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Experimental COVID-19 vaccine offers long-term protection against severe disease

Medical Xpress

In 2021, a group of scientists led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian reported that the Moderna mRNA vaccine and a protein-based vaccine candidate containing an adjuvant, a substance that enhances immune responses, elicited durable neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 (..)

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Hipra’s Covid-19 booster gets EMA nod and enters an uncertain landscape

Pharmaceutical Technology

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended HIPRA’s Covid-19 vaccine , Bimervax, as a Covid-19 booster. Available to people ages 16 years and above who have been vaccinated with a Covid-19 mRNA vaccine, EMA’s Human Medicines Committee concluded the vaccine is ready for marketing authorization in the EU, on 30 March.

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UK MHRA grants authorisation for Moderna’s Covid-19 booster vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted conditional authorisation for Moderna ’s Covid-19 booster vaccine, mRNA-1273.214 (Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron), for use in adults aged 18 years and above. 1) versus the 50µg mRNA-1273 booster dose. 1 variant as well as the original 2020 strain.”.

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Regeneron’s Antibody Drug Becomes First Approved Treatment for Ebola

XTalks

Inmazeb is a combination of three different antiviral monoclonal antibodies. NASDAQ: REGN) in response to an Ebola outbreak that spread throughout several West African countries between 2014 and 2016, having the most devastating socioeconomic impacts in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Targeted Antiviral Treatment.

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Keeping tabs on Covid-19: Thermo Fisher Scientific antibody test is granted the CE Mark Certification and pharma cargo companies prepare for temperature-controlled vaccine delivery

The Pharma Data

The test has been designed to quantitatively measure of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to aid clinicians in identifying patients with an immune Covid-19 response pre- and post-vaccination. As we follow individuals over the course of a year, we are repeatedly testing them for both virus and antibodies.”.

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Roche launches new quantitative antibody test to measure SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, to support the evaluation of vaccines

The Pharma Data

The new Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S test can quantitatively measure the level of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in patients who have been exposed to the virus. The test targets antibodies against the spike protein. The majority of current candidate vaccines aim to induce an antibody response against the spike protein. “As

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New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Positive Initial Regeneron Antibody Cocktail Results in Non-hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

The Pharma Data

NASDAQ: REGN ) today announced that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has published initial clinical data from an ongoing seamless Phase 1/2/3 trial of the antibody cocktail casirivimab and imdevimab in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19. TARRYTOWN, N.Y. , 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.