Public Health

Veeva Systems converts to a public benefit corporation

26-Jan-2021 By Jenni Spinner

While the change signifies the life-sciences solutions firm’s commitment to help customers and patients, day-to-day functions will remain much the same.

Thermo Fisher partners with CDC to aid public health labs

21-Jul-2015 By Zachary Brennan

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed new software via a partnership with the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory at the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) that helps public health labs to more quickly identify microbial pathogens...

HHS national vaccine plan calls for quick, flexible production

21-Feb-2011 By Nick Taylor

The US HHS has published a national vaccine plan that stresses the need for rapid and flexible manufacturing methods.

Biosurveillance collaboration can save lives, improve health

08-Feb-2011 By Nick Taylor

More collaborative biosurveillance could save billions of dollars and millions of lives by, for example, cutting pandemic strain isolation times.

Novartis strikes Russian allegiance; builds manufacturing plant

21-Dec-2010 By Alexandria Pešić

Novartis will build a new $500m (€379.9m) pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in St Petersburg, Russia after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the city.

Vietnam takes action against drug fakers

20-Jan-2005

The drug control authorities in Vietnam are being aided in the
fight against counterfeit drugs by a mobile laboratory system
developed by the German Pharma Health Fund (GPHF).

UK lab network boosted for public health

01-Oct-2004

In the UK, The Health Protection Agency is planning to revamp the
Food, Dairy, Water and Environmental (FDWE) laboratory service
network from this November to deal with new outbreaks and
emergencies.