By Katie Reid ZURICH, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Novartis AG’s (NOVN.VX) vaccine against meningococcal disease, a cause of potentially deadly meningitis, failed to get U.S. backing for use in infants between two months and 12 months of age, the Swiss drugmaker said. The news comes as a setback for Novartis’s meningitis franchise as its Vaccines […]
Archives for January 2011
Research Shows How Bacteria Stay Ahead Of Vaccines And Antibiotics
By Sara New research provides the first detailed genetic picture of an evolutionary war between Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria and the vaccines and antibiotics used against it over recent decades. Large-scale genome sequencing reveals patterns of adaptation and the spread of a drug-resistant lineage of the S. pneumoniae bacteria. The study unmasks the genetic events by […]
Concern as Novartis exec approved to WHO group
By Jessica Dacey An executive at Swiss group Novartis has been appointed to a World Health Organization body advising on research despite criticism it may lead to a conflict of interest. Paul Herrling, the Swiss head of corporate research at pharmaceutical concern Novartis, was among 21 people approved this week to join a WHO expert […]
Military Families Seek Injunction Against Department of Defense Over Therapy Denied to Children With Autism
By David Honigman WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Military families have filed a motion for an injunction to mandate that the Defense Department’s insurer, TRICARE, cover medically necessary care needed by military families’ children with autism. The motion seeks a mandate that TRICARE cover the cost of Applied Behavior Analysis therapy, or ABA, which […]
Annual report card: cervical cancer screenings drop, some blame HPV vaccine
By Law Offices of Sedaka and Associates HPV vaccine could be to blame for misinformation and failure to get annual pap smears, says report. The National Partnership for Women and Families has released the annual report card that confirms what many have feared when it comes to Women’s Health issues in the United States. Each […]
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