Archive for September, 2007

Cancer vaccine donation

Posted in Latest News on September 27th, 2007

Cancer vaccine donation
Philadelphia Inquirer - McGlynn, president of Merck Vaccines & Infectious Disease, speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. Merck executives estimated the gift’s value at $375.5 million, based on U.S. prices. They said they would give up to three million doses

Vaccine Protects Against Virus Strains
US News and World Report - Eliav Barr, head of Merck’s research on infectious disease and vaccines. There are 9,710 new cases of cervical cancer and 3,700 deaths in the U.S. each year. Worldwide, there are nearly 500,000 new cases and 233,000 deaths a year. Dr. Jonathan Berek

Featured PRFirm

Posted in Latest News on September 26th, 2007

Featured PRFirm
PRWeb - Canada Recognized as Leader of Pandemic Preparedness and Supplier of Tamiflu- CIDRAP Warns US Must Improve Avian Flu Preparedness The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reports the US lags behind Canada in pandemic planning and will

CDC failed to find worst A&M lab problems
Dallas Morning News - But they didn’t find records of a 2004 accident in which a worker was stuck with a needle tainted with Brucella, a bacterium that can cause an infectious disease an incident the university did not report. Nor did investigators