Vaccine Weekly articles from December 2001

Vaccine Weekly archives from December 2001

Novel Antibody Potently Inhibits R5 HIV Strains.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Japan have isolated a novel antibody that can protect cells from HIV infection via the CCR5 coreceptor. Shogo Misumi and colleagues at...

Study Reveals Novel Role For Measles Virus In Cancer Therapy.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The measles vaccine could soon be taking on a new role in medical therapy. Medical investigators at the Mayo Clinic say they have determined a common strain of...

Subtype C SHIV Variant May Be Useful In African Vaccine Development.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have developed a simian/human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) variant for studying potential HIV vaccines tailored to African...

Immunization Rates Remain High Among Vulnerable Children.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recent changes in routine infant vaccination procedures that require a greater number of shots do not appear to reduce immunization rates in low-income communities, a new study reports. This...

Treatment Expands Potential For Using Vaccinia Virus In Therapy, Vaccines.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Using new treatments designed to inactivate vaccinia virus (VV), medical investigators can expand the scope of gene therapy investigations. So say...

Hepatitis A Epidemic Linked to Child Care Facilities.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - U.S. government officials have concluded a hepatitis A outbreak that occurred in Arizona was linked to child care facilities. After studying an outbreak of...

BioSante Licenses Vaccine Technology To Corixa Corp.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BTPH) has licensed its Bio-Vant vaccine adjuvant on a nonexclusive basis to Corixa Corp. (CRXA) for use in several potential vaccines to be developed by Corixa. This...

Biomira Receives Patent Protection For Its Idiotypic Vaccines.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biomira, Inc. (BIOM) announced that its subsidiary, Biomira USA, Inc., was issued a second patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for composition of matter used in Biomira's cancer vaccine...

Papers Add New Knowledge On HIV's Infection Tactics.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In its November 2001 issue, Nature Medicine published three papers that represent great advances in the fight against HIV. The first describes a strategy that could be developed to yield an...

Amarillo Biosciences Gets Grant To Develop H. pylori Vaccine.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amarillo Biosciences, Inc., (AMAR) has received a small business innovative research (SBIR) grant of $96,248 from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a vaccine to combat Helicobacter...

Vaccine Progresses to Phase II Human Trails.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antex Biologics, Inc. (ANX) has completed laboratory analyses of its Phase 1B clinical trial of Helivax, the Company's oral vaccine intended to prevent and treat gastrointestinal infections and disease...

Levels Of Antibodies At Liver Stage May Predict Resistance To Disease.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High levels of antibodies against the liver stage of the malaria parasite appear to predict resistance to the disease say researchers from Brown University and the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute....

Investigational Compound Shows Antitumor Activity.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and the New York Weill Cornell Medical Center reported interim findings of two ongoing Phase I clinical trials of an investigational drug, radiolabeled J591, in...

FDA Advises Avax To Submit New IND For Frozen Cancer Vaccines.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As a result of discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding clinical hold issues related to Avax Technologies' M-Vax and O-Vax autologous cancer vaccines, and the company's...

American Home Products Submits Plan To Produce Vaccine.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American Home Products Corp. will submit a plan to the U.S. government to develop and manufacture a smallpox vaccine. Should AHP enter into an agreement with the U.S. government, a new smallpox vaccine...

Sequenom Completes Collaboration With FDA For Large-Scale Vaccine Production.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2001... 2001 DEC 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sequenom, Inc., has announced significant advances in the rapid analysis and quality control of live viral vaccines using the company's MassARRAY technology. Advanced genetic analysis of RNA...

U.S. Opts To Keep Smallpox Stock.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Bush administration says it will keep the government's stock of smallpox virus in case it should be needed to develop new vaccines or treatments, putting off yet again a commitment eventually to...

Oral DNA Vaccines Depend On Macrophages For Hepatitis B Immune Response.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Oral DNA vaccines against hepatitis B virus (HBV) depend on professional antigen-presenting cells in order to produce an immune response, investigators have...

Monoclonal Antibodies Display Mysterious Synergy.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and Europe have confirmed that several HIV specific monoclonal antibodies have synergistic effects in combination. ...

Pain, Price, Insurance Delays Associated With Vaccines Worry Doctors.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When a new vaccine to protect infants and children against meningitis, pneumonia and ear infections was introduced last year, the public's response was overwhelming: parents clamored to get their...

