Keyword: Vaccines

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Takeda to Expand Cancer Drug Plant in Dublin

07.12.2016 - Leading Japanese pharmaceutical producer Takeda has announced it will invest €40 million in a new production facility at its Grange Castle site in Dublin, Ireland. Primary purpose...

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Boehringer to Sell Pet Vaccines to Lilly

07.10.2016 - German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim is selling the pet vaccines portfolio of its US subsidiary Vetmedica to Eli Lilly’s animal health subsidiary Elanco for $885 million to allay...

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Sanofi Pasteur Wins US Zika Vaccine Aid

28.09.2016 - Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines arm of French chemical producer Sanofi, has received a pledge of funding from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)...

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Takeda Gets US Funding for Zika Vaccine

05.09.2016 - Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical has secured funding from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, BARDA, part of the US Department of Health and...

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US to Start Phase 1 Zika Vaccine Trial

10.08.2016 - The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a clinical trial of a vaccine candidate intended to...

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US Firm to Test Zika Vaccine

23.06.2016 - The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for testing of a new experimental DNA-based Zika vaccine developed by Inovio Pharmaceuticals. In cooperation with its...

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GSK Vaccines Head to Step Down

17.06.2016 - GlaxoSmithKline’s head of vaccines, Moncef Slaoui, has announced he will leave the company in June 2017 after nearly three decades at the company. Since joining GSK in 1998, Slaoui...

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WHO Recommends Sanofi’s Dengue Vaccine

18.04.2016 - The World Health Organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has recommended the use of Sanofi’s Dengvaxia vaccine to prevent dengue fever in...