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ICMR head Balram Bhargava wins Dr. Lee Jong-wook Prize for Public Health

“When I work with patients, I think about how to apply science to alleviate their suffering. This gives meaning to everything else I do,” said Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Professor Balram Bhargava after jointly winning the 2019 Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health at the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva earlier this week.

May 28, 2019

By : Team ABLE

Global Strep A vaccine one step closer

Streptococcus genomes reveal potential vaccine targets present in over 20 countries worldwide

May 28, 2019

By : Team ABLE

The FDA has approved Novartis-subsidiary AveXis Inc's spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) gene therapy Zolgensma.

The company wants to set the price tag at $2,125m per dose.

May 28, 2019

By : Team ABLE

Health Canada approves Biocon and Mylan’s Ogivri

Ogivri is the first Trastuzumab Biosimilar indicated for the treatment of HER2-positive breast and gastric cancers

May 24, 2019

By : Team ABLE

Source of disease prevalence information impacts effectiveness of vaccination programs: The Institute of Mathematical Sciences study

The computational modelling of social networks suggests that vaccination programs are more successful in containing disease when individuals have access to local information about disease prevalence.

May 24, 2019

By : Team ABE