Vaccine Weekly articles from June 2002

Vaccine Weekly archives from June 2002

Vaccine first to be proved effective in animal model.(Brief Article)
June 5, 2002... 2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A genetically engineered vaccine developed and tested at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is the first to be proved effective in protecting newborns, in an animal model, against...

Use of high dose hepatitis A, hepatitis B vaccine in India needs evaluation.(Brief Article)
June 5, 2002... 2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Given the emerging number of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections in India, medical personnel are urging greater use of vaccine prevention strategies, especially...

Bioption, IAVI partnering to develop globally accessible AIDS vaccines.(International AIDS Vaccine Initiative )(Brief Article)
June 5, 2002... 2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Swedish biotechnology firm Bioption AB is partnering with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) to develop and test a new approach for vaccines that can train the immune system to protect...

Chicago researchers testing HIV vaccine for healthy people.(Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center )(Brief Article)
June 5, 2002... 2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infectious disease researchers at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago have embarked on a search to find a vaccine to prevent people from contracting the human immuodeficiency virus...

Pneumococcal vaccine could prevent leading worldwide cause of childhood death.(Brief Article)
June 5, 2002... 2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a recent clinical trial conducted in 40,000 children in Soweto, South Africa, scientists from Emory University and the University of Witwatersrand found that a new version of a pneumococcal vaccine...

Aerogen announces R&D agreement with the U.S. Army.(Brief Article)
June 5, 2002... 2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aerogen, Inc., (AEGN) announced that it has signed a cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) relating to novel,...

Antigen Express announces patent award, SBIR grant for Ii-suppression platform technology.(Small Business Innovative Research)(Brief Article)
June 5, 2002... 2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antigen Express, Inc., (AgExp) announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued to AgExp a new patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,368,855, concerning its Ii-Suppression Platform Technology....

Maxygen reports first quarter 2002 results.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 5, 2002... 2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maxygen, Inc., (MAXY) reported that for the first quarter of 2002, Maxygen reported a pro forma net loss of $6.5 million, or $0.20 per share, compared with a pro forma net loss of $5.3 million, or $0.17...

Foundation presents award to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Children's Vaccine Program.(Brief Article)
June 5, 2002... 2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Hepatitis B Foundation presented its prestigious Founders' Award to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Mark Kane, director, the Children's Vaccine Program, at its annual Crystal Ball on April...

Three international patents issued.(Antex Biologics Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 5, 2002... 2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antex Biologics, Inc., (ANX) announced that it has been issued three new patents, increasing the company's total intellectual property portfolio to 101 issued patents. The company also has 339 pending...

Couple files lawsuit over child's vaccines.(Brief Article)
June 5, 2002... 2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A couple who said their son became autistic because of mercury poisoning from multiple vaccines against childhood diseases is taking their complaint to court. Lee and Jill Urwick filed suit in Union...

Suit filed citing vaccines contained poisonous mercury.(Brief Article)
June 5, 2002... 2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The law firm of Ferraro & Associates, P.A., announced it has filed one of the first mercury poisoning lawsuits in South Florida against American Home Products and its related companies. The suit...

First patient enrolled in pivotal phase III study of Oncophage.(Brief Article)
June 5, 2002... 2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antigenics, Inc., (AGEN) announced that investigators have enrolled the first patient in a pivotal phase III trial of its personalized cancer vaccine Oncophage (HSPPC-96) for the treatment of metastatic...

Time to vaccinate everyone under 30?
June 5, 2002... 2002 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A massive immunization campaign to vaccinate young Americans against smallpox now might save many more lives than a strategy focused on isolating and vaccinating those at risk only after a terrorist...

Encapsulated vaccine more effective than vaccine suspensions for reducing tumor burden.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - When used preoperatively or early postoperatively for murine colorectal cancer, an encapsulated whole-cell plus adjuvant vaccine significantly...

Elderly respond well to combination influenza vaccine.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A vaccine containing cold adapted, live, attenuated influenza virus and trivalent, subunit inactivated influenza virus improves the immune response...

Targeted vaccine may help immune system fight cancer.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Completing an important step in the evaluation of a cancer vaccine that has the potential to selectively target a wide range of tumors, researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research report...

