Domestic drug makers Cipla, Aurobindo and Matrix Laboratories have emerged as the second-line and paediatric AIDS medicine supply partners to international drug purchase facility UNITAID and Clinton Foundation HIV / AIDS Initiative in 2008. UNITAID and CHAI support HIV / AIDS treatment programmes in over 100 countries worldwide.
The new malaria vaccine (RTS.S/ AS01, tentatively brand-named Mosquirix) is the very first one to offer immunity against a parasite -- specifically the plasmodium falciparum parasite, which is the deadliest of the five parasites that cause malaria.
This week, global drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech said their COVID-19 vaccine candidate is 95 per cent effective, including in adults over 65 years of age.
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