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Pfizer Joins Human Vaccines Project
Pfizer said today it will join the Human Vaccines Project, a public–private consortium focused on speeding up development of vaccines and immunotherapies against major infectious diseases and cancers by decoding the human immune system.
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China Vows Crackdown on Fake Vaccines Amid Scandal
Chinese authorities have pledged to crack down on the black market sale of vaccines after a case was made public involving nearly $90 million (62 million pounds) worth of illegal vaccines that are suspected of being sold in dozens of provinces around the country.
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PATH Opens New Vaccine Innovation Center With $11M From Gates Foundation
PATH, the Seattle-based global heath nonprofit, is opening a new Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access, funded initially through an $11 million dollar grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Cancer Vaccines Move From ‘Far-fetched’ to Reality
The significant differences in cost of treatment versus vaccination make the HPV and hepatitis B vaccines highly cost effective in the developing world. And while there have been improvements in global vaccine coverage in the past decade, disparities still result from competing health priorities, limited resources, poor health systems, inadequate monitoring and supervision, among other things.
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What Will Make Vaccines Work Better in Developing Countries?
For Mohommad Mustakim, the risk of diarrhea is everywhere. The 4-year-old and his family live in a crowded slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where open sewage and poor sanitation increase the spread of diarrhea-causing viruses and bacteria.
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Nigeria to Partner With Cuba on Vaccine Production
Nigeria’s National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) is to partner with Cuba in producing vaccines against killer diseases, Professor Lucy Ogbadu, the Director-General of the agency has revealed.She said on Monday in Abuja that it was disheartening that Nigeria had not been able to produce vaccines against typhoid and other killer diseases.
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Medecins Sans Frontieres Files to Block Pfizer Patent on Pneumonia Vaccine in India
The charity Medicins Sans Frontieres has formally opposed U.S. firm Pfizer Inc's application for an Indian patent on a highly effective pneumonia vaccine, saying it could deprive many developing nations of cheaper copies of the drug.
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African Health Ministers Sign Declaration to Increase Use of Vaccines
Health ministers from 20 African countries last week signed a declaration to increase the use of vaccines in preventing of infectious diseases in a bid to close immunisation gap by 2020.
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