Japan to evaluate foreign flu vaccine

Clinical trials of prepandemic flu vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) PLC will start in Japan next month, the company’s Japan unit said Thursday.GSK K.K. plans to file an application with the health, Labor and Welfare Ministry possibly next year, for the vaccine’s adoption for the government’s stockpiling program.Currently, all prepandemic vaccines stockpiled by the government are domestically developed. GSK’s vaccine would be the first foreign-made one to be stockpiled in Japan if approved.The...

Rating: 5 Reviewer: Info Petani - ItemReviewed: Japan to evaluate foreign flu vaccine - 9756people
Info Petani -

CPI up 2.4%; biggest rise since 1992

Consumer price inflation grew 2.4 percent in July from a year earlier, the fastest rate of increase in more than 16 years, the government said Friday.The nationwide consumer price index, which excluded volatile fresh food price, rose for 10th straight month to 103,4 against a base of 1000 for 2005. The rise was due to gasoline and utility price hikes and added to evidence that rising energy costs are weighing down the economy, the Internal Affairs and communications Ministry said in preliminary...

Rating: 5 Reviewer: Info Petani - ItemReviewed: CPI up 2.4%; biggest rise since 1992 - 9756people
Info Petani -