Discovery of vaccine target for devastating livestock disease (University of Liverpool News)
GALVmed in the news
View media coverage of GALVmed projects in Africa and South Asia.
March 2023
Boehringer Ingelheim’s LastMile initiative reaches over 40,000 smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa increasing access to veterinary medicine (Boehringer Ingelheim)
Boehringer Ingelheim provides sub-Saharan livestock farmers with access to veterinary medicines! (Archynetys)
Smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa to access veterinary medicine (Capital FM)
40,000 Smallholders’ Farmers In Sub-Saharan Africa Get Access To Veterinary Medicines (Independent Newspaper Nigeria)
German Firm Reaches 40,000 Farmers In SSA To Increase Access To Vet Drugs (New Telegraph)
Boehringer Ingelheim’s LastMile initiative reaches over 40,000 smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (Nigerian Tribune)
Africa: Last Mile Initiative Reaches Over 40,000 Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (All Africa)
Boehringer, GALVmed, Gates Foundation Launch Veterinary Medicine Initiative (Health Digest)
Boehringer Launches Initiative to Provide Access to Veterinary Medicine to Smallholder Farmers (This Day)
Small scale farmers tipped on prevention of animal diseases (The Star)
Boehringer Ingelheim’s LastMile initiative reaches over 40,000 smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (The Daily Times)
Boehringer Ingelheim’s LastMile initiative reaches over 40,000 smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (News Ghana)
Boehringer Ingelheim’s Initiative Reaches Over 40,000 Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (African Eye Report)
July 2022
June 2022
Studying the effect of Newcastle Disease Vaccine adoption on the livelihoods of poultry farmers in Tanzania (Oxford Policy Management)
March 2022
GALVmed and Elanco unveil initiative to empower small-scale producers in Sub-Saharan Africa (Africa Agribusiness)
Livestock Diseases Cost Sub-Saharan Africa Farmers Billions (Market Screener)
Livestock diseases cost Sub-Saharan Africa farmers billions (Agrifocus African Market)
Livestock diseases cost Sub-Saharan Africa farmers billions (The Exchange)
GALVmed and partners working to combat tick infestation in Africa (Global Diaspora News)
East Africa: Livestock Diseases Cost Sub-Saharan Africa Farmers Billions (All Africa)
New initiative to support small-scale producers in sub-Sahara Africa (IPP Media)
Elanco Expands Commitment to Creating Shared Value, Launches New Initiative Empowering Small-Scale Producers in Sub-Saharan Africa (Dairy Business)
Elanco Launches New Initiative Empowering Small-Scale Producers (Indiana Agconnection)
Elanco Expands Commitment to Creating Shared Value, Launches New Initiative Empowering Small-Scale Producers in Sub-Saharan Africa (OTC Dynamics)
Elanco Expands Commitment to Creating Shared Value, Launches New Initiative Empowering Small-Scale Producers in Sub-Saharan Africa (Metro Latino USA)
Elanco Expands Commitment to Creating Shared Value, Launches New Initiative Empowering Small-Scale Producers in Sub-Saharan Africa (Business Wire)
Elanco Expands Commitment to Creating Shared Value, Launches New Initiative Empowering Small-Scale Producers in Sub-Saharan Africa (Market Screener)
Elanco Expands Commitment to Creating Shared Value, Launches New Initiative Empowering Small-Scale Producers in Sub-Saharan Africa (Yahoo Entertainment)
Access to Veterinary Drugs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Roadblocks and Current Solutions (Frontiers in Veterinary Science)
February 2022
One on One with Dr. Johnson Ouma, GALVmed’s New R&D Director (International Animal Health Journal (IAHJ) – Volume 9, Issue 1. Pages 8-9)
Newcastle Disease Vaccine Market Size And Forecast | Merck Animal Health, GALVmed, Elanco, Boehringer Ingelheim (Sox Sphere)
Animal Healthcare Market 2022 Size, Share, Growth Trend and Analysis Forecast to 2028 (Emergency Services News Today)
January 2022
