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The FDA issued a new guidance Sept. 28 to help makers of cell-based viral vaccines improve the development and availability of vaccines, including those to address emerging and pandemic threats.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced it will invest more than 500 million euros in its vaccine manufacturing plant in St-Amand-Les-Eaux, France, to increase production capacity in formulation, filling, freeze-drying and packaging, to meet growing worldwide demand for pediatric and adult vaccines.
Chinese drugmaker Simcere Pharmaceutical has signed a licensing agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to manufacture and sell generic versions of GSK's Relenza (zanamivir) in China, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and all least-developed countries.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and ClinTec International announced that they have entered into an agreement for the joint development of an anti-cancer compound, DRF 1042, belonging to the Topoisomerase inhibitors class of compounds for use as potential treatment of various types of cancer.
The patients groups and health NGOs who have filed a pre-grant opposition against Gilead Science's patent application on tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, feel that the recent decision of Gilead to sign non-exclusive license agreements with eight generic companies of India can prove harmful to the long term interests of the patient groups in ensuring affordable medicines to the needy.
Sinovac Biotech Ltd. announced that the third product of the Company, seasonal influenza vaccine, is successfully released for sale by National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products ("NICPBP").
The final consignment of Tamiflu drug stockpile will be delivered this week, putting in place a central plank of contingency plans against a future flu pandemic, the Department of Health said on Wednesday.
GlaxoSmithKline won a partial victory from a European Union court on Wednesday in its bid to stop Spanish drug wholesalers from re-exporting the British group's medicines at a fat profit.
The federal government has added the flu antiviral oseltamivir -- better known as Tamiflu -- to the list of patented medications that generic drug manufacturers in this country can apply to make and export to developing countries.
Kenya has launched a malaria control initiative to encourage the widespread use of available free treatment in hospitals, reports the UN Integrated Regional Information Networks.