Ultraviolet B Exposure Has No Bearing On Hepatitis B Vaccine Effectiveness.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Ultraviolet radiation exposure, known to suppress immune system response, does not affect the body's response to hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine. It does...

CpG Oligonucleotides Generate Antitumor Response In Rodents.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Scientists have determined oligodeoxynucleotides containing CpG motifs (CpG-ODNs) can act as a tumor vaccine, preventing the formation of new tumors in rats...

Vical To Receive $3 Million Milestone Payment.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vical, Inc., (VICL) has received a $3 million payment from Merck & Co., Inc., (MRK) which has begun human testing of a prime-boost vaccine regimen that employs Vical's patented naked DNA nonviral gene...

BioSante Licenses Technology To Corixa.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BTPH) has licensed its Bio-Vant vaccine adjuvant on a nonexclusive basis to Corixa Corp. (CRXA) for use in several potential vaccines to be developed by Corixa. This...

Synergy Vaccines Reaches Milestone with SynerVax-HB Hepatitis Vaccine.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study published in Vaccine is the first report of the successful use of an antigen that might enable development of simpler, less-expensive vaccines to prevent hepatitis B. The research, led by...

Poll Finds That Americans Fear Bioterror, Want Vaccinations.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three-fifths of Americans say they would want a smallpox vaccination if it were widely available, according to an Associated Press poll that suggests continued nervousness about bioterrorism. ...

Immunization Tracking Software Aids U.S. Army Soldier Readiness.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- I-trax, Inc., (IMTX) has successfully completed and tested the interface between eImmune, I-trax's immunization tracking software, and the U.S. Army's Medical Occupational Data System (MODS). Each...

Avax Receives FDA Warning Letter Regarding Inspection.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avax Technologies (AVXT) has received a warning letter from the Division of Inspections and Surveillance of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). While AVAX reported to the FDA on June 29,...

HIV Specific T Cells May Not Be Crucial For Early Protection.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and Europe say that immune protection against acute HIV infection does not seem to be exclusively mediated by HIV specific T...

Healthy Americans Now Encouraged To Get Immunized.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Healthy persons - those not considered at high risk for influenza complications - are encouraged to seek vaccination, according to new recommendations issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

Genetically Engineered T Cell Tackles Tumors.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An experimental method has been developed to tackle metastasized kidney cancer, according to a report by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. After being engineered outside the...

DNA Vaccine Is Safe And Immunogenic.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2001... 2001 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vical, Incorporated, and the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center has announced results of initial Phase II human testing for safety, immunogenicity, and protective efficacy of a multigene DNA vaccine...

Antigen Fusion With Interferon-(gamma) Augments Efficacy.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A fusion protein made up of HIV gp120 and interferon-(gamma) holds promise as a candidate HIV vaccine, according to researchers in the United Kingdom. ...

Immunogene Therapy Augments Angiostatin In Murine Model Of Lymphoma.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Combining the angiogenesis inhibitor angiostatin and immunogene therapy with the T-cell costimulator B7.1 not only reduces solid lymphomas, but it also...

Salmonella Vectors Excel At Priming Immune Response.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Settling the argument that preexisting immunity may override the effects of certain antigen vectors, researchers at the University of Alabama contend...

Despite Efforts, Pediatric Hepatitis B Vaccine Rates Don't Meet Goals.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Intensive efforts to attain a 90% hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine rate among children has fallen short, according to investigators at the U.S. Centers for...

Neonatal Vaccine Produces Antibody Response.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have found an HIV vaccine candidate that may protect newborn infants from vertical transmission of the virus. In a...

Chlorophyllin Shown To Decrease Risk Significantly.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Taking chlorophyllin greatly reduces the levels of aflatoxin-DNA damage byproducts in the body, which are indicators of exposure to carcinogenic aflatoxins and increased risk of liver cancer. ...

ABS Negotiates Anthrax And Smallpox Vaccine Agreement.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American Biogenetic Sciences, Inc., (MABA, ABS) has negotiated a 10-year agreement with the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation covering human vaccines for anthrax, smallpox, botulism and...

Anthrax Scare Is Posing Problems For Legitimate Research.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An anthrax researcher with a small company recently came to Paul Keim seeking more samples he needed for his work. Keim, a microbiologist at Northern Arizona University, politely said he was too...

House Okays $20 Billion Antiterror Package.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The House overwhelmingly approved a $20 billion antiterrorism package November 28, 2001, after derailing a Democratic drive to defy President Bush and add billions for domestic security, defense and...

