A new study discovered evidence that Parkinson’s disease may have an infectious or autoimmune origin.
Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics has begun a Phase I/II exploratory clinical trial with a gene therapy product for hemophilia B.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more U.S. teens are getting recommended vaccines against certain cancers, meningitis and infectious diseases.
Global sales of vaccines grew in 2009, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information, and researchers are forecasting sales to rise at a compound annual rate during the next five years.
A new blood test that will help detect cancer as much as five years earlier than current testing methods has been developed by Oncimmune Ltd.
A new meningitis vaccine will help to prevent epidemics in Africa for the first time.
In June, the state of California declared an epidemic of whooping cough (pertussis) with 910 confirmed cases, making it possible that California will have the largest whooping cough outbreak in 50 years.
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s ipilimumab has shown early promise for helping patients with advanced melanoma that has spread to the brain.
Dutch hematologists examined results of 26 years of low-dose immune tolerance induction (ITI) therapy as a treatment regimen for inhibitory alloantibodies against factor VIII in patients with severe hemophilia A.
A new study showed that giving just one-fifth the usual dose of the polio vaccine may protect babies against the virus nearly as well as a full dose, as long as it is injected just beneath the skin, according to a recent study.
A recent trial demonstrated equal clinical efficacy between a freeze-dried and a liquid IVIG preparation for maintenance treatment of CIDP.
This new bill would allow plan sponsors to pay for off-label drug uses on a case-by-case basis and review the safety and efficacy of drugs.