Vaccine research is 'best hope' for controlling AIDS pandemic.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- May 18, 2002 marked the Fifth Annual HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, which highlighted research advances and the challenges of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and underscored why developing preventive HIV vaccines...

Stress reduces mucosal immunity against herpes simplex virus.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Psychological stress has been shown to inhibit the protective effects of vaccination against herpes simplex virus (HSV) in mice mucosa. ...

Immunization by irradiated mosquitoes can protect against malaria.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Volunteers who underwent bites from thousands of irradiated mosquitoes harboring Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites were immunized against malaria,...

Medical centers to test vaccine.(anthrax)(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Five medical centers around the U.S. are enlisting more than 1500 volunteers for a government-sponsored study of the most effective way to administer the anthrax vaccine. The study will test...

U.S. military wants to limit troops' anthrax vaccinations.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Pentagon wants to abandon its policy of anthrax vaccinations for all troops and limit shots to those with the highest risk, officials said in May 2002. A planned announcement of the new policy...

Johns Hopkins and CEL-SCI scientists present results in autoimmune disease research.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists from the laboratory of Dr. Noel Rose in The Johns Hopkins University department of pathology and CEL-SCI Corp. (CVM) presented data at the Experimental Biology 2002 meeting that could lead...

Combination of vaccine and antiviral fractures immune tolerance in virus model.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) infects woodchucks in a manner similar to the way hepatitis B virus (HBV) infects humans. Using woodchucks infected with WHV,...

Crucell and NIAID to develop Ebola vaccine.(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dutch antibody and vaccine company Crucell N.V. (CRXL) announced it has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of...

First quarter 2002 performance: net loss of $0.29 per share.(GenVec Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenVec, Inc., (GNVC), a biopharmaceutical company developing gene-based medicines, announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2002. GenVec reported a net loss of $6.4 million or...

Clinical trial results of StreptAvax presented at international vaccine conference.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ID Biomedical announced that Shelly McNeil of Dalhousie University in Halifax presented phase I clinical trial results for StreptAvax at the Fifth Annual Conference on Vaccine Research. McNeil's...

Meningococcal C conjugates have minimal effect on IgA antibody production.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Roxanne Nelson, staff medical writer - Researchers in England have found that meningococcal C conjugate vaccines stimulate significant levels of salivary IgG antibodies in infants but have little...

Widespread meningococcal C immunization is cost effective.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - An immunization campaign to provide meningococcal C vaccine to children 0-17 years old is cost effective when the occurrence rate of disease is high....

Long-term survival data in phase II trial of GVAX vaccine reported at conference.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Genesys, Inc. (CEGE) has reported encouraging long-term survival data from a phase II multicenter clinical trial of GVAX prostate cancer vaccine which demonstrates a dose-dependent trend toward...

PSA levels, clinical progression stabilize after vaccine treatment.(Prostate Specific Antigen)(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report stabilized PSA levels and reduced clinical progression in prostate cancer patients following treatment with two cancer vaccines. Therion Biologics' PSA-based Prostvac vaccines,...

Exposure to anthrax vaccine associated with Gulf War Syndrome.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Roxanne Nelson, staff medical writer - Numerous factors have been considered as possible causes of the unexplained illness reported by veterans of the Gulf War, and researchers in Boston say that...

U.N. drops smallpox stocks destruction.(United Nations)(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acting on fears of bioterrorism, the World Health Organization has formally reversed a long-standing order for the destruction of all smallpox virus stocks and recommended they be retained for research...

First cases of macrophagic myofasciitis appear in North America.(Brief Article)
June 12, 2002... 2002 JUN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Roxanne Nelson, staff medical writer - The first two cases of an unusual clinical and pathological entity have been encountered in North America. "Macrophagic myofasciitis (MMF) is a rare,...

Pneumoccal conjugate vaccine lowered incidence of pneumococci in children.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine lowered the carriage rate of pneumococci among children in day care centers, researchers in Israel found....

Nonprimed dendritic cells enhance immune response.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - The addition of nonprimed dendritic cells to the same site targeted by the MUC1 DNA vaccine enhanced immunity against lymphoma cells in a murine...

