Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 25, 2023

A new study at UTHealth Houston in the US has found that several routine vaccinations are linked to a significant reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In 2022, Schulz’s team also found that people who received at least one influenza vaccine were 40% less likely than their unvaccinated peers to develop AD.

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Scienmag

MARCH 25, 2021

The largest study of its kind to date also found benefit for lactating women BOSTON – In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard have found the new mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to be highly effective in […].

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 11, 2022

An intranasal formulation of AstraZeneca’s widely-used COVID-19 vaccine Vaxzevria has failed at the first hurdle, after results from a phase 1 trial found it was unable to stimulate a strong immune response to the virus. Other efforts to develop a nasally-delivered COVID-19 vaccine have met with greater success.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Pfizer-BioNTech announced Wednesday that preliminary preclinical data from mouse and macaque monkey models showed a strong immune response from its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. . The study and the data are currently subject to peer review.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Scientists in the US say they have developed an mRNA-based vaccine that encompasses all 20 known subtypes of influenza that could form the basis of a future universal jab. The goals of the programme are also similar to those in COVID vaccine development.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Flavivirus vaccine components. Sanofi is one of the leading patent filers for Flavivirus vaccine components.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 19, 2022

Moderna has joined forces with non-profit organisation IAVI on a third phase 1 trial of its candidate HIV vaccine in Africa, where the burden of the virus is still being keenly felt. There are hopes that its mRNA approach, which proved so effective against COVID-19, could succeed where traditional vaccine technologies have failed in HIV.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Coronavirus vaccine components. The vaccine also contains other inactive ingredients such as cholesterol.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

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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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Pfizer/BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine against COVID is a technical marvel – but the ultra-cool temperatures required for storage and stability has been tricky to handle. A nasal delivery method will also produce an immune response at the point where the virus enters the body.

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XTalks

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Last week, a study that “stumbled upon” a vaccine for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The experimental arthritis vaccine was developed by researchers at the University of Toledo (UToledo) and is a major breakthrough for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases as well.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Canadian biopharmaceutical company Medicago has announced that its investigational COVID-19 vaccine generated “significant antibody and cellular immune responses” after two doses in all subjects in an early-stage clinical trial. microgram or 15-microgram doses of the vaccine candidate, either alone or with an adjuvant.

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Scienmag

MAY 6, 2022

New research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May), suggests that adults (aged 18 or older) with severe obesity generate a significantly weaker immune response to COVID-19 vaccination compared to those with normal weight.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 30, 2024

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong speaks to Dr Katrina Pollock from the Oxford Vaccine Group at the University of Oxford. Dr Pollock is the Chief Investigator of the LEGACY03 clinical trial, a study aiming to investigate lymph nodes and vaccination responses across age groups. KP: Our immune system changes across different life stages.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Enrolment in a Phase I trial of a new investigational universal influenza vaccine candidate has begun at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, US. An ideal universal influenza vaccine could be taken less frequently than once a year and protect against multiple strains of influenza virus. “An

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The UK’s University of Oxford is taking the lead on two collaborative international projects to improve the response to new Covid-19 variants and contribute to future pandemic preparedness. The scientists say the tool can help inform the development of vaccines and therapies for SARS-CoV-2 and other rapidly mutating viruses.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In this article, Ben Hargreaves looks into the promise of cancer vaccines and how this treatment modality may offer advantages over existing immunotherapies in the oncology sector. One area that is gathering increasing levels of interest is the development of cancer vaccines. A broad front.

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Advarra

JANUARY 11, 2024

The applications of mRNA-based therapies in cancer research represent one of the next groundbreaking steps toward improved cancer treatments. While mRNA usage has played several roles in clinical research , oncology researchers in particular are eager to explore the possibilities of mRNA-based cancer vaccines.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Researchers at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital show that levels of specific antibodies developed in the immune response may influence COVID-19 outcomes in both children and adults.

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Scienmag

MARCH 24, 2022

People who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 before being vaccinated generate an immune response more specific to fighting viral infections, and produce a broader antibody response, than do people whose only protection is the vaccine, according to researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 27, 2020

Moderna has announced that its coronavirus vaccine candidate has shown promise in generating an immune response in elderly patients in an early-stage clinical trial. . Each patient was given two 100 microgram doses of the vaccine 28 days apart. There is hope that Moderna’s vaccine could be available by early 2021. .

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Biogen today announced results of a new analysis of immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine among people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Germany and Spain, researchers evaluated blood samples from 322 participants 28-90 days after their last COVID-19 vaccine dose. Using data from the MS PATHS network in the U.S.,

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XTalks

AUGUST 16, 2021

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has amended its emergency use authorizations (EUA) for both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to incorporate a third dose for immunocompromised individuals. A small study from John Hopkins University has shown that a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine could indeed help immunocompromised patients.

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XTalks

APRIL 26, 2021

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.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 25, 2020

German drugmaker CureVac said preclinical studies of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV, showed the vaccination prompted a successful immune response. The vaccine is currently being evaluated in phase 1 and 2 human clinical trials. Source link.

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World of DTC Marketing

APRIL 11, 2021

QUICK THOUGHT: People believe the COVID-19 vaccine was developed in less than a year but that’s not true. Further scientific research into the virus and recognition that it was not like influenza A, a flu virus known to cause bronchitis, would transpire over the next 30 years. . Funding was not the only issue. Do Lockdowns Work?

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XTalks

JUNE 5, 2023

Pfizer has announced that its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, Abrysvo, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Abrysvo, the bivalent RSV prefusion F (RSVpreF) vaccine, is intended for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by RSV in individuals aged 60 years and older.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

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. This is the focus of vaccines in development and convalescent plasma therapy.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Lu Rahman selects some of the year’s interesting and noteworthy advances in cancer research drug discovery and development. In the UK, according to Cancer Research UK, around 167,000 people die from cancer in the UK each year. Research into new drugs and therapeutics is on-going and is helping drive mortality rates down.

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Sciensano

JULY 5, 2023

Vaccin COVID-19 Event type: symposium Audience: general public health professionals journalist PhD students policy makers scientists Description: Sciensano is pleased to invite you to its BelCoVac symposium, which will focus on studies on the COVID vaccine in Belgium.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The first patients are now being treated as part of a first-in-human trial of a vaccine, administered as a nasal spray, that aims to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Meanwhile researchers in Japan are also running preclinical studies of an intranasal tau vaccine.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Alexandre Le Vert, CEO and co-founder of Osivax, discusses the company’s breakthrough vaccine technology, oligoDOM, and how it’s driving the development of new influenza and SARS-CoV-2 vaccines that attack T-cells, providing a long-lasting effect. Antibodies cover the pathogen of the virus and neutralise it.

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XTalks

JUNE 18, 2021

Despite increasing vaccinations, the need for COVID-19 treatments has not gone away, particularly in light of vaccine shortages and rising case numbers in some countries around the world. It is the first trial to demonstrate that any antibody treatment could improve survival in patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

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XTalks

JUNE 15, 2022

Last week, Novavax announced that it received positive feedback from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) regarding the safety and efficacy of its COVID-9 vaccine (NVX-CoV2373). The Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate. The vaccine is given in two doses.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

France-based biotech Valneva has won approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its chikungunya vaccine Ixchiq for the prevention of infection from the chikungunya virus. The vaccine is approved for adults 18 years of age and older who are at increased risk of exposure to the virus.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

A new type of test based on detection of activated T cells may prove to have greater utility in determining whether someone has had a COVID-19 infection compared to a traditional antibody test. The cell-based tests are designed to identify specific T cells that are activated in response to a pathogen — which in this case would be SARS-CoV-2.

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