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Smithsonian April 2005 Jeffrey Kluger	Conquering Polio Fifty years ago, a scientific panel declared Jonas Salk's polio vaccine a smashing success. Here is an excerpt from "Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio," which takes readers behind the headlines.
BusinessWeek June 28, 2004 Amy Barrett	Jonas Salk: He Put An End To Polio In the '50s, Dr. Jonas Salk moved with lightning speed to develop and test a vaccine for polio.
BusinessWeek November 18, 2010 Jason Gale	Bill Gates' Latest Challenge: Polio Bill Gates is brokering deals with drugmakers to make cheaper vaccines available.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2005 Sarah Houlton	Global Report: Wanted: Attention Bird flu is number one on the media's agenda. But other diseases need better immunization, too. WHO estimates that in 2002, 2.1 million people died from diseases that could have been prevented by vaccines that WHO currently recommends.
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Kerry Capell	Vaccinating The World's Poor GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals is betting it can combat Third World scourges -- and still make money.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Shot in the Arm for Novartis' Pipeline The company picks up the rights to a vaccine that fights a virus.
Chemistry World August 5, 2015 Emma Stoye	Vaccine raises hopes of an end to Ebola A Phase III trial for a candidate Ebola vaccine has shown extremely encouraging results in Guinea, demonstrating complete protection for all those who were vaccinated.
Chemistry World September 16, 2015 Patrick Walter	A shot in the arm It's heartening news that an Ebola vaccine has delivered outstanding results and that a malaria one shows early promise.
AskMen.com David Alm	Why Arguments Against Vaccination Are Wrong Christie and Paul say the issue comes down to personal choice, but whose choice are they protecting?
The Motley Fool October 26, 2011 Chris Baines	Why Getting A Flu Shot Is Critical Vaccines save the lives of millions. By getting a flu shot, you're also aiding future vaccine research conducted by major pharmaceutical companies.
Wired January 2003 Richard Martin	Testing the First AIDS Vaccine Medical establishment, government, and Genentech be damned -- Don Francis has never stopped believing. Now he's about to finish testing the first human AIDS vaccine.
The Motley Fool March 9, 2010 Brian Orelli	Are Billions of Dollars in Revenue at Risk? Vaccine makers' lawsuit protection is called into question.
Popular Mechanics August 2008 Glenn Harlan Reynolds	As Diseases Make Comeback, Why Aren't All Kids Vaccinated? The measles, whooping cough and even polio have returned. Why? Because of a new breed of vaccine deniers who are ignoring campaigns for awareness, and ultimately might live shorter lives.
Bio-IT World June 15, 2003 Malorye Branca	A View to a Kill Genomics, bioinformatics, and novel laboratory techniques are converging to boost vaccine research against a new wave of emerging diseases, natural and man-made. Now, will in silico modeling ramp up sufficiently to further speed vaccine discovery?
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BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 John Carey	A Booster Shot For Vaccines New technology could speed the development of vaccines and keep the medicine chest stocked.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2005 Anthony Tao	The Avian Few: Is it Too Late for Pharma to Re-enter the Vaccine Fray? Small profit margins and high litigation risks drove most companies out of the vaccine business decades ago. As a possible pandemic looms, pharma re-enters the fray. Is it too late?
AskMen.com	Vaccine Helps Prevent HIV For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result.
Chemistry World January 29, 2015 Matthew Gunther	Ebola vaccine shown to be safe in humans GlaxoSmithKline's experimental Ebola vaccine is capable of triggering an immune response in humans, according to a new study.
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 Catherine Arnst	O.K., Roll Up Your Sleeve New vaccines are arriving but the economics are still a challenge.
Chemistry World February 9, 2007 Victoria Gill	Africa's First Large-Scale HIV Vaccine Trial The first large-scale clinical trial of an HIV vaccine will involve around 3000 participants in five selected sites in South Africa. It will compare the effectiveness of the vaccine at reducing HIV infection compared to a placebo.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2007 Brian Orelli	Cold HIV Vaccine Gets Frozen Phase 2 clinical trials of Merck's HIV vaccine were frozen, leaving the door open for other drugmakers that have vaccines of their own in early trials. Investors, take note.
Chemistry World February 2006	Editorial: Fighting Avian Flu Participants at a world avian flu conference in Beijing committed to increasing cooperation on global vaccine and anti-viral research and development.
Managed Care October 2000 Kevin A. Wilson	Public Policy Largely Ignores Adult Immunization Needs Although four fifths of the nation's children are fully immunized, tens of thousands of adults die each year from diseases preventable by vaccination...
