Showing posts with label Developing countries and vaccines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Developing countries and vaccines. Show all posts

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Innovation in Science and Technology: A Critical Path to Addressing Global Health Inequities

Innovation in Science and Technology: A Critical Path to Addressing Global
Health Inequities

by Yun-Ling Wong

Download this presentation of the work being done by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in developing worlds. Learn how the foundation is giving access to vital medicine and vaccines to the in the most need.



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Monday, June 15, 2009

Swine Flu now pandemic, race for vaccine is on

An article at Yahoo! last week looks at how drug makers are racing to come up with the vaccine to prevent the swine flu. GlaxoSmithKline has stated its vaccine will be ready to go into large scale production within weeks. Sanofi-Aventis has also started working on their vaccine. Novartis' vaccine has yet to be tested on humans.

One concern for individuals around the world is how developing countries will obtain access to these vaccines. Countries with lots of available capital have already signed contracts with major Pharma, guaranteeing that their citizens will have access to the flu vaccine. Many poorer countries, who usually have poor healthcare systems, will be left in a scramble to find vaccines for their countries.

The WHO believes that the swine flu vaccine will be approved and ready for sale by September. For more information, read the full article here.

To connect with more professionals in the Vaccines field, join our Vaccines Development Forum Group on LinkedIn or join us in Boston September 23-25 for the Vaccines Development Forum.


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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Vaccines Studies open to developing countries

According to an article at Fierce Vaccines, the University of Sienna and Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics will be partnering to educate and develop vaccines for the developing world. Groups of doctors, largely from African and Asian countries, will team together to figure out what is best when it come to developing vaccines in their country such as:

Key factors like engineering a vaccine's resistance to high temperatures and use of local storage facilities would be built into the research programs, pushing the researchers to come up with treatments that are ideal for that environment. And these new experts on vaccine development will be free to work with any developers.

Professor Ranuccio Nuti, coordinator of the Technical-Scientific Committee states:
"Clinical research and development of vaccines, along with immunology, infectivology and biostatistics, are some of the core subjects that will be addressed during the program. Our aim is to provide these medical professionals with the knowledge necessary to meet the demands arising in the area of neglected diseases as well as to prepare them to react proactively to situations such as the recent outbreak of the H1N1 virus in Mexico."

To connect with more professionals in the Vaccines field, join our Vaccines Development Forum Group on LinkedIn or join us in Boston September 23-25 for the Vaccines Development Forum.



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