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Profectus BioSciences Inc., of Baltimore, a pharmaceutical company, has received a three-year, $8.5 million grant — along with Galveston National Laboratory, of Texas — to develop an Ebola vaccine. Profectus’ VesiculoVax vaccine, designed for combating biowarfare threats, could also “have ...
Read More »UM researchers test Ebola vaccine on humans
The University of Maryland School of Medicine launched human trials of an experimental Ebola vaccine in Mali this week.
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Read More »Researcher charged in major HIV vaccine fraud case
Responding to a major case of research misconduct, federal prosecutors have taken the rare step of filing charges against a scientist after he admitted falsifying data that led to millions in grants and hopes of a breakthrough in AIDS vaccine research.
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Read More »Novavax rises on respiratory virus vaccine study
NEW YORK — Novavax Inc. on Tuesday reported positive results from an early clinical trial of a respiratory virus vaccine, sending its shares higher. The company is studying a vaccine intended to prevent respiratory syncytial virus. Novavax said the vaccine ...
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Read More »UM gets $4 million grant for vaccine
Researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Vaccine Development have received a $4 million grant from the Wellcome Trust to help develop a vaccine that prevents potentially lethal infectious diseases caused by salmonella, particularly fatal in young children. The ...
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Read More »Md. event marks Army progress against cold virus
FREDERICK — Military medical experts at Fort Detrick are marking progress against an enemy most of us have encountered: the common cold. On Monday, Assistant Defense Secretary Jonathan Woodson will join Army medical researchers in celebrating the licensing and fielding ...
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Read More »Study: Sanaria’s malaria vaccine is safe
A Rockville biotech firm whose malaria vaccine works by triggering an immune response with the saliva from 1,000 irradiated mosquitoes, is safe and shows promise, according to a research study published in the journal Science. Sanaria Inc. published the phase ...
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Read More »Nowadays most U.S. rabies cases come from wildlife
Rabies prevention in the United States is by and large a success story, with just one to four people dying of rabies each year in the U.S. thanks to widespread pet vaccinations and aggressive treatment for people bitten by potentially ...
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Read More »Gaithersburg-based MedImmune begins shipping flu vaccine
MedImmune Inc. of Gaithersburg, the manufacturer of the FluMist nasal spray influenza vaccident, said that it has begun shipping FluMist doses to flu vaccine distributors throughout the United States. MedImmune expects to provide approximately 15 million – 16 million doses ...
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Read More »W. Va. mom loses appeal over child immunization
RICHMOND, Va. — A lawyer for a West Virginia woman who unsuccessfully challenged the state’s child immunization law said Tuesday she will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case. “We’re going to push this appeal as far as ...
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