Hatchery vaccination to boost opportunities for poultry producers in Africa (Farmer Review Africa)
Zendal suma y sigue: crea una nueva plataforma logística para sus vacunas en animales (Economía Digital)
November 2021
Parasitology and One Health – Perspectives on Africa and Beyond (Pathogens – MDPI)
October 2021
G20 urged to ramp up animal health investment to battle pandemics (Horsetalk)
Instan al G20 a invertir en salud animal para poder evitar futuras pandemias (Diario Veterinario)
New research into parasite killing 3 million animals/year in Africa, Asia and LatAm (The Beef Site)
New research into parasite killing 3 million animals/year in Africa, Asia and LatAm (The Dairy Site)
New research into parasite killing 3 million animals/year in Africa, Asia and LatAm (The Cattle Site)
September 2021
New research could lead to new treatments for African trypanosomiasis (The Cattle Site)
New insights into devastating cattle disease (MRCVS online)
July 2021
10 life-saving Australian inventions (The Brilliant)
June 2021
Using cross-species vaccination approaches to counter emerging infectious diseases (Nature Reviews Immunology)
April 2021
Pan African vaccination project to boost backyard production (Poultry World)
La nouvelle éco : Ceva Santé Animale vaccine les volailles pour les paysans africains (France Bleu)
Ceva Santé Animale collabore avec Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines pour soutenir 150 000 producteurs de volailles en Afrique (L’Usine Nouvelle)
An ambitious new 4-year project aims to help small-scale poultry producers in Africa (Poultryreporter.com)
PREVENT project for 150,000 backyard poultry producers in Africa (Feed Additive)
Backyard poultry producers in Africa to benefit from new PREVENT project (Africa Science News)
Backyard poultry producers in Africa to benefit from new PREVENT project (Global Diaspora News)
Ceva Santé Animale: PREVENT project to boost prospects for 150,000 backyard poultry producers in Africa (Market Screener)
Ceva se vuelca en mejorar la salud en África mediante la avicultura (Animal’s Health)
December 2020
August 2020
June 2020
Lives, Livelihoods and Livestock: COVID-19 impact on small-scale agricultural producers in Sub-Saharan Africa (LinkedIn articles – Archipel&Co)
Extension services for farmers go digital (People Daily Kenya)
Farmers to benefit from digital farm extension services (Farmkenya)
German pharmaceutical company launches digital farm extension platform in Kenya (Food Business Africa)
Kenyan Farmers To Benefit From Digital Farm Extension Services (Ghetto Radio)
Meilleur accès aux soins vétérinaires grâce au partenariat entre GALVmed et trois sociétés en Afrique de l’Ouest (Commodafrica)
Kenyan Farmers to Benefit From Digital Farm Extension Services (Business Today)
Bill Gates Funded LastMile app connecting farmers to animal healthcare solutions (Tech Moran)
Kenya’s livestock farmers can now get extension services from their mobile phones (Aptan Tech)
Kenyan Farmers to Benefit from Digital Farm Extension Services (Crossover)
”LastMile” – improving through digital (Boehringer Ingelheim)
GALVmed announces three new projects to accelerate animal healthcare in West Africa (Africa Agribusiness)
May 2020
GALVmed establishes trio of initiatives in West Africa (Animal Pharm)
GALVmed announces three new projects to accelerate animal healthcare in West Africa (Modern Ghana)
Cowtribe secures partnership to expand in West Africa (My News Gh)
GALVmed announces three new projects to accelerate animal healthcare in West Africa (Gh Parrot News)
February 2020
January 2020
November 2019
[Kenya] Farmers urge for options in fighting Foot and Mouth Disease (Africa Agribusiness)
Annual state-of-the-art report on animal health research on IRC priorities (STAR-IDAZ International Research Consortium on Animal Health)
September 2019
August 2019
GALVmed chief scientific officer: ‘I don’t think people foresaw the worldwide scale of ASF’ (Animal Pharm)
Kenya vet suppliers umbrella body to protect, promote interests (The Exchange)
