Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 31, 2023

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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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 10, 2023

It will also be used for the treatment of people who are not likely to have an adequate immune response to Covid-19 vaccination or for people who are not recommended for Covid-19 vaccination. Evusheld (formerly AZD7442) is a combination of two long-acting antibodies, tixagevimab (AZD8895) and cilgavimab (AZD1061).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 18, 2022

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended granting variation to the marketing authorization (MA) for Moderna ’s Spikevax bivalent Original/Omicron BA.1 1273.214, a bivalent Omicron-targeting Covid-19 vaccine of the company. 5), mRNA-1273. 5), mRNA-1273.

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BioPharma Reporter

APRIL 8, 2021

Moderna today highlighted the publication of antibody persistence data out to six months following the second dose of its COVID-19 vaccine in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 9, 2021

AstraZeneca’s antibody cocktail for COVID-19, now called Evushield, has become the first drug in the class to be authorised for prevention of infection by the US FDA. The emergency use authorisation (EUA) for Evushield activates a 700,000 order for the antibody from the US government, worth upwards of $726 million.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

RSV researchers at major pharmaceutical companies are currently working to develop new RSV drugs to beat future waves of RSV infection and gain the first RSV vaccine FDA approval. Pharmaceutical companies are pushing to develop drugs and vaccines for RSV with these populations in mind.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 12, 2022

Half a million people in the UK with conditions like blood cancer that prevents them being protected from COVID-19 vaccines are facing another winter shielding, because the government has shelved plans to offer treatment with AstraZeneca’s antibody therapy Evusheld. — Kidney Care UK (@kidneycareuk) August 12, 2022.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended granting expanded conditional marketing authorization (CMA) for Novavax ’s Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), as a booster in adults aged 18 years and above.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 18, 2022

MBA, managing director at CanSino Biologics Europe, tells us about Convidecia, a single dose SARS-CoV-2 vaccine offered as an injectable and inhalant that allows ease of storage, an alternative option for individuals with needle phobias, and robust elongated CD4 and CD8 cellular response. Morgon, PharmD, LL.M, How it works.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 24, 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: Recombinant viral vector-based medicinal preparations. However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 24, 2022

5 Omicron-targeting bivalent booster vaccine for Covid-19. The submission is made for a 50µg booster dose of the vaccine for usage in adults aged 18 years and above. As against a 50µg booster dose of mRNA-1273 in priorly uninfected subjects, mRNA-1273.214 demonstrated superior neutralising antibody response against Omicron BA.1

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pharmaphorum

MAY 18, 2022

Brand new UK startup RQ Biotechnology has been thrust into the spotlight after signing a $157 million licensing deal with AstraZeneca for monoclonal antibodies intended to protect vulnerable and immunosuppressed people from COVID-19. ” The post AstraZeneca buys into startup RQ Bio’s COVID antibodies appeared first on.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Novel therapeutics and vaccines for malaria. Novartis and the non-profit Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) announced plans to collaborate on a Phase III study of a novel ganaplacide/lumefantrine-SDF combination for adults and children. Apart from vaccines, other approaches for preventing malaria are also being studied.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 15, 2021

J&J has announced early trial results that suggest its single-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a sustained response against the virus ahead of a phase 3 trial readout due later this month. Both of these vaccines require two doses, as does the most recently approved shot from Moderna, which is due to arrive in the UK in the spring.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Then he carefully administers a shot to the animal, much like a pediatrician giving a kid a vaccine. Every four months, pathologist Aaron LeBeau scoops into a net one of the five nurse sharks he keeps in his University of Wisconsin lab.

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Scienmag

JUNE 27, 2022

A major clinical trial, led by experts at the University of Nottingham working in partnership with several Universities and NHS hospitals, has found that by interrupting the treatment of vulnerable people on long-term immune supressing medicines for two weeks after a COVID-19 booster vaccination, their antibody response to the jab is doubled.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 5, 2022

It is ultra-rare,” says Jesús Rodriguez Requena, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Santiago de Compostela. There is an enormous emphasis on prion protein and prion protein folding,” says Dr. Laura Manuelidis, professor of neuropathology at the Yale School of Medicine. “If

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 23, 2022

5-adapted bivalent vaccine for Covid-19 in people aged 12 years and above. 1-adapted vaccine. The FDA also sought the vaccine’s pre-clinical and manufacturing data for addressing the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ evolution. 5-adapted bivalent vaccine will be made readily available for shipping. 5-adapted bivalent vaccine.

