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Although Chiron has won a $62.5 million government contract to develop a vaccine against the currently dreaded H5N1 bird flu, which has killed scores of people in Asia, Vasella says the pandemic scare isn't what drove his decision to buy the firm. He points out that there's still a lucrative market for new vaccines against viral and bacterial infections that afflict developed nations, like meningitis and, yes, the flu. "New vaccines for diseases prevalent in developed countries could be priced very differently," he says. And scientific advances, he adds, may soon make it possible to treat a range...
...leading manufacturers of the egg-dependent flu vaccine, is testing its first cell-culture technique, which it plans to apply to seasonal and pandemic flu vaccines. The Department of Health and Human Services last spring awarded a $97 million contract to Sanofi-Aventis, a Paris-based drug company, to develop avian-flu vaccines using human cells. The company is preparing a 20,000-liter bioreactor tank in the U.S. to brew test cultures. Jaap Goudsmit, chief scientific officer for Netherlands-based Crucell, which supplies cell-culture technology to Sanofi-Aventis, expects to test the first cell-based avian-flu vaccine...
...since—same questions, just rotating open-ended items.”In addition, students have had a more consistent channel of communication with HUDS since the creation of the HUDS Student Advisory Committee last year, which Snyder said will work with dining services “to develop new recipes, programs and ideas, as well as questions for future surveys.”Davis said that the committee seeks to convert student enthusiasm gauged on the survey into results. “That’s something we can translate into policy by speaking with the people...
Harvard will offer a new Management Fellowship focused on developing online course evaluations and moving other academic functions online, the University announced Friday. The fellowship will be offered to graduates of Harvard schools in addition to the 11 existing Management Fellowships, which include an Allston planning position, a green campus coordinator, and the Campus Life Fellow. The Fellow for the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) will be charged with coordinating several ongoing IT projects at the College as well as the development of the online CUE evaluation. The fellow will work with Registrar Barry S. Kane and other administrators...
...mail, Brewer wrote that his major goal as incoming CSA president is to “strengthen the Harvard Catholic community and make the CSA a more inviting and welcoming institution to outsiders.” Brewer also wrote that he aimed to “develop better ties with other religious student groups on campus.” Lonyai described this past year as having been successful for the CSA. “I think we’ve become more responsive to students’ concerns,” she said. “We have a great...