HIV/AIDS Vaccine
Mining companies join consortium to sponsor Virax HIV drug clinical trial in South Africa
Published in AIDS Weekly, December 25th, 2006
The consortium now includes BHP Billiton (cornerstone investor), Gold Fields Limited, Harmony Gold Mining, Lonmin Plc, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Nippon Mining and Metals Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd., and Rio Tinto.
Virax's chairman Tom Quirk released the current list of corporate participants in the South African trial at Virax's annual general meeting.
In an innovative drug development strategy, Virax has...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-12-25)
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