Tag - rotavirus

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Drugmakers cut vaccine prices for poorer nations

Several leading drugmakers are cutting their prices on potentially life-saving vaccines for people in developing countries in an effort to sustain supplies via the GAVI international vaccine alliance.

8 June, 2011

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Millions of children in the world’s poorest countries could receive vaccination against rotavirus diarrhoeal disease under new offer made by GSK to the GAVI Alliance

GSK today announced that it has made a new offer to supply its rotavirus vaccine,

8 June, 2011

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A new vaccine out of India

Earlier this month, a phase 3 clinical trial of a new vaccine began in India.

28 March, 2011

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New low-cost method to deliver vaccine shows promise

Researchers have developed a promising new approach to vaccination for rotavirus, a common cause of severe diarrheal disease that is responsible for approximately 500,000 deaths among children in the developing world...

8 March, 2011

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