SIRVA: A Risk With Every Vaccine
by Jennie Ann Freiman, MD | Guest Writer
Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) occurs when a vaccine, any vaccine, is injected improperly, causing physical and functional damage to ...
ActHIB Vaccine Found to Contain Pieces of Glass Between 2013 and 2015
by Patrice La Vigne
In 2013, pharmaceutical firm Sanofi Pasteur issued no recalls after finding glass shards in vials of ActHIB, its conjugate vaccine containing Haemophilus ...
Australian Biotech Firm Develops New Sugar-Based Adjuvants
by TVR Staff
Vaxine Pty Ltd., a biotechnology company based in Adelaide, Australia, has developed new adjuvants to be used in vaccines. The firm has ...
Vaccines Against Painkiller Drugs Coming Soon
by Kate Raines
Highly addictive opioid drugs, including morphine, codeine, oxycodone, and hydrocodone, among others, are not only the most common agents used for pain ...
Intramuscular Injection May Lead to Nerve Damage
by Patrice La Vigne
Drug and biological product administration via intramuscular injections using hypodermic needles has been a common medical practice for several centuries and is ...
Two Children Die After Polio Vaccination, Four in Critical Condition in Pakistan
by TVR Staff
Two children in the Tehsil Bara area of the Khyber Agency tribal region in Pakistan reportedly died last week "moments" after receiving ...
Takeda To Build Dengue Vaccine Manufacturing Plant in Germany
by TVR Staff
Headquartered in Japan, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. is the largest pharmaceutical company in Asia and is speeding up development of a vaccine ...
Major Clinical Study on HIV Vaccine Begins in South Africa
by TVR Staff
In South Africa, seven million people (one in every five) live with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)—the virus that causes Acquired Immune ...
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