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Russia tests HIV vaccine
Moscow, Feb 6 (IANS) Russia has successfully completed the first stage of clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, an official said Monday. The State Research Centre for Virology and Biotechnology, Vektor, completed the first stage of clinical trials of the HIV vaccine, Vektor director Alexander Sergeyev said Monday. The vaccine induces a strong antibody (antigen), as well as cellular response, he said.

Excise exemption for Abbott on Baddi factory medicines
US-based Abbott Laboratories will get an excise duty exemption on medicines manufactured at its Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, factory, just the way the previous owner Piramal Healthcare did.

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Genital Herpes vaccine comes closer to reality
Scientists have come up with an investigational vaccine that can protect some women against infection from one of the two types of herpes simplex viruses that cause genital herpes.

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Ujjain: 5.64 lakh children vaccinated for measles
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh), Dec 18 (IBNS) In ongoing round of measles immunization in six districts of Ujjain division which started on December 12, more then five lakh children have been vaccinated till date.

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Sanofi-Aventis to take longer on Shan5 relaunch

French vaccine major Sanofi-Aventis is expected to relaunch the pentavalent Shan5 vaccine produced by its Indian subsidiary, Shantha Biotech, only in 2013. It does not want to take further chances

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'Pep talk' can revive exhausted immune cells: Study
Chronic infections stay on because they wear the immune system out, which immunologists describe as exhaustion. Yet exhausted immune cells can be revived by introduction of fresh cells that act like coaches giving a pep talk, researchers at Emory Vaccine Centre (EVC) in the US have found.

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