It's been confirmed Syria has 10 cases of polio, and two German researchers warn the infectious disease could silently spread to Europe as refugees move about. Dr. Martin Eichner of the University of Tubinge in Germany and Dr. Stefan ...
Tags: polio, Syrian, refugees, virus spread
A flu shot can reduce the risk a person gets the flu, make the flu less severe if caught and help those who can't be vaccinated, a U.S. health official says. Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service and ...
Sanofi's vaccines division Sanofi Pasteur and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have partnered to discover and develop new platforms and methods intended to speed up vaccine R&D, particularly in areas of global health. Under the Vaccine ...
British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has received positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA's) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for additional indication for Synflorix, a pediatric pneumococcal ...
Tags: drug, Pneumonia Indication
US-based biopharmaceutical company Immunomedics has announced the issuance of a US patent to its majority-owned subsidiary, IBC Pharmaceuticals, for ‘Novel Strategies for Improved Cancer Vaccines’. The new patent concerns ...
Pfizer has secured European Commission approval to carry out updates to the summary of product characteristics (SmPC) for its pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) Prevenar 13, regarding its use in certain high-risk populations. Now the ...
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Germany-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical firm CureVac has entered into collaboration and licensing agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals to develop a messenger RNA (mRNA)-based influenza vaccine. The deal will see CureVac ...
Tags: Influenza Vaccine, Medicine
US-based MMRGlobal (MMR) will receive two additional US patents covering methods of making compositions for its B-cell vaccine technologies. The patent entitled 'Method and Composition for Altering a B-cell Mediated Pathology', will be ...
Israel-based oral drug delivery systems developer Oramed Pharmaceuticals has received two additional patent approvals in Japan and Canada for its platform protein oral delivery (POD) technology. The two patents are entitled 'Methods and ...
Tags: Pod Technology, Oramed
British drugmaker AstraZeneca has received positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its new four-in-one flu vaccine Fluenz Tetra. Fluenz Tetra, a nasally ...
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Water is the most important raw material in the manufacture of drugs, vaccines and cosmetics. The new Loopo pharma water distribution system, developed by BWT Pharma & Biotech, provides the highest standard of hygiene safety in the ...
The Russia's Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks has issued a patent to Israel-based Oramed Pharmaceuticals related to methods and compositions for oral administration of proteins. The patent titled "Methods ...
GlaxoSmithKline is to sell its drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena to Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd (SBF), the Japanese consumer goods company, for GBP 1.35 billion (AUD 2.4b) in cash. It is expected that the transaction will be completed by ...
Tags: Beverage, Food, Agriculture
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to sell its nutritional drinks brands – the iconic Lucozade and Ribena – to the Japanese consumer goods firm Suntory Beverage & Food (SBF) for £1.35bn in cash. GlaxoSmithKline is to sell ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Temperature assurance packaging provider Sonoco ThermoSafe introduced new Aeris Series of pre-qualified shippers for maintaining pharmaceuticals, biologics, vaccines and other high-value products between the temperatures of 2–8 ...
Tags: Sonoco, Insulated Shippers