By: Jeffery Bigongiari 1 October 2010 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research Development Authority has awarded three sets of grants that total $10.4 million in an effort to assist the World Health Organization’s plan to strengthen the capacity of developing countries to produce influenza vaccine. Read the entire […]
FDA and CDC to Consider Gardasil for Anal Cancer Prevention
By: Sue Sutter 16 November 2010 A clinical reviewer for the Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research sees no problem with using an anal dysplasia end point, or extrapolating male data to females, to support approval of Merck’s human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil for prevention of anal cancer. Nevertheless, the agency is […]
CDC Panel Recommends Changes to 2011 Immunization Schedules
By: Emma Hitt, PhD 30 October 2010 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) discussed and approved multiple changes in the 2011 immunization charts for both children and adults on Thursday.William Atkinson, MD, of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, discussed the changes to […]
GSK Vaccine Like Rotarix May Cause Fatal Bowel Problem
By: Dr. Mercola 16 October 2010 The Food and Drug Administration said preliminary results from a study in Mexico involving GlaxoSmithKline’s Rotarix vaccine suggest an increased risk of a serious bowel problem that could be fatal. A statement posted to the FDA’s website said the study showed an increased risk of intussusception in the 31-day […]
NIH Experts Describe Influenza Vaccines of the Future
By: AS Fauchi and L Lambert 17 November 2010 In a review article appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, examine research under way to address the limitations of currently available influenza vaccines and develop more […]
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