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Human trials of HIV vaccine begin after partial success in monkeys
2015-07-06 03:44:35| Biotech - Topix.net
The success of an experimental vaccine trial with rhesus monkeys is motivating a pharmaceutical company to undertake experimental HIV vaccine tests in Thailand, East and South Africa, and the United States of America US, with 400 healthy participants taking part in the first phase of the trials. Scientists say the vaccine protected half of a batch of monkeys against the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus, SIV, which is very similar to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
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Preclinical trial data brings new hope for HIV vaccine
2015-07-04 14:12:37| Biotech - Topix.net
Publishing data from preclinical trials in nonhuman primates in the journal Science , Crucell Holland B.V, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, reveal encouraging results for their HIV vaccine. "Our ultimate goal is to develop a vaccine that prevents HIV in the first place," says Dr. Paul Stoffels of Johnson & Johnson.
J&J vaccine completely prevented HIV in half of monkeys in trial
2015-07-02 22:15:12| Food - Topix.net
An experimental Johnson & Johnson vaccine completely prevented HIV infection in half of monkeys that got the shot and then were exposed to high doses of an aggressive virus, results that spurred the company to test the vaccine in people, academic and company researchers said on Thursday. The international trial is underway in 400 healthy volunteers in the United States, East Africa, South Africa and Thailand.
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Manufacturing Deal Wins China Cheap Supply Of GSK's New HIV Drug
2015-07-02 17:16:32| Biotech - Topix.net
China will receive cut-price supplies of GlaxoSmithKline's new HIV drug Tivicay, following a deal for Shanghai-based Desano Pharmaceuticals to become an additional manufacturer of the medicine's active ingredient. The collaboration between GSK's HIV unit ViiV Healthcare and Desano marks an improvement in the business climate for the British drugmaker, which was fined a record 3 billion yuan in September for bribing Chinese doctors.
CDC: More than 1 in 8 Americans infected with HIV don't know it
2015-06-25 22:57:36| Biotech - Topix.net
A man gets an HIV test at a Los Angeles clinic. A new report from the CDC estimates that 13% of Americans who are HIV-postiive don't know they are infected.
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