Meningitis Vaccine Approval Moves Forward
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Sept. 24, 2004 -- An FDA advisory committee has recommended licensure for a new meningitis vaccine called Menactra. According to its maker, Sanofi-Aventis Group, the vaccine was shown to be safe and well tolerated.
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Clara Davidson is the kind of person public health officials had in mind when they approved the shingles vaccine last year.
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yetech Pharmaceuticals&#39; drug to treat the leading cause of blindness in the elderly appeared to move closer to a broad government approval yesterday after an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration spoke favorably about it.
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United States health officials, taking another step to ease the season&#39;s flu shot shortage, approved the importation of up to four million flu shot doses from Europe on Tuesday for patients willing to sign a consent form.
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French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis has  won U.S. approval to sell a new vaccine designed to give longer  protection against meningitis, a potentially fatal bacterial  infection.
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Help is on the way for Fredericksburg-area residents at risk of complications from the flu. The Rappahannock Area Health District expects to receive enough flu vaccine within the next month to inoculate about 2,000 people.
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A once-scarce vaccine against a range of infections including meningitis is back in supply and small children should get four doses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
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Years of clinical trials have yielded promising results for a vaccine that would protect women from a virus that causes cervical cancer.
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Young people aged 11 to 18 should get a shot that protects them from the most dangerous type of meningitis, advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
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Only 12 percent of teens got a meningitis shot that is recommended by U.S. health officials, according to a government survey released Thursday.
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Sanofi Pasteur MSD says it has won approval to begin selling Gardasil, the first vaccine against cervical cancer, in Europe.
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Government health officials gave an upbeat flu report yesterday, telling Congress that early signs point to a light flu season and that 5 million additional doses of flu vaccine may soon be available.
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Health chiefs are considering a new jab to protect babies against bacterial meningitis, septicaemia and pneumonia.
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The government is pressing to buy more flu vaccine despite a slow start to the flu season. The Food and Drug Administration has signed off on the safety of a portion of
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The supply issues with Prevnar, a vaccine that protects kids from bacterial infections, have been resolved and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other groups are now recommending that doctors resume giving the full four doses of the vaccine, according to a report released Thursday.
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Nearly 3.2 million influenza vaccine doses were shipped this week to health providers serving high priority groups as part of the plan announced on October 12 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Aventis Pasteur.
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NEW YORK  - The Global HIV/AIDS Vaccine  Enterprise, an international alliance of independent  organizations supporting HIV vaccine research, has issued a  roadmap to speed the development of a vaccine by promoting new  collaboration, resources, and strategic focus.