Vaccine For Meningitis A

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  Chinese Vaccine Maker Has World's Fastest Growing Fortune

  Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products Co. shares have surged 80 per cent since the vaccine maker disclosed at the end of June that China's drug regulator approved clinical human testing of a Covid-19 vaccine.

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  Deadly Meningitis Strain Virtually Eliminated in Much of Africa: Study

  A new vaccine has virtually eliminated meningitis A in 16 African countries, but children will remain vulnerable to the disease which can kill or cause severe brain damage, unless governments routinely immunise them, experts said yoday.

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  Cost of Bacterial Meningitis Vaccine Reduced

  Hilleman Laboratories has made developments with respect to increased efficacy and reduced cost of Bacterial Meningitis vaccine and published a scientific report based on the synthesis of the meningitis vaccine for Neisseria Meningitidis serogroup X.

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  UK Rolls Out World's First Meningitis B Vaccination Programme

  Britain on Tuesday became the first country to implement a vaccination programme for all newborn babies against meningitis B, which is fatal in one in 10 cases.

• CCI Imposes Rs 64 Cr Fine on GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi

  The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has slapped a penalty of Rs 64 crore on drug makers GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi for collusive bidding in supply of a meningitis vaccine to the government for Haj pilgrims.

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  Pneumonia vaccine protects HIV patients

  A vaccine for pneumonia and meningitis has been found to be effective in offering protection against re-infection in HIV-infected adults.

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  Vaccine is approved for child infections

  The FDA on Wednesday approved Prevnar 13, an expanded version of a vaccine to protect children.