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The Lancet Respiratory Medicine: Clinical trial finds inhaled immune response protein increases odds of recovery for hospitalised COVID-19 patients

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Inhaled delivery of a formulation of a key protein involved in the immune response – interferon beta-1a – to hospitalised COVID-19 patients in the UK reduced the odds that they would develop severe disease or die from SARS CoV-2 infection.

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NIH begins clinical trial evaluating second COVID-19 booster shots in adults

The Pharma Data

A Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating various additional COVID-19 booster shots has begun enrolling adult participants in the United States. “This trial will help us understand if we can use prototype and variant vaccines alone or together to shift immune responses to cover existing and emerging COVID-19 variants.”

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COVID-19 vaccine candidate, tested at UAB, will start Phase 1 clinical trial

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Preclinical tests at UAB last year showed potent systemic and mucosal immune responses in mice after a single intranasal dose. The vaccine candidate was developed by Maryland-based Altimmune Inc. Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Altimmune Inc.

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The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Preliminary results find vaccine candidate based on inactivated SARS-CoV-2 virus is safe and induces an immune response in healthy volunteers

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Phase 1/2 randomised controlled trial of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate was carried out in China between 29 April and 30 July 2020 and involved more than 600 healthy volunteers.

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HIV Vaccine Trial of Vir Biotech’s New Candidate VIR-1388 Begins

XTalks

The trial’s primary objective is to assess the safety of VIR-1388 and its capacity to stimulate a specific immune response against HIV in study participants. This groundbreaking endeavor has received support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

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Pfizer and BioNTech Complete Submission to European Medicines Agency for Omicron BA.1 Adapted Bivalent Vaccine Candidate

Pfizer

Pfizer and BioNTech Complete Submission to European Medicines Agency for Omicron BA.1 Pfizer and BioNTech Complete Submission to European Medicines Agency for Omicron BA.1 Tell your vaccination provider about all of the vaccine recipient’s medical conditions, including if the vaccine recipient: has any allergies. has a fever.

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The Lancet: Phase 2 trial of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in healthy older adults finds it is safe and provokes immune response

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Older adults are at a disproportionate risk of severe COVID-19 disease, so it is essential that any vaccine adopted for use against SARS-CoV-2 is effective in this group Peer-reviewed / Randomised Controlled Trial / People **There will be a UK Science Media Centre briefing at 10.15am UK time on Thursday 19th November about this study. […].