By: Mahim Pretap Singh, published in ‘The Hindu’ 14 October 2010 Activists concerned over commercial ICMR investigations on side effects and ethical issues are still on. BHOPAL: The controversial anti-cervical cancer vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix, trials of which were suspended by the Indian government earlier this year, are slowly expanding their presence in Madhya Pradesh […]
Panel May Clear Cervical Cancer Vaccine Trials
By: Joe C. Mathew, New Delhi 28 September 2010 The three-member expert committee of the health ministry may give a clean chit to the agencies that conducted observational clinical trials on the safety and efficacy of cervical cancer vaccines marketed by global drug majors GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Merck in the country. The studies, independently initiated […]
Gardasil Research Targets Girls from Vulnerable Communities
By: N B Sarojini and Anjali Shenoi 12 September 2010 During July and August 2009, the Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat governments, in association with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), launched what they described as a ‘demonstration project’ for vaccination against cervical cancer. Vaccines against […]
Ian Frazer's dream becomes a reality
By: Fiona Cameron 19 October 2010 (excerpts:) The vision to create an Australian-first home for medical research, clinical trials and treatment commercialisation reached an historic milestone today with the official start of construction on the $354 million Translational Research Institute in Brisbane. Professor Ian Frazer, director of The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute — one […]
GSK, Binnopharm aim for Russia’s vaccine market
By: Tracy Staton 29 November 2010 GlaxoSmithKline has teamed up with another emerging markets partner. The drugmaker inked a deal with Russian vaccine firm JSC Binnopharm to make and sell several of its big vaccines in that country. It’s just the latest in a series of tie-ups in developing countries for GSK, which is pinning […]
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