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Emergent BioSolutions Initiates Pivotal Clinical Trial Evaluating a Three-Dose BioThrax…

(Press release) EBS today announced the initiation of a pivotal immunogenicity and safety study to evaluate a three-dose vaccination schedule of BioThrax(R) (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) for administration to individuals exposed to anthrax. Through this pivotal, licensure-enabling clinical study, the company seeks to obtain a post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) indication for BioThrax. Approval of the PEP indication Read More »

November 18, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, Public Health, and Research
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Doctors’ group declares drug shortages national health emergency

(Telegram.com) Growing shortages of cancer drugs and other life-saving medicines are a national public health emergency, the American Medical Association declared yesterday. The nation’s largest lobby group of doctors voted to ratchet up the tone of a resolution prompted by shortages of anesthetics, cardiovascular drugs such as epinephrine and cancer treatments including Johnson & Johnson’s Read More »

November 17, 2011
| Filed under North America, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Alarming pattern of antibiotic use in the southeastern United States

(EurekAlert!) New research suggests a pattern of outpatient antibiotic overuse in parts of the United States — particularly in the Southeast — a problem that could accelerate the rate at which these powerful drugs are rendered useless, according to Extending the Cure, a project of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy.

November 17, 2011
| Filed under North America, Public Health, and Research
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Biosafety lab to identify unknown viruses

(IBNLive.com) Kolkata, Nov 14. Detection of unknown viruses is expected to be easier and quicker with the School of Tropical Medicine (STM) here deciding to set up a biosafety lab for analysing blood samples of patients suffering from …

November 15, 2011
| Filed under South Asia, Biosafety, Public Health, and Research
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Senators Introduce Bill to Prepare Nation for the Threat of Pandemics

(PoliticalNews.me) … “This reauthorization builds on a record of bipartisan cooperation that has strengthened our ability to respond to medical and public health emergencies over the past decade,” said Harkin, who is Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. “Applying lessons we’ve learned during the past few years, this bill enhances existing Read More »