Phase II Clinical Trial Of MVA-HPV-IL2 Initiated.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Transgene (TRGNY) announced the initiation of a Phase II clinical trial of its immunotherapeutic MVA-HPV-IL2 product candidate for the treatment of cervical cancer. The trial will be conducted in...

Lerdelimumab Prevents Excessive Postoperative Scarring.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT) announced the 6-month follow-up results from a Phase II clinical trial using CAT-152 (lerdelimumab; human anti-TGF(beta)2 monoclonal antibody) in patients undergoing...

Initial Phase I Clinical Study With HE2200 Completed.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (HEPH) announced it has completed a Phase I clinical study with subcutaneously administered HE2200, an immune-regulating hormone drug candidate, in healthy young and...

N-Linked Glycosylation Limits Immune Response To Hepatitis C.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - For years, scientists have been driven to develop a vaccine for hepatitis C virus (HCV) but have failed. New information about viral N-linked glycosylation...

Aventis Pasteur Has Shipped All Fluzone Orders.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aventis Pasteur, America's largest supplier of influenza vaccine, shipped all previously committed influenza vaccine orders in their entirety to customers by the middle of November. The company, which...

Flu Shots Are Safe For People With Asthma, Study Finds.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For the first time, a study reveals that influenza vaccines are safe for children and adults with asthma. The study conducted by the American Lung Association's Asthma Clinical Research Centers...

More Vaccine Made Available For This Flu Season.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Henry Schein, Inc., (HSIC) has obtained new inventory and will be making 3 million additional doses of flu vaccine immediately available for the remainder of the U.S. influenza season. The company...

Scientists Say Flu Pandemic Remains A World Threat.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At a time of bioterrorism fears, influenza should not be overlooked as a force of nature or a potential weapon of terrorists, disease specialists say. Flu has the potential to become a pandemic,...

Gene Gun Therapy Via Oral Mucosa Generates System-Wide Tumor Inhibition.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The oral mucosa may be best for some types of particle-mediated gene transfer. After comparing various tissues for gene expression following cancer gene...

Cell Genesys And JT Modify Agreement For GVAX Cancer Vaccines.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Genesys, Inc., (CEGE) and its collaborator the pharmaceutical division of Japan Tobacco (JT) have agreed to modify their ongoing collaboration for GVAX cancer vaccines. The two companies,...

Epimmune, Bavarian Combine Technologies To Develop HIV Vaccine.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epimmune, Inc., (EPMN) and Bavarian Nordic A/S (BAVA) have entered into a collaboration agreement to combine their technologies to develop vaccines for the treatment or prevention of HIV infection. ...

Humanized Monoclonal Antibody Shows Promise In RA.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results from the Phase II clinical trial called ARMADA (Anti-TNF Research Study Program of the Monoclonal Antibody D2E7 in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis), suggest that Abbott Laboratories' D2E7...

CDC Releases U.S. Plan For Bioterror Outbreak.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health authorities should not force people to be vaccinated against smallpox, even if the virus reappears and begins to spread, the government's top bioterrorism adviser said November 26, 2001, as...

U.S. To Stockpile Smallpox Vaccine.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2001... 2001 DEC 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Bush administration says it will have enough smallpox vaccine on hand within a year to inoculate every American, but officials have no plans to use it absent a return of the virtually extinct but...

Humanizing HIV pol Gene Improves Immunogenicity.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have found a way to enhance the performance of DNA vaccines based on the HIV pol gene. "A synthetic gene consisting of...

Urinary Bladder Approach Could Be Used For Vaccinia-Mediated Therapy.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The results of a Phase I trial indicate urinary bladder cancer and other diseases of the urinary tract could be treated by directly infecting the bladder with...

No Relationship Between Sepsis, Hepatitis B Vaccine Researchers Report.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Citing the results of a two and a half year investigation, research collaborators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente...

Researchers Using DNA Adenine Methylase Vaccine See Cross Protection.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New medical research at the University of California, Santa Barbara, represents a significant step toward preventing infections through the development of vaccines that elicit protection against...

Vaccination Is Most Cost-Effective Control Strategy.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Influenza vaccinations are the most efficient way to control the spread of the virus, researchers in New York report. "At present time, there is...

Antigen Construct, Cytokine Combo Treats and Prevents Male Malignancies.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - University of Iowa researchers have developed recombinant therapies that can treat and prevent prostate cancer tumors in mice. According to a contingent...