Kenya’s animal health industry unveils umbrella body to address sector needs (Africa Business Communities)
GALVmed to help stimulate improved FMD vaccine for East Africa through AgResults project (Animal Pharm)
GALVmed trains guns on East Africa to fight FMD (The Exchange)
June 2019
May 2019
5 ways veterinary care improves livestock health in Africa (The Borgen Project blog)
March 2019
AgResults to launch FMD vaccine project for East Africa (Animal Pharm)
February 2019
January 2019
December 2018
Boehringer Ingelheim launches LastMile initiative targeting animal healthcare in Sub Saharan Africa (Africa Business Communities)
Germany experts launch project to address animal healthcare in Africa (The Exchange)
Boehringer Ingelheim launches ‘LastMile’ initiative to address major barriers in animal healthcare sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (Farmers Trend)
Initiative launched to improve access to animal healthcare in Africa (Coastweek)
November 2018
GALVmed receives funding approval for Tryps Phase 3 program (Animal Pharm)
October 2018
GALVmed brucellosis vaccine project begins to result in R&D advancements (Animal Pharm)
Veterinary Vaccines Market to Reach Over US$ 12,000 Mn in 2026, Says TMR (Cision PR Newswire)
September 2018
International competition seeks breakthrough solutions for Brucellosis (The Pig Site)
Animal health news & notes (Brakke Consulting, Inc)
GALVmed receives aid to develop vaccine projects for Africa (Animal Pharm)
UK aid helps farmers across Africa grow their businesses and protect livestock (gov.uk)
UK aid helps farmers across Africa grow their businesses and protect livestock (Public)
UK aid helps farmers across Africa grow their businesses and protect livestock (Reliefweb)
August 2018
Schumacher brings Merial, Boehringer experience to GALVmed as new chief executive (Animal Pharm)
GALVmed gets new Chief Executive (International Animal Health Journal)
The British High Commissioner to Kenya visits ILRI’s Nairobi livestock labs and campus (ILRI Clippings)
July 2018
Kenyan East Coast Fever vaccine now gets approval (Business Daily Africa)
Newcastle Disease Vaccine Market Insights by Size, Status and Forecast 2025 (Scoopasia)
June 2018
Professor Paul Wood awarded Order of Australia (Biotech Dispatch).
April 2018
March 2018
Brucellosis Vaccine Prize Awards US $1m to Animal Health Innovators Globally (International Animal Health Journal)
The burden of neglected tropical diseases on humans and animals (the Daily Monitor, Uganda)
February 2018
Brucellosis competition enter second phase (vet times)
Innovate against brucellosis and win (Agri Orbit)
Winning big for brucellosis (Health for Animals)
Livestock are taking the limelight in global policymaking fora (ILRI News)
January 2018
Bill Gates announces speaking visit to Scotland (The Herald)
Bill Gates set to visit Edinburgh University (The Sunday Post)
Bill Gates set for University of Edinburgh agriculture visit (Evening Edinburgh News)
Bill Gates set for University of Edinburgh agriculture visit (The Scotsman)
Bill Gates backs Edinburgh-based farm research projects (BBC) UK aid backs ground-breaking British research into ‘super-crops’ Via The Asian Independent, Public. 4-Traders, Reliefweb
Bill Gates visiting the university today to discuss agricultural research and innovation (The Student Newspaper)
More funds to help vaccine research (Victorian Country Hour, Australia)
Bill Gates at Edinburgh University to help fund GM crop research (Agri Africa)
Bill Gates announces research funding in Edinburgh (Evening Express)
Event celebrates UK innovations in agriculture (SeedQuest)
Bill Gates present as GALVmed backed by additional $40m funding (Animal Pharm)
Gates footing bill for Scots research into hardier crops (Express)
Bill Gates unveils £28m fund to fight livestock disease (Farmers Weekly)
December 2017
Bill Gates acknowledges Hester for developing Newcastle Disease Vaccine (via Indian pharmaceutical, health care industry and financial news websites Express Pharma and Economic Times Healthworld and Equity Bulls).
