By Erica Teichert Daiichi Sankyo announced it will recall 13 lots in Japan of a Sanofi Pasteur ActHIB vaccine–whose use has been suspended in the country–due to an unidentified substance found in two syringes. Japan officials have cleared the vaccine, and Pfizer’s Prevnar, after investigating the vaccines’ role in six children’s deaths.
Interview: Pfizer vaccine unit eyes adults, infectious disease
By Maureen Martino When Pfizer was searching for a major acquisition in 2009, it saw a lot it liked in Wyeth–including an established vaccine group that could jump-start its own efforts in that area. Pfizer had a nascent vaccine group was doing research but it didn’t have any products on the market. After the buy, the world’s […]
Qiagen Expects to Make Biggest Acquisition Since $1.6 Billion Digene Buy
By Dermot Doherty Qiagen NV (QIA), the Dutch company whose tools are used to predict disease and isolate DNA, may make its second-biggest acquisition to date this year. Qiagen, based in Venlo, the Netherlands, is in talks with several diagnostics companies and may make a purchase in the “three-digit million dollar” range, Chief Financial Officer […]
Saheli finds Enquiry of PATH project on HPV vaccines still shielding the
Saheli finds Enquiry of PATH project on HPV vaccines still shielding the guilty Our worst fears about unethical conduct of bio-medical research have been confirmed by the interim report of the enquiry panel set up by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to enquire into violations in PATH-ICMR project though on each count the enquiry […]
Pneumococcal Vaccine: 4 Deaths in Japan, 849 Reported Deaths in United States
By Norma Erickson Japan recently halted the use of two vaccines manufactured by Sanofli Adventis and Pfizer after four young children died. The two types are the Hib vaccine to prevent bacterial meningitis and a vaccine to protect against streptococcus pneumoniae. These vaccines will not be used until investigations are completed to determine whether they are safe. […]
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