MinervaXApS, a privately held Danish biotechnology company developing a novel vaccine against Group B Streptococcus (GBS), today announces the successful completion of a 72 million EUR financing round. The equity financing of 22 million EUR was co-led by new investors Read more…
Abstracts are now being accepted for the above annual virtual conference, which brings together experts from the UK and around the world to share knowledge and discuss the latest developments in this field. This conference will provide a platform for Read more…
By Javairia Khalid, Lecturer, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan An estimated one in five pregnant women around the world carry Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria which is a major, yet preventable, cause of maternal and infant ill health globally. GBS Read more…
New data published in MBRRACE-UK’s Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report 2020 has found that group B Strep is the most commonly identified cause of stillbirth and neonatal death. For the first time, data were presented on infectious causes of stillbirth and Read more…
By Javairia Khalid, Lecturer, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan Each year on November 17th, World Prematurity Day is observed to raise awareness about preterm birth and what these babies and their families face across the world. Approximately 15 million babies Read more…
Thursday 17 November9am EST | 2pm GMT | 3pm CET | 5pm EAT | 7:30pm IST (1 hour) Thank you for joining us for our 1st ‘Young ISSAD’ Committee Seminar Series on GBS Epidemiology. We had speakers Dr Proma Paul, Read more…
We welcome the news that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded Pfizer a $100 million grant to support the development of their Group B Strep vaccine. “Prevention is always better than cure, and a safe and effective group Read more…
The IMPRINT network recently produced the animation resource below explaining Group B Strep vaccines aimed at a general audience. They will also be translating the video into other languages available in 2023. For more IMPRINT GBS videos please visit https://www.imprint-network.co.uk/videos.
On the 5th of October, we joined organisations and individuals around the globe to mark World Meningitis Day 2022. Together, meningitis and neonatal sepsis are the second biggest infectious cause of death in children under five. They can kill in hours, Read more…
The infections that GBS most commonly causes in newborn babies are sepsis (infection of the blood), pneumonia (infection in the lungs) and meningitis (infection of the fluid and lining around the brain). Although GBS infection can make babies very unwell, Read more…