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20 Jul 2009
 
 
First SA-designed HIV/Aids vaccine trial launched
HIV/AIDS
The first clinical trial of an HIV/Aids vaccine designed and developed in South Africa was launched in Cape Town on Monday. Medical Research Council president Anthony MBewu said the development of...
 
 
05 Sep 2008
 
Beijing shutdown hits SA generics supply
SOUTH AFRICA
The Beijing Olympics has had "an unexpected side effect", which is being felt locally in the form of serious shortages of generic medicines. Generic drugs supplies worldwide were affected when...
 
 
18 Jul 2008
 
US drops trial of one AIDS vaccine
HIV/AIDS
U.S. AIDS researchers are dropping plans to test one experimental vaccine in people, saying the high-profile failure of a Merck and Co. vaccine last year shows the need to do quicker, more focused...
 
 
26 Mar 2008
 
US government sees overhaul of AIDS vaccine effort
HIV/AIDS
The U.S. government began a major overhaul of its effort to produce an AIDS vaccine on Tuesday, stressing a return to basic scientific research after the failure of a key clinical trial last year....
 
 
26 Jul 2007
 
News this week
Newsletter - News this Week
JOHANNESBURG - Delivering the fifth annual Nelson Mandela Lecture, former United Nations (UN) secretary-general Kofi Annan asks African leaders to practise good governance and democracy to rebuild...
 
 
12 Jan 2004
 
Mbeki to resume duties after collapsing
News
President Thabo Mbeki would resume his normal schedule today after receiving medical attention on Sunday for an allergic reaction to food, the Presidency said.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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