Vaccine

Child mortality from Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) bacterial infections in high-burden countries is estimated to have fallen by 51 percent and 90 percent, respectively, from 2000 to 2015. Childhood deaths from two...

The first vaccine campaign against cholera in Yemen has started, 18 months after war and a sanitation crisis triggered an epidemic, but the World Health Organization said it did not yet have permission nationwide to do...

Sanofi is investing €350 million for the construction of a new state-of-the-art vaccine manufacturing facility at the Sanofi Pasteur Canadian headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. The investment bolsters the company’s Canadian operations and its commitment to advancing...

The news on the pre-qualification of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) by the World Health Organization (WHO) on January 3, 2018 and endowment by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance have dawned a unique beginning for the entire field...

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines business of Sanofi responsible for the program, is informing all investigators, regulatory authorities and trial ethics committees. Following a planned interim analysis, the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) for the phase III...

News Hour: Sanofi is investing €170 million to expand a vaccine manufacturing site in Val de Reuil, France. The expansion further strengthens Sanofi’s position as one of the world’s leading seasonal flu vaccine providers. The new...

News Hour: The U.S. government is investing more than $170 million to help two new vaccines against the Ebola virus and two Ebola drugs complete the steps needed for approval from the Food and Drug Administration....

Researchers announced encouraging developments across several critical areas of HIV research at an official press conference at the 9th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2017) today. These included a promising vaccine candidate, positive results for...

The Gavi CSO constituency has taken the initiative to arrange a collaborative meeting of the Civil Society Organizations in the Asia Pacific Region. The meeting on Empowerment of civil society in Asia: Boosting collaboration and involvement...

News Hour: Sanofi and its vaccines global business unit Sanofi Pasteur confirmed the end of their vaccine joint-venture with MSD (known as Merck & Co. Inc., in the United States and Canada), Sanofi Pasteur MSD (SPMSD)....