Genetically altered anthrax antigen shows promise as next-generation vaccine component.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - One recombinant variant of the protective antigen (PA) used in the present anthrax vaccine was successfully synthesized and exhibited immunogenic...

BCG inoculation does not protect against asthma.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BGC) vaccination to prevent tuberculosis infection did not confer protection against asthma scientists in Norway report....

Observations in T cell response may help develop immunotherapy.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Roxanne Nelson, staff medical writer - Variations in T-cell responses, both in the active disease phase and after healing of leishmaniasis, may be relavent in helping determine patient prognosis as...

Herpes simplex virus aids treatment for metastatic brain tumors.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Researchers in Tokyo have infected metastatic brain tumors with a replication-conditional type of herpes simplex virus (HSV) and saw stimulation of...

Avanir reports results for second quarter of fiscal 2002.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avanir Pharmaceuticals reported financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2002, and provided a progress report on its drug development strategy, which is focused on large market...

VaxGen releases first-quarter financial results; Ruth Kunath to step down from board.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VaxGen, Inc., (VXGN) announced that it recorded a net loss of $7.0 million, or 49 cents per share, before charges attributable to redeemable convertible preferred stock, for its first quarter ended...

HIV vaccine research is 'best hope' for controlling AIDS pandemic.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- May 18th marked the 5th annual HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, which highlights research advances and the challenges of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and underscores why developing preventive HIV vaccines offers...

Alleged vaccine link to neurological disorders disputed.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Use of the hepatitis B vaccine is not linked to the development of multiple sclerosis or other nerve diseases, the U.S. Institute of Medicine reported May 30, 2002. The finding is the latest study...

Research supporting use of HSV animal model published.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Northeastern Ohio Universities College Of Medicine (NEOUCOM) and Cel-Sci Corp. (CVM) announced the publication of research conducted to show the utility of the mouse herpes simplex virus (HSV)...

Healthcare providers miss many opportunities to vaccinate children.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Roxanne Nelson, medical writer - Self reporting of immunization procedures and actual clinical practice do not always correlate, researchers in the U.S. say. Pediatric healthcare practitioners may...

SHPI announces U.S. launch of safety syringe needle product line by Kendall.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Specialized Health Products International, Inc., (SHPI) announced that Kendall, a business unit of Tyco Healthcare, has initiated its U.S. market launch of a proprietary line of safety syringe needles,...

Cuba suspends vaccination program after three children die.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cuba announced May 30, 2002 it had suspended its measles vaccination program after an "uncommon accident" with imported vaccine dosages that left three children dead and 42 others sick. The three...

New patch reduces needlestick pain.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new pain patch for children was tested in clinical trials and found to decrease pain from a needle injection by approximately 40%, as reported at the Pediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting. ...

Haitian and Dominican first ladies inaugurate island-wide vaccination campaign.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first ladies of the Dominican Republic and Haiti on May 31, 2002 inaugurated the first joint effort to eradicate polio by the two nations that share the island of Hispaniola. The campaign...

Cell Genesys reports encouraging long-term survival data in phase II trial.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Genesys, Inc. (CEGE) reported encouraging long-term survival data from a phase II multicenter clinical trial of GVAX prostate cancer vaccine, which demonstrates a dose-dependent trend toward...

USDA expanding front line of antirabies campaign in East.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Yellow planes dropping vaccine-laden fishmeal cakes will soon be flying above Pennsylvania as the federal government expands the front lines of a biological warfare campaign. The enemy: rabies. ...

That scar on your arm won't help if the man next to you is infected.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- If you had a smallpox vaccination as a child and think you're still protected, think again. Almost everyone vaccinated before smallpox was eradicated in the mid-1970s has now lost their immunity. ...

FDA approves new Aventis Pasteur vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis.(Brief Article)
June 19, 2002... 2002 JUN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aventis Pasteur said today that it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensure to market Daptacel, diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed (DTaP). ...

Protein fusion augments HPV-E7 immunogenicity.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Europe have found a way to enhance the performance of DNA-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines. "DNA vaccination is a promising...

