Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, is widely administered as a vaccine for tuberculosis ... we believe that there are instructive parallels between the biology ...

In May 2024, ImmunityBio entered an exclusive global agreement with the Serum Institute of India to obtain a supply of the BCG vaccine for all types of cancer. The company holds several patents ...

The current tuberculosis (TB) vaccine Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the most widely used vaccine worldwide, but it does not prevent the establishment of latent TB or ...

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...

Academic researchers in Massachusetts believe the standard BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine could have a remarkable second use: a treatment to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes. The cause of ...

The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, developed the alternative BCG source. In European clinical trials for bladder cancer, ImmunityBio said its ...

We are broadly interested in the biology of mycobacteria ... Although used worldwide as a vaccine for M. tuberculosis, BCG is also a highly effective biotherapy for bladder cancer. We are seeking to ...

Mumbai: From Dec 2024, 16,000 adults in Mumbai have received the BCG vaccine—a shot traditionally administered to infants as protection against tuberculosis (TB)—with a majority of them ...

A supplemental Biologics License Application has been submitted to the FDA for Anktiva plus BCG in papillary NMIBC.

The only current licensed vaccine against TB is Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), which has remained unchanged for more than a century. The need for an effective vaccine to reduce the spread of TB ...

Indeed, the BCG vaccine was invented whether the leprosy world asked for it or not; and it has not been necessary to consider the need for neonatal BCG vaccination to prevent leprosy, or to ...