WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., July 1, 2011 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) approved three products – GARDASIL® [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16 and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant], ZOLINZA® vorinostat) and CUBICIN® (daptomycin for injection) – […]
Live from BIO: Collaborations are key in vaccine industry
By Erica Teichert WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the vaccine market continues to grow–it’s forecasted to hit $40 billion globally by 2015–there is a greater need for innovation in the field. That’s according to a panel of vaccine experts who spoke yesterday at the 2011 BIO International Convention. “The easy vaccines have been created,” observed Julie […]
Spinning the Spin Part II: Fewer girls develop cervical abnormalities after HPV vaccine
The Marketing of Scientific Research & Studies By Leslie Carol Botha, Vice President of Public Relations, SaneVax Inc. My father, once a pharmaceutical packaging salesman and now an Alzheimer’s nursing home patient whose mental clarity declined rapidly post- flu vaccination – once told me ‘never believe in everything that is advertised.’ Truer advice was never […]
Human Smears
By Madhavi Tata Poor Andhra villagers now victims of clinical drug trials. No Drug Resistance •35 women, some men from Guntur district put through clinical trials of a breast cancer drug. They later complain of joint pains, nausea and chest pains. •Biotech industry in Andhra is worth about Rs 455 crore (around $100 million) •Touts […]
FDA Fires Warning Shot at Australian Vaccine Maker
By Elizabeth Finkel MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA—A warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Australian vaccine maker CSL Biotherapies has shaken confidence in the country’s biotech superstar. The 15 June letter accuses CSL of failing to adequately investigate why its Fluvax influenza vaccine last year caused a sharply elevated rate of febrile convulsions […]
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