NIAID Initiates Trial of Experimental Avian Flu Vaccine
Fast-track recruitment has begun for a trial to investigate the safety of a vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today. Sites in Rochester, NY, Baltimore and Los Angeles will enroll a total of 450 healthy adults. The clinical sites are part of the NIAID-sponsored V...Bird Flu: Orissa Initiates Protective Measures
In view of the bird flu threat, the Orissa government is considering the ban on import of eggs as a protective measure against the deadly infection. // Orissa is currently dependent upon Andhra Pradesh and Chattisgarh to meet the demand for eggs. A meeting between the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary services and hatchery owners was held recently to alleviate any fears among the public...Biota Initiates Drug Testing War against Common Cold
Human clinical trials of BTA798 anti-viral therapy for common cold have been initiated by Biota. The compound has already proven to be effective against the human rhinovirus // in lab experiments conducted on animal models. HRV currently accounts for nearly 50% and 75% of common cold suffered by adults and children respectively. If successful results are obtained, the drug would soon be...Russia Initiates Mass Vaccination Of Poultry To Restrict Bird Flu
Mass vaccination of poultry has been initiated in Russia to contain the spread of the much dreaded bird flu virus. Provinces in Southern Russia, believed to face an increased risk of bird flu // have already been provided with millions of bird flu vaccine. The initial focus of the vaccination programme would be targeted at delivery of the bird flu vaccine to farms, located close to po...Government Initiates A Program To Curb HIV
A Program called ‘Safe Needle Exchange Program’ has been initiated by Health Ministry inorder to curb the increasing incidence of HIV/AIDS among the drug users in the city. // While speaking to the reporters at the third international inter-faith conference, Anbumani Ramadoss, Union minister said that the virus is more likely to contract through the educated youth who are prone to drug us...Alteon Initiates Phase 2 Trial of ALT-2074 in Diabetes and Haptoglobin 2-2
Alteon Inc. announced today that it has dosed its first patient in a 60-patient Phase 2 clinical trial (Study 201) of ALT-2074, its lead glutathione peroxidase mimetic, in diabetic patients with a variant of haptoglobin that renders them at high risk for cardiovascular complications. This dose escalating study is designed to evaluate ALT-2074's ability to lower inflammatory cardiova...Malvern initiates European user group meetings for chemical imaging
WORCESTERSHIRE , England, 21 June 2007, Malvern Instruments hasheld the inaugural meeting in Europe for users of the company'snear infrared chemical imaging (NIR-CI) systems. The one-day event,which took place on 13 June 2007 was hosted by AstraZeneca inMacclesfield, UK. Malvern customers from some of the world's majorpharmaceutical companies joined Malvern's technical and scientificteam...