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A Single Dose of Medicago’s H5N1 VLP Vaccine Protects Against Additional Pandemic Flu Strains in a Preclinical Study

(Market Watch) Medicago Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today announced results from an independent preclinical study on the cross-protection effects of Medicago’s H5N1 VLP vaccine candidate (“H5N1 VLP vaccine”). The study was conducted under the National Institute of Allergy Read More »

November 21, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Public Health, and Research
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FDA Panel OKs Bird Flu Vaccine Stockpiling

(770kkob) A vaccine for the H5N1 avian flu, or bird flu, has been approved by a panel of experts to be stockpiled for emergency use in case of a pandemic. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 14-0 in favor that the vaccine, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in Quebec, was in compliance with Read More »

November 20, 2012
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Texas Biomed files patent for a novel HIV vaccine strategy

(EurekAlert) The Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio has applied for a patent for a genetically-engineered vaccine strategy to prevent HIV infection that targets the outer layers of body structures that are the first sites of contact with the virus. Designed to be a single dose and last a lifetime, the vaccine will lead Read More »

November 20, 2012
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Plum Island developing vaccines to keep world safe from diseases

(West Hartford News) It may be intriguing when talking about the nation’s only research lab for highly-infectious foreign animal diseases to bounce around conspiracy theories about Lyme disease, West Nile virus and the infamous “Montauk Monster,” all of which some people say originated there. But scientists involved in research at the Plum Island Animal Disease Read More »

November 19, 2012
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Putting Asia on alert as bioterrorism risk grows – South China Morning Post

Putting Asia on alert as bioterrorism risk growsSouth China Morning PostA global infectious disease outbreak involving a lethal pathogen – whether spread through a deliberate attack or originating from natural sources – could claim millions of lives and cause severe economic damage. It is essential not only to mitigate the …