News tagged with vaccine candidate
World's largest malaria vaccine trial now underway in 7 African countries
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 03, 2009 |
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A pivotal efficacy trial of RTS,S, the world's most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate, is now underway in seven African countries: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. The trial, ...
WHO: Swine flu vaccine on track
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Swine flu vaccine manufacturers are on track to start delivering the first batches of it in September, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
Study offers insights into failed HIV-1 vaccine trial
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Following the disbandment of the STEP trial to test the efficacy of the Merck HIV-1 vaccine candidate in 2007, the leading explanation for why the vaccine was ineffective - and may have even increased susceptibility to acquiring ...
Preventing ear infections in the future: Delivering vaccine through the skin
May 21, 2009 |
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An experimental vaccine applied the surface of the skin appears to protect against certain types of ear infections. Scientists from the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, report their ...
TB vaccine enters new clinical trials
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The world’s leading candidate for a tuberculosis vaccine, developed at the University of Oxford, is to enter Phase IIb proof-of-concept clinical trials, making it the first TB candidate vaccine ...
New test may help to ensure that dengue vaccines do no harm
Feb 12, 2009 |
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As vaccines against a virus that infects 100 million people annually reach late-stage clinical trials this year, researchers have developed a test to better predict whether a given vaccine candidate should protect patients ...
New studies show malaria vaccine candidate advancing in Africa
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Results published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the world's most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate provides both infants and young children with significant protection agains ...
