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Breaking News: Novartis Terminates Pact With Idera
Source: Fox News

Zurich :: Switzerland | updated Fri Nov 27 14:14:23 -0800 2009 | health-news

Idera Pharmaceuticals said early Wednesday that Novartis AG plans to terminate the companies' collaboration agreement on Feb. 21, 2010. The pact focused on the development of potential treatments for asthma and allergies. As a result of the termination, Idera will...
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Latest Breaking News: H1N1 vaccine as safe as seasonal flu shot: WHO
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated Thu Nov 19 20:34:06 -0800 2009 | health-news

ET The Associated Press The World Health Organization has ruled out swine flu vaccine as a reason for the death of 41 people who had received the flu shot. WHO vaccines chief Marie-Paule Kieny said Thursday that investigations are continuing...
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Current News: Novartis: Smaller Flu-vaccine Doses Suffice
Source: Fox News

Basel :: Switzerland | updated Tue Nov 17 07:51:06 -0800 2009 | health-news

Novartis AG, the Basel health-care giant, on Tuesday reported progress from clinical trials of its influenza A (H1N1) vaccine. In clinical trials, a single dose of the vaccine, which is half the currently approved U.S. dose, "fulfilled immune-response criteria associated...
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Current World News: EU experts say some countries 'ambushe' by H1N1
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated Fri Nov 06 03:21:37 -0800 2009 | health-news

EU experts say some countries 'ambushe' by H1N1 Some countries have been "ambushed" by sudden severe outbreaks of disease and death from the H1N1 flu pandemic, and have gone over the top in their response, a European flu specialist said...
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Latest World News: Swiss OK Novartis swine flu vaccine from cells
Source: The Boston Globe

Basel :: Switzerland | updated Sun Nov 15 16:36:31 -0800 2009 | health-news

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Credibility Views: 3 | News Stories: 2 | Blog Posts: 4 | 13 | 26 | 1
 
Current Event: Glaxo study backs simultaneous flu jabs
Source: Financial Times

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated Tue Nov 10 14:28:44 -0800 2009 | health-news

The research – requested by regulators and keenly awaited by governments tackling the current H1N1 “swine flu” pandemic – should ease international concern about the provision of both vaccines and help accelerate vaccination programmes. It comes at a time when...
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Latest World Event: Novartis to Boost China Presence
Source: Asian Wall Street Journal

Zurich :: Switzerland | updated Thu Nov 05 01:57:06 -0800 2009 | health-news

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only...Novartis AG said Wednesday it plans to buy a majority stake in privately held Chinese vaccines maker Zhejiang Tianyuan for around $125 million, as the Swiss drug maker seeks to boost its...
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Breaking News Event: Low vaccination rate "could spark big flu wave"
Source: SwissInfo

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated Fri Nov 20 12:48:59 -0800 2009 | health-news

As the number of people with swine flu rises fast, the authorities have been defending their immunisation plan which began this week for at-risk groups. Up to 27 per cent of the general public are expected to get vaccinated. The...
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Latest News Event: Particles from car brakes can harm your lungs
Source: NewKerala

Bern :: Switzerland | updated Fri Nov 20 22:24:37 -0800 2009 | health-news

Mechanics Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser and Peter Gehr from the University of Bern and Michael Riediker from the Institute for Work and Health, Lausanne, worked with a team of researchers to study such effects. "Brake wear contributes up to 20 percent of...
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Breaking World News: Mass vaccinations to fight yellow fever in Africa
Source: Reuters

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated Tue Nov 17 10:05:23 -0800 2009 | health-news

U.N. vaccine stockpile for yellow fever, the WHO statement said. France's Sanofi-Aventis, Brazil's Biomanguinhos and the Institut Pasteur de Dakar are the three suppliers of yellow fever vaccine pre-qualified by the WHO for U.N.-wide use. Yellow fever infects 206,000 people...
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