IIL develops vaccine for blue tongue disease

Singapore: Indian Immunologicals (IIL) have developed a new vaccine for Blue Tongue disease that affects domestic animal...

September 26, 2014 | Friday | News
Get a Shot. Give a Shot'

Singapore: US-based drugstore chain, Walgreens, and the United Nations Foundation has launched "Get a Shot. Give a Shot"...

September 10, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Eisai signs deal with Sabin Vaccine Institute

Singapore: Japanese firm Eisai has entered into a partnership agreement to supply the Sabin Vaccine Institute with E6020...

September 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Researchers discover antibody to prevent dengue

Singapore: A group of international researchers, including from University of Melbourne, have discovered a new class of ...

December 31, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Thailand has potential to be ASEAN's vaccine hub

Singapore: Thailand has the potential to become ASEAN's vaccine hub, said the country's National Vaccine Institute (NVI)...

October 28, 2014 | Tuesday | News
IIL establishes its subsidiary in NewZealand

Singapore: Indian vaccine major, Indian Immunologicals (IIL,) has forayed into the international market by forming a sub...

December 8, 2014 | Monday | News
Sanofi's maiden dengue vaccine shows promise in phase III trials

Singapore: Dengue cases have increased almost four-fold in a few Southeast Asian countries this year, and many nations a...

September 5, 2014 | Friday | News
Sanofi Pasteur launches dengue immunization program in Philippines

Singapore: Sanofi Pasteur has launched public dengue immunization program in Philippines, hosted by the Department of He...

April 4, 2016 | Monday | News
New anti-typhoid gene discovered

Singapore: Researchers have found a new variant of a gene that can confer five-fold protection against typhoid fever. Th...

November 20, 2014 | Thursday | News
Novartis' flu drug is not the cause of 13 deaths in Italy: EU regulatory

Singapore: Novartis influenza vaccine, Fluad, was taken off the shelf in Italy and its safety was questioned after 13 de...

December 4, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
Nasal vaccine for Ebola

Singapore: Scientists at the University of Texas have developed a new breathable vaccine that has been found to be effec...

November 6, 2014 | Thursday | News
Ebola vaccine trial update

Singapore: WHO, in consultation with over 70 experts, is assessing the status of two Ebola vaccine candidates for their ...

October 3, 2014 | Friday | News
Soon, a single HPV shot can prevent cervical cancer!

Singapore: Researchers recently demonstrated that a single dose of the bivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Cerva...

June 12, 2015 | Friday | News
Lessons from Ebola scare and treatment methods

The on-going Ebola epidemic that has affected more than 5,000 people in five west African countries and how some experim...

September 10, 2014 | Wednesday | Opinion
Cholera vaccine from Shantha Biotechnics wins BioSpectrum award

Efforts to accelerate global use of new generation cholera vaccines gained significant momentum with the licensure of a ...

April 12, 2012 | Thursday | News
WHO sets timeline for ebola vaccine

Singapore: From September 29-30, 2014, WHO organized an expert consultation to assess the groundwork of ebola vaccine de...

October 3, 2014 | Friday | News
Venter lab, Novartis to synthesize new bird flu genes

Singapore: The J Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) and Synthetic Genomics Vaccines (SGVI), US, are working with Novartis to ...

April 11, 2013 | Thursday | News
H7N9 2013 – Flu returns with a vengence

The rise of the flu - Early 2013 Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Outbreak Report • 44 DEAD, 135 INFECTED• First re...

January 16, 2014 | Thursday | News