Infectious Disease Control
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...
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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...
2024-10-08 19:00
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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...
2024-09-25 16:45
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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...
2024-09-17 12:01
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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), ...
2024-09-13 15:07
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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 ...
2024-09-11 16:32
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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...
2024-09-02 21:00
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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...
2024-08-26 21:00
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Antimicrobial Materials Sector Surges Amid Hygiene and Health Revolution
Pandemic-Driven Demand Shifts Focus to Safe, Durable, and Natural Compounds SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The antimicrobial materials industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, fuelled by a heightened focus on hygiene and cleanliness post-pandemic. Customers in the plastics, coati...
2024-08-06 21:00
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PHYLEX VACCINE ON TRACK TO COMBAT DEADLY NIPAH VIRUS WITH POSITIVE RESULTS OF IMMUNOGENICITY STUDY
DEL MAR, Calif., Aug. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Phylex Biosciences has achieved positive results with its new mRNA nanoparticle vaccine against the Nipah virus in an immunogenicity study conducted in collaboration with scientists of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) inAtlant...
2024-08-06 20:00
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Pfizer's First Dual Indication Vaccine for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is Available This Month in Hong Kong
* The first and only bivalent, single-dose vaccine that fights against both RSV A and RSV B has been approved by health authorities inHong Kong and Macau earlier, and is available inHong Kong this month (July 2024) * Helps fight against RSV in older adults aged 60 and above and infants (throu...
2024-07-18 14:41
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Research Identifies Blind Spots That Affect Quality of Life Among People with HIV in Singapore
Dedicated mobile app to encourage proactive management of physical health, mental well-being and chronic disease SINGAPORE, July 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With the advancements in medical sciences, there is now very little difference between the life expectancy of people with HIV (PWH) and the ge...
2024-07-18 13:45
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Brii Bio Presents New Data from Its Ongoing Phase 2 Chronic Hepatitis B Trials at EASL™ Congress 2024
New translational data demonstrate that BRII-179-induced immune responses are associated with high HBsAg reduction in a subset of participants with chronic HBV infection BRII-179 as add-on therapy induces functional antibody responses and contributes toimproved sustained HBsAg loss in PEG-IFNa-t...
2024-06-07 19:00
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HSA approves GSK's Arexvy, the world's first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for older adults [1]
* Arexvy has been approved by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore for active immunisation for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in individuals 60 years of age and older.[2] * Arexvy is 94.6% efficacious in prevent...
2024-05-16 10:00
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Animal Quarantine Service Uncovers Foreign National Attempting to Bring Livestock Products into Japan Illegally
TOKYO, May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Last year, the Animal Quarantine Service (AQS) uncovered a foreign national who illegally brought meat such as sausages containing pork, which are prohibited from being imported toJapan from overseas, intoTokyo International Airport, and recently there was a ca...
2024-05-15 15:00
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Everest Medicines Announces Commercial Launch and First Prescription for NEFECON® in Mainland China
SHANGHAI, May 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Everest Medicines (HKEX 1952.HK, "Everest", or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, clinical development, manufacturing and commercialization of innovative medicines and vaccines, today announced that NEFECON®, a delayed rel...
2024-05-14 21:41
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Pfizer Receives Authorization from Health Authority for the First Dual Indication Vaccine Approved in Hong Kong
A Vaccine to Fight Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Older Adults Aged 60 and Above and Infants (Through Maternal Immunization) * The first and only bivalent, single-dose vaccine that fights against both RSV A and RSV B disease through two seasons has been approved by Hong Kong Depa...
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INTREPID Alliance Landscape of Promising Antivirals in Clinical Development Reveals Gaps in Global Defense Against Potential Future Pandemics
Detailed scientific analysis of antiviral pipeline identifies most promising clinical compounds aligned with 100 Days Mission global preparedness recommendations CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on its commitment to identify strengths and gaps in the R&D pipeline for ant...
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Landmark New Publication: the Forgotten Biochemistry 101 of COVID-19
Legacy coronavirus biochemistry was overlooked that governs spike protein toxicity, key morbidities, risk factors and therapeutic responses SALT LAKE CITY, April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TrialSite News features a paper published today in Viruses (Basel), authored by an international team of resea...
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Global clinical development on Dengue antiviral candidate will start, Hyundai Bioscience strives to win emergency use authorization
SEOUL, South Korea, April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- South Korea's biotechnology
company Hyundai Bioscience (CEO Oh Sang-gi,www.hyundaibioscience.com
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