On Nov. 2, 2018, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) published updated recommendations on use of hepatitis A…
On Apr. 20, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP)…
On Jan. 12, 2018, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published updated Immunization Practices Advisory…
On Nov. 9, 2017, the FDA licensed Heplisav-B, the new hepatitis B vaccine, to Berkeley-based Dynavax Technologies for…
On Sept. 15, 2017, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published updated GamaSTAN S/D prescribing…
On Aug. 28, 2017, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued policy stating that newborns should routinely receive…
On Sept. 13, 2016, Arbutus Biopharma announced that Dr. Michael J. Sofia, Arbutus’ Chief Scientific Officer, had been…
On Dec. 20, 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published guidance for HBV protection…
On Feb. 25, 2009, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended routine hepatitis A vaccination for household…
On Oct. 27, 2008, the National Quality Forum included the hepatitis B birth dose among its consensus standards…
On Oct. 19, 2007, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published updated recommendations for prevention…
On May 8, 2007, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) reported that people infected with the hepatitis C virus…
On Mar. 28, 2007, the FDA announced that GlaxoSmithKline (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania) received approval for an alternate…
On Dec. 23, 2005, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…
On Oct. 17, 2005, the FDA approved lowering the age limit to 12 mos for the remaining U.S.-licensed…
On Aug. 11, 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an application of a pediatric/adolescent formulation of…
On Dec. 13, 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had licensed a combined diphtheria…
On Dec. 3, 2002, Genentech drug Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
On May 11, 2001, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed a combined hepatitis A and B vaccine…
On Aug. 29, 1999, Merck, West Point, Pennsylvania) received approval from the FDA of a supplement to Merck’s…
On Jan. 15. 1999, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…
On Aug. 26, 1998, the Children’s Vaccine Program was established at WHO’s Program for Appropriate Technology in Health…
In 1998, some research caused concern that hepatitis B vaccination might be linked with multiple sclerosis (MS), a…
On Oct. 2, 1996, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed a combined Hib conjugate and hepatitis B…
On Mar. 29, 1996, the second inactivated hepatitis A vaccine (Vaqta by Merck) was licensed.
On Feb. 22, 1995, the first inactivated hepatitis A vaccine, distributed by SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), was…
On Nov. 22, 1991, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) published recommendations for routine hepatitis B vaccination for…
On Aug. 28, 1989, a second recombinant hepatitis B vaccine, Engerix-B (SmithKlineBeecham), was approved for use in the…
In 1989, McGill University researcher Dr. Bernard Belleau developed the antiviral drug 3TC (Lamivudine), which became a critical…
On Jul. 23, 1986, the Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (Recombivax HB by Merck) was licensed. Using recombinant DNA…