November 2017
Kenya launches agency to regulate veterinary medicines (via Africa News)
Andhra Pradesh well poised to become a seed hub says Bill Gates (via The Hindu)
October 2017
El CITA galardonado en la primera fase del premio Brucellosis Vaccine Prize (CITA wins award in the first phase of the Brucellosis Vaccine Prize) (via Spanish news outlet Heraldo)
El CITA galardonado en la primera fase del premio Brucellosis Vaccine Prize (CITA wins award in the first phase of the Brucellosis Vaccine Prize) (via Spanish news outlet 20 Minutos)
Un laboratorio gallego, en la final del concurso mundial para lograr una vacuna contra la Brucellosis (Galician laboratory in the final of world contest to develop a vaccine against Brucellosis) (via the website of the Colegio de Veterinarios de Madrid) Destinan 100.000 dólares a la Universidad de Navarra para desarollar una vacuna contra la brucelosis (University of Navarra awarded US$100,000 to develop a vaccine for Brucellosis) (via Spanish news outlet Navarra.com)
$30 million prize : If you can develop this vaccine (via Indian news outlet krishijagran.com)
Un proyecto de la Universidad de Navarra recibe 100 mil dólares para desarrollar una vacuna contra la brucelosis (University of Navarra project recieves US$100,000 to develop a vaccine for Brucellosis) (via Spanish news outlet noticias de Navarra) APHA awarded funding for Brucellosis vaccine development (via Publicnow.com)
APHA awarded funding for brucellosis vaccine development (via GOV.UK)
September 2017
“Calls for Brucellosis vaccine after outbreak in India” via MRCVSonline
Second tranche of prizes awarded in global brucellosis vaccine competition via Animal Pharm
August 2017
“GALVmed and Ceva introduce livestock diagnostic to Cameroon” via Animal Pharm
July 2017
“First Payments Awarded in Global Brucellosis Vaccine Prize Competition” via The Cattle Site
May 2017
“ViroVet extends pipeline to small ruminants with GALVmed guidance” via Animal Pharm
“ViroVet collaborates with GALVmed to develop novel vaccines for sheep & goats” via Pharmabiz.com
“ViroVet collaborates with GALVmed to develop novel vaccines for sheep & goats” via Newsdog website
“ViroVet collaborates with GALVmed to develop novel vaccines for sheep & goats” via Indian White Paper website
April 2017
“East Coast Fever vaccine upgrade likely” via Animal Pharm
“Experts brainstorm to double farmers’ income by 2022” via The Pioneer website
March 2017
“Chickens can help save wildlife” via The New York Times
“Applications open for Global US $30 million Brucellosis Vaccine Prize” via Veterinary Vaccinology Network website
February 2017
“Ng’ombe elfu 12 hufa kila mwaka wilayani Ngara kwa Ugonjwa wa Ndigana kali” (in Swahili) via ITV website
January 2017
“Global competition to find Brucella vaccine for third world” via 94-97 OFM
“New blood test developed to tackle major livestock disease in Africa” via Modern Ghana website
November 2016
“Vaccine innovators called to apply for Brucellosis Prize Competition” via Animal Pharm
“Applications now open for AgResults’ global US $30 million Brucellosis Vaccine Prize” via The Sheep Site
“Applications now open for AgResults’ global US $30 million brucellosis vaccine prize” via Drug Discovery Today.com “Applications now open for AgResults’ global US $30 million Brucellosis Vaccine Prize” via The Cattle Site
October 2016
“Science that transcends politics for a truly global reach” via Adjacent Government website Farmer’s Review Africa Sept/Oct 2016 magazine issue
“New blood test developed to tackle major livestock disease in Africa” via Veterinary Supplies Magazine
“NDDB-arm develops world’s first vaccine against tapeworms in pigs” via The Economic Times website
“IIL launches vaccine to combat tapeworm in pigs” via Business Standard website
“IIL launches vaccine to combat tapeworm in pigs” via India Today
“Indian Immunologicals launches first vaccine CYSVAX against tapeworms in pigs” via Pharmabiz.com
“Hyderabad firm develops pig tapeworm vaccine” via Hunt News website
September 2016
“Dundee research may hold key to tackling African cattle crisis” via Dundee Courier
“Dundee-linked science company on growth curve” via The Courier
“New blood test developed to tackle major livestock disease in Africa” via Health Medicine Network
“New blood test to tackle devastating cattle disease” via MRCVSonline
August 2016
“Brucellosis: Renewed efforts towards a safer vaccine” via the International Animal Health Journal
July 2016
“Mission to fight disease against worm” via The Times
“First registered vaccine for porcine cysticercosis nears sale in India” via Animal Pharm
June 2016
“Much-needed brucellosis vaccine to be stimulated by $30m prize” via Animal Pharm
“US $30 million prize offered for brucellosis vaccine” via Veterinary Record
“Premio para el desarrollo y registro de una vacuna frente a Brucella melitensis” via VetInnova website
“Thirty million dollar prize to develop a vaccine against Brucellosis” via Humanitarian News website