Health October 2007 Sarah Clachar	Read this BEFORE you get a flu shot The flu vaccine may not be as good -- or as safe -- as you think.
HBS Working Knowledge March 1, 2004 Martha Lagace	Injecting New Life into the Vaccine Industry Vaccines for preventable diseases save millions of lives every year, yet as an industry, the vaccine business suffers a host of ailments, the CEO of Merck & Co. contends.
Salon.com October 6, 1999 Edward Hooper	"The River" An exhaustive history of HIV and AIDS offers a bold new theory about its origins
BusinessWeek October 22, 2007 Catherine Arnst	Roll Up Your Sleeve, Gramps A graying population may create a huge market for vaccines that buttress aging immune systems.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2005 Brian Gorman	Chasing Down Bird Flu Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline are emerging as the likely winners in the race to produce a bird flu vaccine.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2004 Rich Duprey	Chiron Crisis Creates Investor Opportunity As flu vaccine maker flames out, other companies may step in to fill the void.
Chemistry World October 23, 2014 Rebecca Trager	US agency fast-tracks Ebola vaccine development The US Department of Health and Human Services is fast-tracking tests on an Ebola vaccine by providing $5.8 million under a one-year contract with the Maryland-based biotech company Profectus BioSciences
Popular Mechanics September 2006 Ben Harder	Seeking Immunity Pathogens like West Nile virus show no respect for borders. But a new class of vaccines may soon keep them in check.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2009 Brian Orelli	The HPV Vaccine Wars of 2010 Merck and GlaxoSmithKline human papillomavirus vaccines were both approved by the Food and Drug Administration for different indications.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Brian Orelli	Contracts That Are for the Birds Baxter and GlaxoSmithKline get bird flu vaccine contracts from the U.K. These contracts aren't reasons by themselves to run out and buy the companies' stock, but expanding income sources are almost always a good sign.
Chemistry World December 3, 2014 Maria Burke	Ebola vaccine passes first safety hurdle The vaccine was developed collaboratively by scientists at the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and at Okairos, a biotechnology company acquired by GlaxoSmithKline.
HHMI Bulletin Feb 2012 Nancy Ross-Flanigan	A Safer Shot at TB While trying to understand tuberculosis bacteria genes, researchers discovered a safe way to shut down the bacteria.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Gene G. Marcial	How Immune Response Targets AIDS Immune Response's Remune is aimed at slowing the advance of HIV and delaying the need for antiretroviral drugs, which have toxic effects. A look at the company's situation and its stock.
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 Weintraub et al.	Swine Flu: The Pandemic That Wasn't Swine flu is waning, but the lessons of H1N1 could come in handy during a more serious epidemic.
The Motley Fool June 26, 2008 Brian Lawler	Gauging Glaxo's Vaccine Value Surprise! The FDA actually approves Glaxo's new combination children's vaccine without delay.
Salon.com June 9, 2000 Arthur Allen	Heart of darkness A team of Los Alamos researchers traces AIDS back to the 1930s, blowing a hole in the most recent theory about its origin.
Salon.com March 8, 2001 Amy Standen	Ready for some lockjaw? There's no profit in the tetanus vaccine business, so a rare and hideous disease may soon strike more Americans...
American Family Physician May 15, 2001	Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: What a Parent Needs to Know Why should my child get this vaccine?... What exactly is the pneumococcal vaccine?... Are there some children who should not get pneumococcal conjugate vaccine or who should wait until they are older?...
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 John Carey	New Vaccines For A Pandemic Using DNA, vast amounts of flu vaccine could be made quickly. But will the drugs work?
The Motley Fool December 13, 2011 Frank Vinluan	N.C. Novartis Site Is First Cell-Based Flu Vaccine Facility in the Country A Novartis' vaccine facility in North Carolina today became the first facility authorized by the FDA for emergency use during a pandemic.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 Brian Orelli	Hopeful Flu Production Technology From Baxter While the clinical trial demonstrating strong immunogenicity for the new vaccine is certainly good news, the continued development of the production technology is probably the more important item for investors.
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Carol Matlack	Preventing The Pandemic France's Sanofi Pasteur is already signing contracts for an avian flu vaccine.
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Pharmaceutical Executive July 3, 2007 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: Vaccines for Everyone New vaccines can be good business and a huge boon to public health. But the challenge is to establish prices that ensure global access, and to bring necessary medications to third-world countries.