Page 3 - Vaccine

Decades of AIDS vax research imperiled by Trump's withdrawal of US funding

The US cut HIV vaccine funding, forcing IAVI to halt work and lay off staff, while the South African Medical Research Council will receive only $9 mn of its planned $45 mn for multi-country trials

Zydus Lifesciences to develop world's first dual vaccine for typhoid

Typhoid and shigellosis remain serious public health threats, particularly in low-resource settings

Vaccine makers can add clinical trial sites through Sugam, says CDSCO

The recent notice brings applications for biological products such as vaccines and recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (rDNA)-based drugs under the online ambit

President Trump's team weighs pulling funds for Moderna bird flu vaccine

The bird flu shot contract was awarded to Moderna in the Biden administration's final days, sending the company's stock up 13 per cent in the two days following the Jan 17 announcement

Biological E teams with Danish vax firm to give Chikungunya jabs to LMICs

The manufacturing agreement is to provide Chikungunya Vaccine to low-and middle-income countries

India's vaccine aid during Covid saved many lives, says Guyana minister

Anthony recalled how India did not hoard vaccines like other countries, even when India was itself struggling with Covid management

Trump calls for halting funds to schools, colleges that need Covid vaccines

Schools, colleges and states that require students to be immunised against COVID-19 may be at risk of losing federal money under a White House order signed Friday by President Donald Trump. The order is expected to have little national impact because COVID-19 vaccine mandates have mostly been dropped at schools and colleges across the United States, and many states have passed legislation forbidding such mandates. The order directs the Education Department and Health and Human Services to create a plan to end vaccine mandates for COVID-19. It isn't clear what money the plan would use as leverage. Most federal education money is ordered by Congress. It aims to fulfil a campaign promise from Trump, who often said he would not give one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate. The order applies only to COVID-19 vaccines. All states have laws requiring that children attending schools be vaccinated against certain diseases including measles, mumps, polio, tetanus, whooping cough a

Biovet's LSD vaccine gets CDSCO nod, to make 500 million doses per year

In the last two years, around 200,000 cattle have died, millions lost their milk production capabilities due to LSD nationwide

HMPV poses great risk for children, can lead to severe illness

While HMPV may affect anyone with a weakened immune system, young children and people above the age of 65 are at higher risk

What is HMPV? Everything you need to know about the respiratory virus

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a globally recognised respiratory virus that recently gained attention after its outbreak was reported in China. Two cases of HMPV were recently reported in Karnataka as part of routine surveillance by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Here is an explainer on the HMPV: What is HMPV? HMPV is a viral pathogen that causes respiratory infections in people of all age groups. First discovered in 2001, it belongs to the Paramyxoviridae family and is closely related to Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). HMPV spreads through respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing, as well as by touching contaminated surfaces or coming into direct contact with infected individuals. This virus is known to cause illnesses ranging from mild respiratory discomfort to severe complications, especially in vulnerable populations such as infants, older adults and individuals with weakened immune systems. It is prevalent globally and tends to peak during late winte

Covid's lessons ignored: The world risks repeating past mistakes

The vaccines allowed Covid to be treated as an aberration, but we must not forget what it really was: A preview of the kind of planetary challenges that await us

Serum Institute ties up with Bavarian Nordic to manufacture Mpox vaccine

Bavarian Nordic will transfer the technology of the current manufacturing process to SII to enable supply for the Indian market, the company said in a statement on Monday

Trump nominees should 'steer clear' of undermining polio vaccine: McConnell

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, said any of President-elect Donald Trump's nominees seeking confirmation should steer clear of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine. Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed they're dangerous, McConnell said in a Friday statement. Anyone seeking the Senate's consent to serve in the incoming Administration would do well to steer clear of even the appearance of association with such efforts. The 82-year-old lawmaker's statement appeared to be directed at Trump's nominee for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after a report that one of his advisors filed a petition to revoke approval for the polio vaccine in 2022. It was a sign that Kennedy, who has long advanced the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism, could face resistance in the soon-to-be GOP-controlled Senate. Mr. Kennedy believes the Polio Vaccine should be available to the public and thoroughly and properly .

Leading docs sign petition for suspension of all Covid-19 mRNA vaccines

Several doctors and healthcare professionals have signed a petition calling for the immediate suspension of all COVID-19 mRNA products because they fear the jabs could be contributing to an alarming rise in excess deaths. A petition known as the HOPE Accord attracting signatures from around the world went online recently to alert the international community on the continued use of the COVID mRNA vaccines. These vaccines, using gene-based technology, were given emergency use authorisation as one of the tools to address the coronavirus pandemic. A growing body of evidence suggests that the widespread rollout of the novel Covid-19 mRNA vaccine products is contributing to an alarming rise in disability and excess deaths, reads the Hope Accord petition. This new technology was granted emergency use authorisation to address a situation that no longer exists. Going forward, the burden of proof falls on those still advocating for these products to compellingly demonstrate that they aren't .

Abbott launches 14-valent pneumococcal vaccine in India for children

Pneumococcal vaccines address infections caused by pneumococcal bacteria, including pneumonia, meningitis, and blood infections, collectively known as invasive pneumococcal disease

India needs to expand local vaccine manufacturing, research: GTRI report

India needs to expand its local vaccine manufacturing and research to give better control over safety of these pharma products, think tank GTRI said on Monday. The Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) also suggested the government to launch an investigation to track all adverse health events post-vaccination as this could help make future vaccine rollouts more transparent, safe and effective. "Expanding local vaccine manufacturing and research can give India better control over vaccine safety, ensuring vaccines meet local needs and are tailored to the population's health characteristics," it said in a report. It added that these suggestions assume importance in the backdrop of the October 2024 release of "The Pfizer Papers: Crimes Against Humanity" which has ignited global debate over vaccine safety, ethics and transparency. "As the world prepares for future pandemics, the insights from The Pfizer Papers provide a foundation for building safer, more effective and more trustworth

WHO approves Zydus Lifesciences' typhoid vaccine for UN procurement

Typhoid affects an estimated 11 to 21 million people annually, leading to between 117,000 and 161,000 deaths

Dharma Productions-Adar Poonawalla deal gives quest for scale a chance

Biz of making films and shows needs more such tie-ups if it is to scale up

Study shows bacterial vaccine may serve as cancer immunotherapy treatment

The bacterial vaccine proved to be particularly more efficacious than peptide-based therapeutic cancer vaccines

CDSCO meets WHO standards for functional vaccine regulatory system

Drug regulator CDSCO and the National Regulatory Authority of India have met the standards set up by the World Health Organisation for a functional vaccine regulatory system A team of international experts from various countries led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva reviewed India's vaccine regulatory system from September 16 to 20, the health ministry said in a statement. Safety, efficacy, and quality were the three basic parameters of assessment of vaccines, it said. The WHO has established global standards and benchmarks for assurance of vaccine quality through the development of tools and guidelines, benchmarking of the National Regulatory Authorities (NRA) and pre-qualification programme of vaccines, the statement said. The WHO NRA re-benchmarking was aimed to assess and document the status of the India regulatory system in the area of vaccine regulation, re-benchmark the status of the India vaccine regulatory system against the WHO NRA Global ...