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GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MedImmune announced today it will conduct seven poster and/or presentations at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington DC, May 4-7, 2013. These abstracts advance the body of existing data and knowledge around influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prevention, highlighting MedImmune's continued commitment to patient health. MedImmune posters to be presented at...
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MedImmune, the biologics arm of AstraZeneca, today announced that the Journal of Medical Economics has published a study that shows Synagis® (palivizumab) is within the acceptable range of cost effectiveness. Specifically, the study relates to Synagis' reduction in hospitalizations due to serious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease among eligible preterm infant populations covered by Medicaid and private insurers in the United...
BOSTON, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MedImmune, the global biologics arm of AstraZeneca, announced results from a new retrospective database cohort study of 8,443 high-risk infants receiving palivizumab in Medicaid programs across 12 states. Approximately 67% of infants were non-compliant with palivizumab. Non-compliance with the FDA-approved dosing of Synagis® (palivizumab), defined as not receiving at least 5 doses or having dosing gaps, significantly increased likelihood of...
NEWARK, Del., April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- iBio, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: IBIO) announced that its proprietary iBioLaunch(TM) technology for the production of biotherapeutic proteins and vaccine antigens in whole green plants has been used to produce a functional monoclonal antibody copy of palivizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) glycoprotein fusion protein (F), and inhibits viral entry into cells. Palivizumab is used to reduce RSV...
ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Children given an injectable medication to help prevent severe respiratory illness had a 17.6 percent higher likelihood of receiving the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended doses when they were administered through a specialty pharmacy rather than a traditional pharmacy, according to a new study released today by pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics (Prime). The study will be presented today at the Academy of Managed Care...
SILVER SPRING, Md., Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Medical Association (NMA) is the nation's oldest and largest association of African American (AA) physicians and is issuing a "Call to Action" regarding Respiratory Synctial Virus (RSV), an infection that is a major cause of respiratory illness in infants and young children. RSV causes an estimated 90,000 hospitalizations and 4,500 deaths per year in children 5 years of age and younger. In collaboration with the National Black...
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) announced today that it has begun patient enrollment in a Phase I clinical trial to assess the safety, immunogenicity and tolerability of a vaccine candidate against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). In this blinded, placebo-controlled, escalating-dose study of healthy adults 18 to 49 years old, a total of 100 subjects will be allocated to four cohorts and randomized to receive vaccine treatment or saline placebo in...
ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) and scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, led by Dr. Trudy Morrison, published in the January 2011 issue of The Journal of Virology, a report indicating that a novel virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine candidate against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) protects mice from a live virus challenge. This vaccine candidate has been created with technology that Novavax has licensed...
SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the National Medical Association (NMA) and the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) released a consensus report on RSV. Concerned that recent clinical guidelines published by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee of Infectious Disease (AAP/COID) may leave some infants unprotected from RSV, the NMA/NBNA RSV Consensus Panel recommended that additional research be conducted to ensure that physicians provide the maximum...
GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- MedImmune, the global biologics unit of AstraZeneca, announced today that researchers will present results from five studies in the areas of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) at the 2010 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting taking place May 1-4, 2010 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. MedImmune abstracts to be presented at PAS regarding RSV include: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Hospitalization in infants with Chronic Lung Disease (CLD): An...
