Remove Antibody Remove Immune Response Remove Licensing Remove Vaccination
article thumbnail

Evaxion and ExpreS²ion partner to develop new CMV vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

Evaxion Biotech and ExpreS 2 ion Biotechnologies have entered a vaccine discovery collaboration agreement to co-develop a new cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine candidate. Until 2025, the companies will equally share the research and intellectual property licensing expenses under the partnership.

article thumbnail

Accelerated development for Covid-19 monoclonal antibody

Drug Discovery World

A monoclonal antibody to prevent Covid-19 in vulnerable patients, AZD3152, has entered clinical trials less than 12 months after discovery. . Hugo Fry, CEO of RQ Bio, comments: “We’re delighted that one of our discovered antibodies is now at the core of an innovative AstraZeneca investigational medicine reaching clinical trials.” .

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Preclinical data supports arenaviral therapeutic vaccine for hepatitis B

Drug Discovery World

HB-400, a novel arenaviral therapeutic vaccine developed by HOOKIPA Pharma and Gilead Sciences, has been shown to generate robust T cell responses specific to hepatitis B virus with high antibody levels in a preclinical setting. A Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability of HB‑400 in humans is ongoing.

article thumbnail

AvantGen Announces Licensing of Its Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 Therapy Development

The Pharma Data

a San Diego-based biotechnology company with an array of technology platforms for antibody discovery and optimization, and novel NK and T cell engager generation, today announced licensing of a panel of its anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody clones to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 therapy development.

article thumbnail

Malaria Vaccine a Breakthrough Success with 77 Percent Efficacy

XTalks

After years of disappointing malaria vaccine trials, a malaria shot developed by researchers at the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford has demonstrated an unprecedentedly high efficacy of 77 percent, and may be the magic bullet the world has been waiting for against the deadly disease.

article thumbnail

High hopes as new malaria vaccine shows unprecedented efficacy

pharmaphorum

A malaria vaccine developed by members of the University of Oxford team behind the AstraZeneca COVID-19 jab has been hailed as a possible game-changer in the fight against the deadly parasitic infection. g) dose of Novavax’ Matrix-M adjuvant, used to boost the immune response to the R21 antigen. g) or high (50 ?g)

article thumbnail

EU places firm order for AZ/Oxford Uni’s ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccine

pharmaphorum

The European Commission has placed its first advance order for a coronavirus vaccine, snapping up 300 million doses of AstraZeneca’s ChAdOx1 candidate developed by the University of Oxford, with an option on another 100 million. The EU says its advance purchase order will finance part of the upfront costs of developing the vaccine.