripps enabled researchers to explore theories of viral challenge and search for new avenues of vaccine research.

Sanofi Pasteur Lobbied on Vaccine Issues  -  Jan 24, 2008
CNNMoney.comThe firm lobbied on numerous issues, including vaccine and immunization programs, product liability, flu stockpiles, vaccine research and insurance coverage

National Vaccine Advisory Committee Issues Recommended Use for ...  -  Jan 21, 2008
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),President of Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. "Merck Frosst is proud of its vaccine research and development and even prouder knowing that RotaTeq(R) can play

Cancer: the good news  -  Feb 12, 2008
Health24.com,The Cancer Association of South Africa has warned that Kaposi's sarcoma is to become a major problem in the country over the next five years,

Pitt researchers develop novel vaccine to combat deadly avian flu ...  -  Feb 5, 2008
Pop City,Developed by University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Vaccine Research and Novavax Inc. of Rockville, MD, the vaccine was successful in its first human

New hopes for Ebola treatment  -  Jan 21, 2008
France24,US researchers have discovered a way of genetically disarming the Ebola virus in laboratory conditions, potentially speeding up vaccine research and

Biovest’s CEO Anticipates Significant Milestone Achievements ...  -  Jan 30, 2008
Business Wire (press release),We are also meeting with various divisions of the US military that focus on vaccine research with an aim to collaborate with government health and medical

Pitt expert goes public to counter fallacy on autism  -  Jan 30, 2008
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,By Mark Roth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette After years of sitting back and hoping the science would speak for itself, the director of the University of

Universal Flu Vaccine  -  Jan 29, 2008
ScienCentral News,That idea is squarely on the table now," says Gary Nabel, who heads the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases Vaccine Research Center.

Tattoos could be future's vaccines  -  Feb 6, 2008
Daily News & Analysis,WASHINGTON: Those cool and stylish tattoos may be a substitute for conventional injections rather than being just a fashion statement.

Researchers Develop Technique That Prevents HIV From Reproducing ...  -  Feb 11, 2008
Kaiser network.org,The technique "raises hope" within the HIV vaccine research community that if a preventive vaccine is not developed, the technique could be used to control

Prostate cancer: Watchful wait or vaccinate?  -  Feb 1, 2008
HULIQ,Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a prostate cancer vaccine that prevented the development of cancer in 90 percent of

Lorne hosts malaria meet  -  Feb 4, 2008
Geelong Advertiser,They will spend four days discussing latest vaccine research on the tropical scourge which costs more than three million lives a year.

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