“US $30 million prize offered for brucellosis vaccine” via PubMed.gov
April 2016
“Making partnerships, markets to fight Newcastle Disease in Uganda” via Daily Monitor website
“Making partnerships, markets to fight Newcastle Disease in Uganda” via AllAfrica
“Making markets to fight Newcastle Disease in Uganda” via Talk Africa
“Making markets to fight Newcastle Disease in Uganda” via New Vision
March 2016
“To end poverty, put science at the heart of development” via The Guardian
“Taking control: Tackling Sheep and Goat Plague” via Talk Africa
“Uganda imports new sheep and goat plague vaccines” via Uganda Radio Network
February 2016
“Making markets to fight Newcastle Disease in Uganda” on Uganda Radio Network website
“Making markets to fight Newcastle Disease in Uganda” via Kenya Fox News
January 2016
“GALVmed working on molecules for nagana” on Animal Pharm’s website
December 2015
“Indian Immunologicals’ new pig vaccine” on the Hindu Business Line website
“GALVmed seeks partners for AAT drug development” on Animal Pharm website
“GALVmed eyes partners for live poultry vaccine” on Animal Pharm website
October 2015
“Top 20 Series-Rank 9 Indian Immunologicals to launch world’s first pig vaccine” on BioSpectrum website
“The role of para-professionals in the delivery of veterinary services in Africa” on OIE website
September 2015
“GALVmed, Hester train poultry vaccinators in India” on Animal Farm website
July 2015
“UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser to visit Nairobi” on Bloomberg Business website
“UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser to visit Nairobi” on Foreign Affairs website
“Why Kenya is attracting world interest” on Daily Nation website
“UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser to visit Nairobi” on Modern Ghana website
“UK Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Mark Walport to visit Nairobi and ILRI’s livestock laboratories this Wednesday 15 July” on ILRI News website
“UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser to visit Nairobi” on BizWire Express website via African Press Organisation
“UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser to visit Nairobi” on Afrik News website
“UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser to visit Nairobi” on Le Beninois website
“UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser to visit Nairobi” on SocioLingo Africa website
June 2015
“Indian firm to launch world’s first pig vaccine for cysticercosis” on The Pig Site website
May 2015
“IIL plans to launch world’s first pig vaccine for cysticercosis” on Livemint website
“Minister for Europe and International Development visits GALVmed to discuss livestock vaccines project” on NIDOS website
April 2015
“The Value of Livestock Vaccines” on The Telegraph website
“GALVmed working on developing zoonotic pig disease vaccine” on Animal Pharm website
March 2015
“The Value of Livestock Vaccines” in The Telegraph’s Business Reporter website
“New Delhi Meeting to Discuss Newcastle Disease Vaccine in South Asia and Africa” on The Poultry Site website
“New Delhi meeting to discuss Newcastle disease vaccines and learning opportunities in South Asia and Africa” on Zootecnica, World’s Poultry Journal online
February 2015
“Combatting Africa’s Biggest Killer Disease of Cattle through Vaccines” in the International Animal Health Journal
January 2015
“India targeted in Newcastle disease vaccine plan” in Animal Pharm
“UK charity supports centre producing vaccine against East Coast fever” in Veterinary Record
December 2014
“Farmers take Bill Gates’s £25m tip: care for the animals to beat poverty” on The Times website
“Last mile constraints’ preventing vaccination against Newcastle disease” on Animal Pharm website
“Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) report on the Centre for Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases Launch” audio clip originally aired on 8th December 2014 via MBC
“Malawi to manufacture one-shot East Coast fever vaccine” on the Animal Pharm website
“Malawi launches East Coast fever vaccine” on The Nation website
“Centre launches to fight East Coast fever disease” on MRCVSonline website
November 2014
“Visit of Bill Gates to discuss progress in development of livestock vaccines” in Moredun Magazine
“East Coast fever vaccine can save livestock keepers a lot of headache and money” on Standard Media website
“Africa urged to set up drug regulatory bodies to curb counterfeit drugs” on Coastweek.com via Xinhau
October 2014
“GALVmed seeks faster delivery of livestock medicine in India” in Animal Pharm
“UK animal health conference celebrates the lifeworks of immunologist Declan McKeever” on ILRI News website
“East Coast Fever vaccine saves East African farmers cattle” in The Farmer’s Pride, Kenyan magazine
September 2014
“Farmers in East Africa can now easily access the East Coast Fever Vaccine” in The Standard, Kenyan newspaper
“Behind the vaccine guarding African cattle” on the Cattle Site