December 2014

1 December 2014

Walk in Interviews for Senior Project Fellow in Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine

Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine a constituent establishment of the of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, wishes to recruit following one position at IIIM, Jammu on temporary basis to run “Shimadzu make LC-MS installed in Instrumentation Division”.

Post: Sr. Project Fellow One post

1 December 2014

Natural Mysteries, yet to be tapped in Drug Discovery and Delivery

Editorial, Dec 2014 issue

““ Natural products may be obtained from terrestrial and marine plants, microorganism, vertebrates or invertebrates. Most of the times hint emanates from close observation, serendipity or accidental outcome.

Read more about GSK's Ebola Vaccine appears safe and shown encouraging immune response

An experimental vaccine to prevent Ebola virus disease was well-tolerated and produced immune system responses in all 20 healthy adults who received it in a phase 1 clinical trial conducted by researchers from the National Institutes of Health. The candidate vaccine, which was co-developed by the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), was tested at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The interim results are reported online in advance of print in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Read more about Medicines for Malaria Venture announces collaborations with Cipla and Strides

(1st December, 2014); Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) signs collab oration agreements with two Indian pharmaceutical companies, Cipla Limited and Strides Arcolab Limited for the development of rectal artesunate for pre - referral treatment of children with severe malaria.