Vaccine Research
Scientists found that mice injected with baker's yeast could survive high doses of aspergillosis, a fungal infection that causes kidney and liver failure in patients with weak immune systems by attacking their lungs. The mice received three doses a week apart of the yeast, and could be used to develop a vaccine against fungal infections. News
Vaccine Market
While Inovio posted a $2.8 million net loss for the second quarter, its revenues more than doubled, rising to $2.4 million from $1.1 million in Q2 2010. Report
The Federal Commission for the Protection Against Sanitary Risk for the Mexico Ministry of Health has awarded the GMP certificate to Sinovac for its seasonal flu vaccine and hepatitis A vaccine. Sinovac release
Cumberland County, NC, health officials have vaccinated nearly 2,000 individuals who may have been exposed to hepatitis A at a local Olive Garden. So far, only the infected employee has been ill. Item
Emergent BioSolutions announced it had a profit of $14.2 million during the second quarter, thanks mostly to sales of its BioThrax anthrax vaccine. The company's total revenue hit $71.5 million, a 28% increase from the year previous. Report
And Finally... M. Katie Charles, a graduate student at Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health, wrote a piece for the Huffington Post on the difficulties of tracking vaccinations, both by the individual and physicians. More