Infectious Disease Control
Sasakawa Leprosy Initiative to Boost Support for Indonesia
Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, Makes Announcement on World Leprosy Day 2025 TOKYO, Jan. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On the occasion of World Leprosy Day 2025 onJanuary 26, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa announces that the Sasakawa Le...
Dx&Vx Presents a New Paradigm for Next-Generation Infectious Disease Response with the Development of a Universal Vaccine
- Preparing for Phase 2 Global Trials of a Ferritin Platform-Based Virus-Like Particle Universal Coronavirus Vaccine - Based on the Excellent Safety and Immune Response in Phase 1 Clinical Results, with a Plan to Extend Administration Routes and Indications SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 13, 2025 /PRNe...
DIOSynVax Announces a new Advisory Board as it drives the clinical development of its NextGen Influenza Vaccines including Bird-Flu
CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN DIEGO, Jan. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- DIOSynVax, a clinical-stage biotechnology company at the forefront of developing innovative, broadly protective vaccines, built on the safety demonstrated by its "First in Human" Coronavirus vaccine trial, to announce its new portfoli...
Dx&Vx, From mRNA Vaccines to Nanoparticle Vaccines era of Next-Generation Vaccines
* Introduction of a Universal Coronavirus Vaccine: A robust cross-immunity effect to combat virus mutations. SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally transformed global healthcare systems and vaccine technologies. The accelerated approval and rapi...
Docquity and HCDC Partner to Strengthen Preventive Medicine Education for Thousands of HCPs in Vietnam
Through this multi-year initiative, HCDC will tap on Docquity's digital capabilities and reach to arm over 3,000 HCPs across diverse fields with breakthroughs in preventive medicine HO CHI MINH, Vietnam, Jan. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Docquity, Southeast Asia's largest community of healthcare prof...
SCG Cell Therapy partners A*STAR to accelerate RNA-based therapeutic development in Singapore
* SCG Cell Therapy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute (A*STAR BTI) and Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Initiative (NATi) to advance ribonucleic acid (RNA)-based therapeutic manufacturing process development and clinical translation. * The parti...
GSK Leads Global Forum in Bangkok to Address Respiratory Health Challenges
GSK hosted the third annual RespiVerse Meeting on December 13 and 14 in Bangkok, Thailand. The event brought together renowned international speakers and healthcare professionals from 17 countries to address pressing global challenges in respiratory diseases, focusing on innovative solutions and ...
Partnership Established to Advance WHO's Road Map for Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021-2030
TOKYO and GENEVA, Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further expand their partnership to promote access to safe, effective and affordable drugs, vaccines and ...
Own Your Story with AwarerHOME™
Malaysia's HIV Oral Self-Test for Accessible and Confident Testing KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Say hello to confidence and control with AwarerHOME™,Malaysia's first homegrown HIV Oral Self-Test. This accessible, no-mess, no-fuss solution offers something even more impor...
SK bioscience Announces Approval of Its Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine in Indonesia
* This approval paves the way for exports to the world's fourth most populous
country.
* SK bioscience aims to continue to grow as a global vaccine brand beyond
Korea. SEONGNAM, South Korea, Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SK bioscience
City microbes surviving on disinfectants, research reveals
New research shows microbes are evolving to resist cleaners used to eliminate them. It also identifies novel strains living inHong Kong that were previously only found in Antarctic desert soil. SUZHOU, China, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- After the recent pandemic, our use of disinfectants has i...
Centivax Selects Global CDMO BioCina to Initiate cGMP Manufacturing of Revolutionary Universal Influenza Vaccine
ADELAIDE, South Australia, Oct. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BioCina Pty Ltd., a global end-to-end biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), announced a new partnership with Centivax, Inc., for a project involving cell line development, cell banking and plasmid DNA manufact...
New INTREPID Alliance Antiviral Landscape Report Highlights Urgent Need to Bolster R&D Pipeline in Support of Global Pandemic Preparedness Efforts
Current mpox outbreak underscores gaps in access to medical countermeasures to help mitigate the severity of future outbreaks CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the INTREPID Alliance, a consortium of innovative biopharmaceutical companies dedicated to accelerating antiviral tr...
Healgen Scientific Receives FDA De Novo Marketing Authorization for At-Home COVID-19 and Influenza Test
Healgen Rapid Check® COVID-19/Flu A&B Antigen Test was supported through the Independent Test Assessment Program (ITAP), a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx®) Tech program. HOUSTON, Oct. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Healgen Scientific LLC, a leading innovator...
GSK's Arexvy is a vaccine approved to protect older adults from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in Malaysia
* Adults aged 60 and over with underlying co-morbidities are at high risk of developing severe infections from RSV * Vaccine showed 82.6% overall vaccine efficacy against RSV-LRTD with 94.6% efficacy observed in adults with co-morbidities vii KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire...
Gates Foundation Report Calls for Targeted Global Health Spending to Save Millions of Children from Malnutrition and Disease
New modeling shows 40 million more children will suffer from hunger's worst effects by 2050 due to climate change, but immediate action could instead boost health, spur economic growth SEATTLE, Sept. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In its eighth annual Goalkeepers report released today, the Bill & Meli...
GSK shingles vaccine now available in Malaysia
A vaccine for the prevention of shingles in adults aged 50 and over and those aged 18 and over at increased risk KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Sdn Bhd (GSK) today announced the launch of its Herpes Zoster vaccine,Shingrix (MAL24056002ARZ), ...
Sino Innovation Lab Partners with MASSPHOTON to Launch World-Leading Air Sterilizer, Helping to Curb the Spread of Germs
HONG KONG, Sept. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened global awareness of air quality and indoor environmental safety like never before. MASSPHOTON and Sino Innovation Lab have joined forces to launch an innovative medical-grade air sterilizer aimed at ...
Seegene and Springer Nature Launch 'Nature Awards MDx Impact Grants' to Innovate Syndromic PCR Diagnostic Assays
- Nature Awards MDx Impact Grants in partnership with Seegene extends commitment to external innovation. - Global research teams invited to submit proposals to develop new tests for human infectious diseases. Application deadline:December 2, 2024. - Nature Awards to lead the application and eva...
Seegene Develops mpox PCR Test Assays following the WHO Global Health Emergency Declaration
- Develops NovaplexTM MPXV/OPXV Assay and NovaplexTM HSV-1&2/VZV/MPXV Assay - Designed to detect four viruses at once using multiplex PCR technology - Utilize dual internal controls to ensure highly reliable test results - Pledges to supply assays meeting the needs of respective countries SE...
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