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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 3, 2016
Zika poses Asia, Oceania, South Europe threat; Sanofi joins race for viable vaccine
The Zika virus could spread to Africa, Asia and Southern Europe, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as major French drugmaker Sanofi SA and others joined the race to create a vaccine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 10, 2015
Mexico approves world's first dengue vaccine after 20 years of research
The first vaccine against dengue fever won clearance in Mexico, an initial step toward preventing a mosquito-borne infection that puts half of the world's population at risk.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 27, 2015
Experimental Ebola vaccine effective in monkeys: U.S.-Japan study
A Japanese professor and members of the U.S. National Institutes of Health have developed a potential vaccine for Ebola, the team reported Thursday in the online version of the U.S. journal Science. The substance has been found in tests to protect monkeys from infection.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 16, 2014
Mosquito-borne dengue targeted by antibody with hope for vaccine
Scientists have discovered new antibodies that neutralize viruses that cause dengue, potentially putting a universal vaccine within reach for a mosquito-borne illness that strikes an estimated 400 million people a year.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 12, 2014
Ebola vaccine trial halted temporarily after joint pains, Geneva hospital says
A clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine developed by Merck and NewLink has been halted temporarily as a precautionary measure after four patients complained of joint pains, the University of Geneva Hospital said on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 27, 2014
Ebola vaccine from Glaxo passes early safety test
An experimental Ebola vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline caused no serious side effects and produced an immune response in all 20 healthy volunteers who received it in an early-stage clinical trial, scientists reported on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2014
Fujifilm to buy U.S. vaccine maker to expand biopharmaceutical business
Fujifilm Corp. said Monday it will acquire U.S. vaccine maker Kalon Biotherapeutics LLC to expand its biopharmaceutical business, with the Tokyo-based firm already having gained prominence for offering a possible treatment for Ebola patients.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 13, 2014
WHO hopes for more Ebola drug doses, vaccine progress by end of year
World Health Organization experts fighting the world's worst outbreak of Ebola hope for improved supplies of experimental treatments and progress with a vaccine by the end of the year.
JAPAN
May 31, 2014
NPO renders vaccine info in 10 languages
A nonprofit group in Kanagawa is printing pamphlets in 10 languages so the prefecture's foreign residents can grasp Japanese vaccination procedures.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 28, 2013
Citing side effects, group criticizes Diet OK for HPV vaccine for girls
A bill to approve vaccines to help prevent cervical cancer in girls is expected to clear the Diet this week but reports of serious side effects have prompted mothers to form a nationwide victims' support group.

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