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Latest News | 19 February 2013

What Happens when Your Medical Device Has a Pulse? The Case of a Bug-Based 'Flying Syringe'

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Provita Pharmaceuticals isn’t your average life sciences research and development company. Based out of New Jersey, it doesn’t have its own multimillion-dollar research facilities or even much Read More...


Latest News | 3 December 2012

EMA Releases Draft Guideline on Hepatitis B Vaccines

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has released a new guideline to instruct sponsors of clinical trials on best practices for assessing antibody-based products used to prevent the hepatitis B Read More...


Latest News | 12 November 2012

Italian Regulators Affirm Safety of Novartis' Vaccines

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Italy's Agenxia Italiana del Farmaco (AIFA) has joined Canadian and Swiss regulators in affirming the safety of Novartis' Agrippal (alternately known as Agriflu) and Fluad after concerns were raised Read More...


Latest News | 5 November 2012

Novartis Vaccine Cleared by Canadian, Swiss Regulators after Quality Concerns

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Regulators with Health Canada and Switzerland's Swissmedic are lifting their respective bans on Novartis' trivalent flu vaccines Agrippal and Fluad after independent testing found them to be safe for Read More...


Latest News | 29 October 2012

Three More Regulators Move to Ban Sale of Novartis Vaccine

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Three more regulatory agencies have called for the recall and cessation of sales of two influenza vaccines manufactured by Novartis after the company reported finding particulate matter during its Read More...


Latest News | 26 October 2012

Italian, Swiss, Spanish Regulators Ban Sale of Novartis Flu Vaccines

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Two influenza vaccines manufactured by Novartis, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, have seen their marketing privileges temporarily revoked in at least three European countries this week as regulators Read More...


Latest News | 9 October 2012

Sanofi Pasteur Recalls Vaccine in UK after Efficacy Concerns Raised

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UK regulators with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have issued a drug alert to healthcare practitioners warning them of a recall involving Sanofi Pasteur MSD's typhoid Read More...


Latest News | 27 July 2012

Regulatory Bodies to Assess Alternate Vaccine Testing Methods

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is widely known as the country’s chief federal regulator of biological products. Lesser-known—but still important—is another federal program known as the Read More...


Latest News | 15 June 2012

New Combination Vaccine Approved by FDA

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A new combination vaccine that protects infants against meningococcal disease and Hib disease received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 14 June, the agency said.Reuters Read More...


Latest News | 3 May 2012

CBER Wants Better Vaccine Safety, Identify Adverse Events

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The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is announcing its intent to launch a program to ensure the safety of vaccine products manufactured Read More...


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