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Pfizer

JULY 19, 2022

Pfizer and BioNTech Complete Submission to European Medicines Agency for Omicron BA.1 1 Adapted Bivalent Vaccine Candidate. Pfizer and BioNTech Complete Submission to European Medicines Agency for Omicron BA.1 1 Adapted Bivalent Vaccine Candidate. 1 as compared to the companies’ current COVID-19 vaccine.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 4, 2021

In advance of public vaccination, a quick and accurate COVID-19 antibody test will help determine the presence of neutralizing antibodies, the molecules that aid in protection against the virus. Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 21, 2021

WHAT: A booster dose of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine given to rhesus macaques about six months after their primary vaccine series significantly increased levels of neutralizing antibodies against all known SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, according to a new study from National Institutes of Health scientists and colleagues.

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XTalks

JANUARY 31, 2022

COVID-19 vaccine makers Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna have both commenced trials for their new variant-specific vaccines targeting omicron. Pfizer and BioNTech have started to enroll participants in a study that will evaluate the new version of their COVID-19 vaccine that targets the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 21, 2022

A recent study looked at the strength, durability and breadth of neutralizing antibody responses generated by breakthrough infections in individuals vaccinated against SARS-CoV2. The findings are published this week […].

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Credit: Julianna Han, Ward Lab at Scripps Research LA JOLLA, CA—Scientists at Scripps Research, University of Chicago and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a new Achilles’ heel of influenza virus, making progress in the quest for a universal flu vaccine.

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BioSpace

MAY 19, 2021

“The virus will not be eradicated through vaccination alone. we need our medicines. That means. That was a failure of 2020 that doesn’t get enough emphasis,” Jake Glanville, chief executive officer of Bay Area-based Centivax, told BioSpace in an interview.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 27, 2022

Vir Biotechnology-partnered COVID-19 antibody Xevudy (sotrovimab) was the big contributor to the improved result, adding £1.3 Turnover of the antibody is likely to fall sharply however as the drug has lower efficacy against the prevailing Omicron BA.2 billion ($1.6 billion) to the company’s top-line of £9.8

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Scienmag

JULY 1, 2022

Tokyo, Japan – Despite significant and stunning advances in vaccine technology, the COVID-19 global pandemic is not over. Now, investigators from Japan have developed a new antibody-based method for the rapid and reliable detection of SARS-CoV-2 […].

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 2, 2020

European regulators have started a first ‘rolling review’ of a COVID-19 vaccine, which is being developed by AstraZeneca in collaboration with the University of Oxford. But this does not mean that the CHMP is ready to make a conclusion on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.

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Scienmag

JUNE 10, 2022

Researchers have known for some time that maternal breast milk provides critical nutrients for newborns, and antibodies from mothers vaccinated against a specific disease-causing bacterium or virus can be transferred via breast milk to babies.

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JAMA Internal Medicine

JANUARY 23, 2022

This comparative effectiveness research study compares antibody levels after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination in individuals with or without previous SARS-CoV-1 infection.

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Pfizer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Pfizer and BioNTech Complete Submission to European Medicines Agency for Omicron BA.4/BA.5-Adapted 5-Adapted Bivalent Vaccine Booster in Children 5 Through 11 Years of Age. Pfizer and BioNTech Complete Submission to European Medicines Agency for Omicron BA.4/BA.5-Adapted 5-adapted bivalent vaccine. 5) AUTHORIZED USES .

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 7, 2023

A team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Scripps Research and the University of Chicago has identified an antibody that appears to block infection by all dominant variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, including Omicron, the most recent.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 9, 2022

Moderna’s new version of its COVID-19 vaccine, which targets two virus variants including Omicron, has outperformed the company’s original Spikevax shot in a head-to-head clinical trial. It has predicted sales of COVID-19 vaccines will be around $21 billion this year. Three-month data will be reported later this summer.

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JAMA Internal Medicine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

This randomized clinical trial evaluated the effectiveness of a third dose of mRNA-based vs a vector-based vaccine in 201 kidney transplant recipients with no SARS-CoV-2 antibodies after 2 prior doses of an mRNA vaccine.

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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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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Russia’s sovereign wealth fund has filed applications with the World Health Organization (WHO) that if approved could see the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine backed for use in many countries around the world. The vaccine is based on two adenovirus vectors (Ad5 and Ad26) fused with the spike protein from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

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XTalks

MARCH 1, 2021

(NYSE: PFE ) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX ) have announced that they are beginning a trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a third booster dose for their COVID-19 vaccine (BNT162b2), as well as new vaccine variants. Related: Could Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine be Stored at Standard Freezer Temperatures?

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