Monthly Archives: February 2016

Biopharmaceutical News Week 8- 2016

Zika virus   Dr. Bruce Aylward, executive director for outbreaks and health emergencies of World Health Organization said that Brazil will host a “fantastic Olympics” and that the Zika mosquito-borne virus will be “way down” by the time the Summer Games begin in Rio de Janeiro, on Aug. 5. He also indicated that the mosquito population […]

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Biopharmaceutical News Week 7- 2016

Zika virus   Inovio Pharmaceuticals (Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA) announced positive preclinical results for its Zika virus vaccine DNA construct. The synthetically candidate, generated with the company's SynCon vaccine technology, targeting multiple Zika virus antigens and administered using its CELLECTRA electroporation delivery technology, induced robust and durable immune responses. The company begins clinical manufacturing and expects to […]

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Singapore Biopolis

 Biopharmaceutical News Week Special Edition Singapore Biopolis Fifteen Years later   By Jean-Claude Muller Ph.D. 穆卓, Special Advisor at Innovation & International Relationship (I&IR)       When Singapore’s then Minister of Trade and Industry George Yeo launched the Biomedical Sciences (BMS) Initiative in June 2000 with a budget of S$1.48 billion*, the day the US and the UK governments […]

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Biopharmaceutical News Week 6- 2016

Zika virus   The European Medicines Agency sets up a task force offering advice on scientific and regulatory matters for the research and development of medicines or vaccines against the Zika virus. The Agency has put together a group of experts with specialized knowledge in vaccines, infectious diseases and other relevant expertise to contribute to the global […]

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Biopharmaceutical News Week 5- 2016

We wish all our Chinese friends a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year of the Monkey! “Kung Hei Fat Choy!”     Zika virus   The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus (ZIKV). The last time WHO declared a public health emergency was for the Ebola […]

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Biopharmaceutical News Week 4- 2016

  Zika Virus (Aedes aegypti mosquito)   The Zika virus, which has been linked to brain damage in thousands of babies, in now more than 20 countries in Latin America and mainly in Brazil, is “spreading explosively” World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan said while calling for an emergency meeting, on February 1, to determine if the outbreak […]

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