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India’s Serum Institute offers cheap polio vaccine

Indian billionaire Cyrus Poonawalla, founder of the world’s biggest maker of vaccines, will cut the price of polio immunisation and introduce shots for diarrhoea and pneumonia, undercutting Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline...

31 January, 2013

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On a ‘PATH’-breaking initiative to develop vaccine for diarrheal diseases

With the aim to specifically cater to the Indian health scenario, the India chapter of Programme for Appropriate Technologies in Health (PATH), a global NGO working in 70 countries, is in the process of developing a...

22 January, 2013

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WHO endorses vaccine regulatory system in India after inspection

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has endorsed the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)’s regulatory works and cleared the functional vaccine regulatory system in the country, after a thorough...

28 December, 2012

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India: A powerhouse of innovation for neglected diseases?

The BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India, and China — are playing an increasingly important role in innovation. Their growing domestic markets demand goods that meet their specific needs, and their dynamic...

31 August, 2012

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Malaria vaccine candidate ‘could be grown at home’

A potential malaria vaccine produced by genetically-engineered algae could allow people to grow their own vaccine at homes, and would be especially useful in rural parts of the developing world, say its developers. The...

25 May, 2012

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Alarming scale of multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis requires rapid response to prevent emerging global crisis

Of the 9.4 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases diagnosed each year, approximately 5% are multidrug resistant (MDR).

29 March, 2012

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Polio Eradication in India

India has reached a major milestone in the history of polio eradication – a 12-month period without any case of polio.

29 February, 2012

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India’s polio victory fuels endgame vaccine talks

When the clocks struck midnight in New Delhi on 12 January, India marked the first year in history it has recorded no new cases of polio.

16 January, 2012

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The Last Case of Polio in India?

Rukhsar Khatoon may be the last reported case of wild poliovirus in India, she was just 18 months old when she was paralyzed by polio on 13 January 2011.

13 January, 2012

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Help celebrate India’s polio free achievement!

On January 13th 2012, the world will reach a remarkable milestone in the fight to eradicate polio – 12 months without a single case of polio for the first time in India’s history.

12 January, 2012

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