Clumping Factor A Vaccination Effective Against Septic Arthritis.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and England say that vaccination with a staphylococcal protein can help prevent staph-induced arthritis. Dr. Elisabet...

Triangle Researchers Search For AIDS Vaccine.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at two of North Carolina's top universities are at the forefront of the international effort to protect mankind from AIDS. Work on eradicating the virus that has killed more than 22...

Resistant African Sex Workers May Have Specific Antibody Responses.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - African sex workers who become resistant to HIV infection can develop antibodies that target the virus in vaginal fluid, researchers say. Prof. Laurent...

Cytokines Can Alter Efficacy But Not Response Type.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Cytokines and growth factors can improve the effectiveness of DNA HIV vaccines although they have little effect on the type of induced immune responses,...

Secret Research At UNM Aids Fight Against Biowarfare.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A batch of anthrax - the type mailed to government and media officials and suspected in several deaths - is being used in a research project at the University of New Mexico. The project focuses on...

HHS Accelerates Seven Initiatives In Bioterrorism Research.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson has announced seven new initiatives to accelerate bioterrorism research and help strengthen the nation's ability to deal with the public health...

McDonnell Foundation Honors Professor For Innovative Immunotherapy Project.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- William Chambers, PhD, associate professor of pathology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, has received a $450,000 award from the James S. McDonnell Foundation through its 21st Century...

Theratope Vaccine Phase III Study Continuation Recommended.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biomira, Inc., announced that an independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) has reviewed data from all of the patients enrolled in its pivotal Phase III trial with Theratope vaccine. The DSMB...

Genetically Modified Bacteria Technique Validated By Independent Study.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has reported that an independent preclinical study at Johns Hopkins University Oncology Center has validated the concept of using bacteria as anticancer agent and...

Researchers Recommend Community Advisory Boards To Ensure Informed Consent.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Expanding the use of community advisory boards could go a long way toward preventing lapses in the informed consent process and safeguarding the interests of people who agree to participate in clinical...

Preclinical Results Are Promising.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CEL-SCI Corporation announced researchers have demonstrated that animals given CEL-SCI's experimental L.E.A.P.S.-based HIV vaccine agent showed strong evidence supporting the induction of cellular...

Recall Of VAQTA Vaccines Issued.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aventis Pasteur MSD is recalling the hepatitis A vaccines VAQTA Paediatric and VAQTA Adult launched originally in 1997 and 1998, respectively. VAQTA products are being withdrawn only because it is...

MedImmune To Buy Aviron For $1.3 Billion.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedImmune, Inc., (MEDI) is paying about $1.3 billion in stock to acquire Aviron, the maker of a promising nasal-spray flu vaccine now awaiting government approval. Mountain View, California-based...

Protein Sciences Announces Availability Of Two Patented Late-Stage Vaccines.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Protein Sciences Corp. (PSC) has reacquired all rights to two patented, late-stage influenza vaccines. The vaccines are: * Recombinant hemagglutinin (rHA) that potentially can be used as a...

VA Study Calls For More Aggressive Immunization Against Flu.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reporting in the December 10, 2001, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers from the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center find that health care providers are not making the...

Clinical Trial Of Monoclonal Antibody Offered At Florida Site.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Orlando, Florida, is one of four sites nationwide to conduct a clinical trial using Erbitux (formerly IMC-C225), an investigational monoclonal antibody, for previously...

1989 Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus Calls For Global Medical Research Corps.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Nobel medicine laureate has proposed the establishment of a Peace Corps-type international program for medical researchers, saying it would narrow the health care gap between rich and poor nations....

Epimmune, Bavarian Nordic Combine Technologies To Develop HIV Vaccine.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epimmune, Inc., (EPMN) and Bavarian Nordic A/S (BAVA) have entered into a collaboration agreement to combine their technologies to develop vaccines for the treatment or prevention of HIV infection. ...

AMA Calls For Further Study, Does Not Endorse Nationwide Immunization.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Medical Association has refused to endorse smallpox vaccinations for all Americans, rejecting calls from doctors who say the disease could be used as a biological weapon. Instead, the...

Acambis Gets Second Vaccine Contract.(Brief Article)
December 26, 2001... 2001 DEC 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acambis, Inc., has been awarded a second contract by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to produce smallpox vaccine. This second contract is to produce 155 million doses of...