Infectious Disease Control
CGTN: China advances battle against tuberculosis
BEIJING, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, which falls onMarch 24 every year, is designed to build public awareness that TB today remains a global public health problem that seriously endangers people's health. According to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global T...
New PeerLINC Knowledge Hub will Leverage Local Expertise and Experience to Accelerate New, More Effective TB Cures Around the World
Hub will focus on supporting global use of new treatments that effectively treated drug-resistant TB in 98% of Filipino participants MANILA, Australia, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TB Alliance's new Peer-to-Peer Learning for Innovative Cures (PeerLINC) Knowledge Hub launched today inManila, wi...
Australian Government Grants TB Alliance an Award to Help Bolster Clinical Research and Improve Access to New Treatments for Drug-Resistant TB
AUD 17 Million Grant over 5 Years Will Fund Next-Generation TB Cures CANBERRA, Australia, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Australian Government, through the Partnerships for a Healthy Region initiative, has announced a new AUD 17 million grant to support work with TB Alliance through its Pro...
SK bioscience Exports Influenza Vaccine to Thailand, Entering Southern Hemisphere Market
* Company exported 440,000 doses to Thailand, marking its entry into the Southeast Asian market and the Southern Hemisphere market. * Company has obtained marketing authorizations in 12 countries, with additional approvals underway in 10 countries to expand its market worldwide. BANGKOK and S...
Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Tuberculosis Vaccine Candidate
* A large Phase 3 trial will evaluate whether the M72/AS01E vaccine candidate can protect adolescents and adults from pulmonary tuberculosis * Clinical trial site at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, is first of up to 60 sites in seven countries * The M72/AS01E vac...
Seegene and Springer Nature Announce Awardees for the Open Innovation Program
* 26 submissions selected from a total of 281 applications from 47 countries to diagnose infectious and vector-borne diseases * Awardees representing 12 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa , will receive research grants of up toUSD 600,000 per project * As part of the Seegene's...
Hybribio Calls for Raising International HPV Awareness
GUANGZHOU, China, March 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- March 4th 2024 marks the 7th International HPV Awareness Day, a global campaign proposed by the International Papillomavirus Society (IPVS) since 2018. This year, the theme is One Less Worry. On this special day, Hybribio (300639.SZ) calls for raisi...
A Korean UV Sensor Manufacturer, Genicom Introduces Breakthrough Far UV & VUV Optical Sensor for Safe and Efficient Pathogen Control
SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing challenge of emerging and re-emerging infectious pathogens. Ultraviolet (UV) has high energy in the wavelength range of 100 ~ 400nm and is used for sterilization, air purification, medical treatment, etc. by bre...
INTREPID Alliance Releases Review of Antiviral Compounds in Clinical Development to Contribute to Collaborative Efforts in Pandemic Preparedness
Global landscape analysis identifies strengths and gaps in R&D pipeline to inform international pandemic preparedness efforts ROME and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The INTREPID Alliance, a consortium of innovative biopharmaceutical companies dedicated to accelerating the devel...
GPN Vaccines Reports Positive Safety and Immunogenicity Data from its Phase 1 Trial of Gamma-PN
ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GPN Vaccines Ltd, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine to prevent life-threatening pneumonia, bacteraemia and meningitis, is pleased to announce positive safety and immunogenicity data from its Phase...
Juniper Therapeutics Acquires Exclusive Rights for SAR Registration for Anti-Viral COVID-19 Drug from Ping An-Shionogi Hong Kong for Singapore
First drug to show both clinical symptomatic efficacy for five typical
Omicron-related symptoms and antiviral efficacy
SINGAPORE, Dec. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore-headquartered Juniper
Therapeutix
International Clinical Trial Results Released! Responding to the Virus Resurgence, Lianhua Qingwen Capsules Provide New Evidence
SINGAPORE, Dec. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, according to multiple reports from local Singaporean media, confirmed cases of COVID-19 are steadily increasing, with the average number of daily hospitalizations on the rise. The virus, once vigorously fought against, seems to be making a comeba...
BioSURE Pro Protective Nasal Spray from the UK: Block airborne viruses instantly for six hours with a Gentle Lavender Scent
HONG KONG, Dec. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The weather was gradually cooling down, which means thatHong Kong is entering the winter influenza season. Recently, there has been a significant increase in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections, the surveillance data from the Centre for Health Protection (CHP...
Tianlong Solution Facilitates the Prevention and Control of Livestock Diseases
XI'AN, China, Dec. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- It was recently announced that Tianlong Technology complies with the requirements of Chinese Good Manufacturing Practices for animal drugs. This approval further ensures Tianlong's focus on standardized workflows in the development of animal products. ...
Fosun Pharma's Global Multi-Center Phase III Clinical Trial Project for A New Antimalarial Drug Receives 500 Million Japanese Yen Investment from GHIT Fund to Jointly Improve the Global Accessibility of Antimalarial Drugs
SHANGHAI, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Japan-based Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) announced today that it will invest approximatelyUS$3.3 million (approximately 500 million yen[1]) in a global multicenter Phase III clinical trial project (the "Program") led by Fosun Ph...
CU Medicine study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases concludes that a novel oral microencapsulated live bacteria consortia (SIM01) alleviates long COVID symptoms
HONG KONG, Dec. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (RECOVERY STUDY) conducted by TheChinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)'s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) and Microbiota I-Center (MagIC) showed that an oral microbiome microencapsulated formula (SIM01)...
GILEAD SCIENCES AWARDS OVER US$1.5 MILLION TO STRENGTHEN SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY-LED HIV PROJECTS IN ASIA PACIFIC
–2023 Gilead Asia Pacific Rainbow Grant Funding Will Support 40 Projects In 2024-2025 To Reduce HIV Stigma And Improve Equity Across Asia Pacific – – Since 2018, The Gilead Asia Pacific Rainbow Grant Has Awarded Close To US$6 Million To 144 Community-Based Projects In The Region, Supporting 130 00...
Novavax's Updated Protein-based COVID-19 Vaccine Now an Option for All 194 Member States of the World Health Organization
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a global company advancing protein-based vaccines with its Matrix-M™ adjuvant, today announced that Nuvaxovid™ XBB.1.5 COVID-19 Vaccine (NVX-CoV2601) has been granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) by the World Health Or...
Ark Biopharmaceutical Receives IND Approval from NMPA for AK0610, a Respiratory Syncytial Virus Neutralizing Antibody
SHANGHAI, Nov. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Ark Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (ArkBio) announces that it had received IND approval from National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for a novel antibody drug AK0610. This antibody drug is bioengineered based on a neutralizing antibody origina...
TB Alliance Launches Five-Country Phase 2 Clinical Trial Evaluating Next-Generation TB Drug
Early results presented at the Union World Conference on Lung Health suggest promise of new compound to fight tuberculosis that will be tested as part of Phase 2 trial The first participant has been dosed in this partially double-blind study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of what has the po...
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