Infectious Disease Control
With Millions of Children's Lives on the Line, Bill Gates Says Humanity Is at a Crossroads
At 2025 Goalkeepers event, Gates lays out roadmap for saving millions more children's lives by 2045 if governments stretch every dollar and scale a pipeline of affordable, lifesaving innovations Announces new pledge to the Global Fund 2026-2028 replenishment to prevent deaths from AIDS, TB, and ...
2025-09-23 08:00
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LakeShore Biopharma Announces Receipt of a Revised Preliminary Non-Binding Proposal to Acquire the Company and Formation of Special Committee
BEIJING, Aug. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LakeShore Biopharma Co., Ltd (Nasdaq: LSB) ("LakeShore Biopharma" or the "Company"), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, manufacturing, and delivering new generations of vaccines and therapeutic biologics for infectious d...
2025-08-28 20:00
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Anbio Biotechnology Responds to Global Outbreaks with Chikungunya Rapid Test and New 15-Minute Ultra-Fast PCR System
Covering both mosquito-borne diseases and emerging respiratory pathogens, Anbio continues to advance point-of-care diagnostics for timely outbreak detection worldwide. FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to recent outbreaks of Chikungunya fever, Anbio Biotechnology has a...
2025-08-09 09:30
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SK bioscience Submits IND for Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of Adjuvanted Influenza Vaccine Candidate
* Company aims for technology advancement and platform expansion with Korea's first influenza vaccine using an adjuvant * Interim results from the Phase 1/2 trial expected by 2027, aimed at entering the high-immunogenicity vaccine market * "Our SKYCellflu platform with our adjuvanted vaccine...
2025-07-17 19:00
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Total Investment of Approx. USD 7.3 Million in Malaria and TB R&D Projects With Partners Including European Vaccine Initiative, University of Copenhagen, and University of Tübingen
TOKYO, July 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund announced today a total investment of approximatelyJPY 1 billion ( USD 7.3 million1) in four R&D projects for the development of vaccine, drug, and diagnostics for malaria and tuberculosis (TB).2 Investment o...
2025-07-17 10:00
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ArkBio's Ziresovir Included into Pediatric RSV Drug Priority List by WHO
SHANGHAI, July 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In the newly released "Paediatric drug optimization for respiratory syncytial virus (PADO-RSV) meeting report" by Global Accelerator for Paediatric formulations (GAP-f), the World Health Organization (WHO) host network,ziresovir (10mg) has been included in ...
2025-07-16 09:00
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SCG Cell Therapy Announces Clearance of Investigational New Drug Application by the China NMPA for SCG101V
SINGAPORE, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SCG Cell Therapy Pte Ltd (SCG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering TCR T cell therapy for infectious diseases and associated cancers, announced today that the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has cleared the Investigation...
2025-07-08 10:02
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The Voices of Persons Affected by Hansen's Disease Move the World: 3rd Global Forum Held in Bali, Indonesia
TOKYO, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a landmark gathering that placed lived experience at the center of global health discourse, the 3rd Global Forum of People's Organizations on Hansen's Disease was held inBali, Indonesia, from July 4 to 6, 2025. Organized by the Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Dis...
2025-07-07 19:00
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DoH, USCF and IGI Explore Establishing the World's first-of-their kind Centres for Genome Surgery
On the sidelines of a high-level U.S. visit ABU DHABI, UAE, July 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in Abu Dhabi, has announced a landmark partnership with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the Innovati...
2025-07-04 22:43
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Seegene Launches STAgora™, a New Platform for Infectious Disease Analytics
* Real-time analytics that empower clinical decision-making and pandemic preparedness * Global unveiling at ADLM 2025 in Chicago to initiate business partnerships * Powered by AI and syndromic PCR to enable early detection and predictive insights SEOUL, South Korea, July 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/...
2025-07-01 22:09
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8th Asia Dengue Summit Renews Call to Achieve Zero Dengue Deaths, with a Record 14 million Global Cases Reported in 2024
Health leaders, researchers, and advocates unite to advance efforts against dengue through innovation, prevention, and cross-sector collaboration. MANILA, Philippines, June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As dengue cases in 2024 double to over 14 million globally, with Asia accounting for 70% of the gl...
2025-06-16 17:35
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Uniting for Impact: "United Against Dengue" Collaboration Launches to Elevate Education, Advocacy and Support across Asia
Led by The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Takeda, the regional collaboration is dedicated to supporting the World Health Organization (WHO) and ASEAN goal of eliminating preventable dengue deaths by 2030. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --...
2025-06-12 12:40
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Gates Foundation Will Double Spending Over Next 20 Years to Accelerate Progress on Saving and Improving Lives
On foundation's 25th anniversary, Bill Gates outlines ambitious goals, inspiration for donating most of his resources and new timeline to spend-down by 2045 SEATTLE, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On the occasion of its 25th year, the Gates Foundation today made a new commitment to accelerate its m...
2025-05-08 20:15
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SK bioscience Joins Korea's National Initiative to Develop Avian Influenza Vaccine Amid Rising Pandemic Threats
* Company aims to develop a bird flu vaccine with rapid mass production and variant responsiveness. * SK bioscience and KDCA join forces to build a national pandemic preparedness and response system for potential next-pandemic avian influenza. * "We will promote global public health and grow...
2025-05-06 20:00
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INTREPID Alliance Releases New Report Highlighting Urgent Gaps in Antiviral Preparedness
Global antiviral R&D is slowing when the world can least afford it, new analysis shows CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The INTREPID Alliance today released the fourth edition of itsAntiviral Clinical and Preclinical Development Landscape, a comprehensive analysis of the global pi...
2025-05-06 02:16
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A global study led by CUHK and the University of Calgary charts four-stage evolution of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
HONG KONG, May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- An international consortium led by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)'s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) and the University of Calgary in Canada has conducted a global epidemiological study on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). It found that this chr...
2025-05-01 15:05
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MicuRx: 15 Clinical and Preclinical Research Studies to be Presented at ESCMID Global 2025
SHANGHAI, April 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2025 European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID Global 2025) will take place in Vienna from April 11 to 15, 2025. As one of the largest, most comprehensive, and influential global academic conferences in the fields of clin...
2025-04-08 15:38
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Canada Leads: Canada's No. 1 Hospital Announces Strategy to Attract World's Most Promising Scientists, Drive Health Innovation and Economic Growth
TORONTO, April 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a bold move to position Canada as the ultimatedestination for the brightest minds in medical research, whose work will help build our future economy, University Health Network (UHN) is unveiling the ambitiousCanada Leads 100 Challenge to recruit 100 world...
2025-04-08 00:00
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Human Frontier Science Program: Research Grants Awarded to 104 of the Most Pioneering Scientists from 30 Nations
STRASBOURG, France, April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- To pioneer new frontiers in
life science research, the Human Frontier Science Program has awarded 104 of
the world's most ingenious scientists from 30 nations with 2025 HFSP Research
Grants and the first round of the new Accelerator Grants.
2025-04-02 08:10
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Alamar Biosciences Announces First Five Distribution Partners, Expanding Commercial Support in Asia Pacific
FREMONT, Calif., March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Alamar Biosciences, a company powering precision proteomics to enable the earliest detection of disease, is pleased to announce the signing of five new distribution partners to expand its global presence. The company has partnered with established i...
2025-03-19 21:59
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