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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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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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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

While it remains unclear why some people become more gravely ill than others when infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, researchers have found that an immune deficiency may be part of it. These rogue antibodies blocked interferon action and were not present in patients with mild COVID-19 cases. We said, ‘bingo!’”

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XTalks

JANUARY 22, 2025

Valneva SE, who developed the worlds first FDA-approved chikungunya vaccine , has now unveiled promising Phase III data for its single-shot chikungunya vaccine, IXCHIQ, in adolescents aged 12 to 17. IXCHIQ is the only licensed chikungunya vaccine in the US for adults aged 18 and older at increased risk of exposure to the virus.

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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. One group of Chinese researchers has reported however that BA.4

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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

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Novel therapeutics and vaccines for malaria. In September, researchers from Oxford University shared their findings from a Phase IIb study with a more efficacious malaria vaccine called R21, which met the WHO’s 75% efficacy threshold. Apart from vaccines, other approaches for preventing malaria are also being studied.

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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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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GlaxoSmithKline ’s (GSK) Boostrix (tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed [Tdap]) for pregnant women during their third trimester to prevent pertussis (whooping cough) in newborn infants.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 5, 2025

and worldwide before the introduction of vaccines in the 1940s. Whooping cough, or pertussis, was once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. In the decades since, the bacterial disease was nearly eradicated in the U.S., with fatalities falling to double digits each year.

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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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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A team of scientists from Scripps Research and the University of North Carolina (UNC) has found antibodies in the blood of certain COVID-19 donors that can block infection from a broad set of coronaviruses—specifically, in people who have recovered from the virus and were then vaccinated.

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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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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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Medical Xpress

MAY 11, 2023

The new mRNA vaccines have just as good a protective effect against COVID-19 for the very oldest as for younger people. This is evident in a study at Umeå University, where researchers have followed individuals in special housing around Sweden. The research is published in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe.

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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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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 9, 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: Monoclonal antibody drugs for cancer. Treatment with monoclonal antibodies also helps immune systems defend against cancer.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 5, 2022

This is also why academic research is dominant here, as companies are hesitant to take this on, adds Holger Wille, PhD, associate professor at the Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases at the University of Alberta. Adding to this, the infectivity of prion diseases also makes research challenging, says Wille.

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NY Times

APRIL 15, 2021

But researchers are testing one therapy that may help: monoclonal antibodies. Many cannot produce enough infection-fighting cells to fend off the coronavirus.

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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. The company announced a phase 1 trial is beginning of its nasal spray vaccine just as scientists in the UK said they are considering a similar approach.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Alterations in the biochemical makeup of bulk plasma IgG, or Fc glycosylation, can predict COVID-19 disease severity and vaccine antibody response, according to a recent study by researchers at RUSH University and Northwestern. The results of the study were recently published in Cell Reports.

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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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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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BioPharma Reporter

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Intranasal delivery of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 failed to induce either a consistent mucosal antibody response or a strong systemic immune response, according to results from a Phase 1 clinical trial released today.

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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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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

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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Medical Xpress

APRIL 13, 2023

The current COVID-19 vaccines are designed to trigger an antibody response to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, which is vulnerable to mutations that could make the vaccine less effective over time.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 9, 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: Multivalent veterinary vaccines. These vaccines are composed of active ingredients (antigens) and other adjuvants, inactivators, preservatives and excipients.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

LA JOLLA, CA—The COVID-causing virus SARS-CoV-2 harbors a vulnerable site at the base of its spike protein that is found also on closely related coronaviruses, according to a new study from Scripps Research.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 27, 2021

Early-stage clinical data with CanSino Biologics’ inhaled COVID-19 vaccine show that it was able to stimulate neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 at a dose well below that required with intramuscular administration.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 31, 2021

In the latest episode of the podcast Dominic Tyer speaks with GlaxoSmithKline’s Philip Cruz about the discovery and commercialisation of new vaccines in the light of the pandemic. They also talk about the impact anti-vaxx misinformation has had on vaccine uptake in recent years and what impact COVID has had on that.

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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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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

million people, with no vaccine in sight. However, a new study by researchers at The Wistar Institute, an international biomedical research leader in cancer, immunology, infectious disease, and vaccine development, takes a promising step in the direction of developing […]. PHILADELPHIA — (Feb.

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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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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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pharmaphorum

MARCH 9, 2021

Last year, Belgium’s ExeVir Bio raised 23 million euros ($27 million) to finance development of llama antibodies – and now it is ready to begin clinical development of a potential treatment that could be effective against emerging COVID-19 variants. ExeVir is not the first company to spin out of VIB to focus on camelid antibodies.

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