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Gavi, a global vaccine alliance, has announced a partnership with the government here to accelerate access to modern, highly-efficacious vaccines to support India's immunisation programme, it was announced on Thursday.

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MabVax Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., a clinical-stage oncology drug development company, announces that it has received notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorizing the initiation a Phase I clinical trial with HuMab-5B1 as a therapeutic treatment for pancreatic cancer.  The Company filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its lead fully human antibody product on November 30, 2015.  Patient enrollment in the Phase I clinical trial is expected to begin at multiple investigational sites in early 2016.

MannKind Corporation announced the termination of its license and collaboration agreement with sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC for the development and commercialization of Afrezza® (insulin human) Inhalation Powder.

Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on identifying and developing safe and effective therapeutics for the treatment of serious and life-threatening infections, announced that on December 31, 2015, the Company filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its lead antibacterial development candidate, MAT2501.

Vericel Corporation, a leading developer of patient-specific expanded cellular therapies for the treatment of severe diseases and conditions, announced that it has submitted a

Researchers have identified a powerful new drug with "unparalleled" strength against forms of a children's cancer that resist treatment.

Cutting sugar in sweetened drinks by 40 percent can prevent over three lakh obesity-related Type 2 diabetes over the next two decades, a significant study has found.

The use of oral contraceptive just before pregnancy is not associated with an increased risk of major birth defects, says a study.

Persons residing at higher latitudes, with lower sunlight exposure and greater prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, are at greater risk of developing cancer, including leukemia, a type of blood cancer, new research reveals.

Torn notebook recording deficiencies, lack of batch manufacturing records, use of unofficial notebooks, lack of audit trails on operation of computer systems, product mix-ups due to manufacturing deficiencies are some of the violations found by USFDA at Cadila Healthcare Ltd's two plants.