Statistical model useful for determining prevalence of TB in people with BCG vaccination.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - No significant difference existed between the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) infection in people with a Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) scar and...

Herpes simplex vectors can enhance immunogenecity.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Herpes simplex-based vectors may be the best choice for antigen delivery by HIV vaccines, researchers report. "Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infects...

Vaccine shows promise in early research.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An experimental vaccine for brain cancer has shown promising results in preliminary investigations at the University of California Los Angeles Jonsson Cancer Center. The results are published in...

Mixing diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccines (DTaP) from different manufacturers is safe and effective.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Infants who received diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccines (DTaP) produced by two different manufacturers did not experience elevated...

Vaccine meets safety requirements.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Findings from the Anthrax Vaccine Expert Committee (AVEC) do not suggest a high frequency of medically important adverse events associated with anthrax vaccination Between March 1998 and March...

PharmData inks contract with Iomani.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PharmData, Inc., announced that it has signed contracts to provide biometrics services to Iomai Corp. for its current clinical trials. Iomai is actively developing vaccines and immunostimulants...

Innovative vaccine now in trials for advanced cancer patients.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An original procedure to perform a vaccination of cancer patients with a composition prepared with their own blood has been developed by PharmaBlood, a company with headquarters in Florida. The...

CDC reports dramatic decrease in chickenpox cases and hospitalizations in areas with increasing use of vaccine.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- During the period from July 2000 to June 2001, an estimated 73% of United States children aged 19-35 months were vaccinated to protect them from chickenpox (varicella), up from 68% in 2000 and 57.5% in...

Vical receives $1 million from Merial in vaccine collaboration.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vical, Inc., (VICL) announced that it has received a payment of $1.0 million from Merial, a European-based joint venture between Merck and Co., Inc., (MRK) and Aventis S.A. (AVE), for the exercise of...

Vietnam recalls 1.36 million doses of substandard vaccine.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vietnam is recalling 1.36 million doses of substandard DPT vaccine, resulting in a shortage, state-controlled media has reported. The recall involves 1 million doses of DPT vaccine donated by the...

Strong first quarter positions Baxter well to meet full year 2002 commitments.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Baxter International, Inc., (BAX) reported strong growth in sales and earnings in the first quarter. Sales advanced 11% to $1.95 billion, up from the $1.76 billion reported for the same period...

Study highlights need for vaccine.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A U.S. study in the Lancet (2002;359(9316):1478) highlights a high rate of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among injection-drug users, and that immunity against persistent HCV infection can be...

Flu vaccine donation to help nearly 500,000 disadvantaged in Colombia.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health Partners International of Canada is continuing its mandate of providing medical aid to the world's most needy, by shipping nearly 500,000 doses of donated influenza vaccine to Colombia in...

DNP modified autologous melanoma cell vaccine induced unique T cell-mediated immune response in study.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avax Technologies, Inc., (AVXT) announced the presentation of data at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) entitled "Sequence analysis of T cell receptors of...

Antex Biologics plans six clinical trials in 2002.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antex Biologics, Inc., (ANX) announced plans for additional clinical trials of its vaccine and antibiotic products and also announced financial results for its first quarter of 2002. The company has...

Berna and Iomai announce collaboration for patch delivery of vaccines.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Berna Biotech, Ltd., (BBIN) and Iomai Corp., a private biopharmaceutical company, announced a collaboration for the development of vaccines for administration using a skin patch. The collaboration...

Early data suggests cartridge-based injection system is safe and effective.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antares Pharma, Inc., (ANTR) announced the results of preliminary human clinical studies performed with a new needle-free injection system that the company is developing. The new injector is unique in...

Tool pinpoints acceptable pricing of combination vaccines.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Four infant vaccines. One injection. How much will the industry charge? How much is a parent willing to pay? How much will government and insurance cover? Such issues are becoming real, says a...

Doctors poorly informed about side effects of vaccine, survey finds.(Brief Article)
June 26, 2002... 2002 JUN 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors are poorly informed about the dangerous side effects of the smallpox vaccine and the U.S. government's plan to control an outbreak if terrorists release the deadly germ, according to a survey....