AfriVax

01/29/2024

01/28/2024

Celebrating MLK Day by freeing him from the straight jacket of his famous (and very smart) suits.

12/09/2023

The groundbreaking FDA approval of a CRISPR therapy for sickle-cell anemia is certainly a milestone in human progress but comes at a price. I believe that the solution to providing access will come down to the kind if innovation we pursue at Avril Biopharma.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals and its partner CRISPR Therapeutics said on Friday their sickle cell disease gene therapy Casgevy would be available at a list price of $2.2 million in the United States.

12/02/2023

Currently, USAID provides over seven million people living with HIV with life-saving treatment.

11/20/2023

Infants and toddlers may be psychologically wired to thrive with high levels of "sensitive care" and personal attention, according to a study conducted with contemporary hunter-gatherer societies.

11/14/2023

https://www.ukri.org/news/improving-access-to-vaccines-in-low-and-middle-income-countries/

11/14/2023

https://imperialbrc.nihr.ac.uk/2023/11/06/imperial-researchers-awarded-17m-to-lead-two-hubs-to-develop-globally-important-vaccines/

11/08/2023

11/07/2023

The developer had intended to raze the property but sold it for nearly $25 million instead.

11/07/2023

Proud to be an African industry partner contributing an enabling technology and business model to the Chanjo Hub initiative in Ghana.

Four vaccine hubs have received a share of £33 million of UK aid funding via the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and a further £1.5 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The hubs will be part of the UK Vaccine Network (UKVN) Project, which aims to...

11/06/2023

https://www.ukri.org/news/improving-access-to-vaccines-in-low-and-middle-income-countries/

Four new hubs that will address challenges of vaccine manufacturing and delivery in developing countries have been announced today.

08/23/2023

Taking a systematic approach to zoonotic threats in the W. Africa region could be enabled by investment in egg-based vaccine production.

Anthrax outbreak in West Africa underscores vital need for funding vaccinations.

08/10/2023

https://touchbbca.org/about-touch/

Though there are numerous breast cancer advocacy groups and stakeholders, there is a need to bring all patients, survivors, advocates, advocacy organizations, health care professionals, researchers and pharmaceutical companies together to serve as allies in this army to fight Black Breast Cancer. No...

07/22/2023

Finally got everything to the new lab in San Francisco. Time to make up for the delay our malaria vaccine development project.

07/07/2023

The Acacus mountains are being vandalised. The prehistoric civilisation located in Southern Libya, filled with rock art and engravings, has long been a hotspot for tourism. Now after enduring countless epochs, they are left unprotected.

09/30/2022

In 2022 the world is experiencing one of the largest backslides of global immunization rates in history. Now is the only chance we have to work together, to ...