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Merck and NewLink Ebola vaccine trial begins

March 6, 2015
Sales and Marketing Ebola, Merck, Vaccine, WHO, newlink, rVSV-EBOV

Merck and US-based biopharma firm NewLink Genetics’ investigational Ebola vaccine is being used in Phase III trials in West Africa. …

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ZMapp trials start in Liberia

March 2, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, Mapp, Vaccine, liberia, zmapp

Clinical trials to test the safety and efficacy of the experimental Ebola vaccine ZMapp are underway in infected parts of …

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Flu vaccine ineffective against this season’s strain

February 6, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing A(H3N2, Public Health England, UK, Vaccine, WHO, flu, phe

This season’s flu vaccine has provided little protection against the main strain circulating in the UK according to a new …

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Pharma firms pledge vaccine support for developing countries

January 27, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GAVI, GSK, Janssen, Médecins Sans Frontières, Pfizer, Vaccine

Several pharma firms have announced commitments to help Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, to increase immunisation of children in developing …

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MSF hits out at ‘astronomical’ vaccine prices

January 20, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Doctors Without Borders, GSK, Médicines San Frontières, Pfizer, Vaccine, diphtheria, measles, pertussis, poliomyelitis, tetanus, tuberculosis

Pharma companies have been named and shamed in a report calling on manufacturers to lower the cost of childhood vaccines …

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Pfizer buys vaccine developer Redvax

January 6, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, Vaccine, cmv, herpes, redbiotec, redvax, virus

Adding to its latest string of deals Pfizer has acquired vaccine developer Redvax – the pre-clinical arm of Swiss company …

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GSK shingles vaccine on form

December 19, 2014
Sales and Marketing GSK, HZ/su, Merck, Vaccine, Zostavax, shingles

GlaxoSmithKline will be celebrating following the successful Phase III study of its shingles vaccine HZ/su that has met its primary …

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GSK Ebola vaccine gets EU support

December 17, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EC, EU, Ebola, Europe, GSK, Merck, Takeda, Vaccine, WHO, johnson

A newly-formed European consortium is to help advance the development of GlaxoSmithKline’s promising Ebola vaccine. The consortium is backed by …

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Gavi pledges $300 million for Ebola vaccines

December 12, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing GAVI, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, J&J, JJ, Merck, Vaccine, WHO, newlink

The global vaccines alliance Gavi has committed to buying Ebola vaccines as soon as the World Health Organization recommends one …

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Novartis flu vaccine cleared following safety probe

December 3, 2014
Sales and Marketing GSK, Novartis, Vaccine, flu, fluad

The Italian drugs safety agency has cleared the Novartis influenza vaccine Fluad, after an investigation found the vaccine was not …

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GSK Ebola vaccine ‘promising’ in early trials

November 27, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, GSK, Takeda, Vaccine, WHO, vaccines

The first trial results for GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Ebola vaccine candidate have shown that the medicine was well-tolerated and produced an …

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J&J announces ‘major commitment’ to Ebola effort

October 22, 2014
Sales and Marketing Crucell, Ebola, J&J, JJ, Vaccine, bavarian, johnson, niaid

Johnson & Johnson will invest $200 million to accelerate and significantly expand the production of its Ebola vaccine programme. The …

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BMS therapeutic cancer vaccine given swift FDA appraisal

September 29, 2014
Sales and Marketing BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cancer, FDA, Vaccine, bristol myers-squibb, keytruda, melanoma, opdivo

Bristol-Myers Squibb has been granted a speedy review for its new cancer immunotherapy drug Opdivo by the FDA for patients …

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Campaigners urge for HPV vaccine to be extended to boys

September 22, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing HPV, Vaccine, boys, girls, human papilloma virus, rsph

Public health experts are meeting today to discuss whether boys as well as girls should be offered the HPV jab. …

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GSK Ebola vaccine underway

August 11, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, GSK, Vaccine, WHO, johnson

Clinical trials of an experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus will begin soon according to its developers GlaxoSmithKline. The …

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