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Meningitis vaccine comes to the forefront with impressive study results

Pharmaceutical Technology

The trial, conducted in 1,800 healthy individuals ranging from ages 2-29 years in Mali and The Gambia in 2021, found NmCV-5 induced a strong immune response across five strains of meningococcal bacteria. The response was more powerful than that generated by MenACWY-D – a licensed quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine marketed by GSK.

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Is the microbiome therapy hype up for a reckoning?

Pharmaceutical Technology

The idea behind these treatments relies on altering the gut microbiome by designing therapeutics that contain bacteria derived from donated stool samples. Unlike Rebyota and SER-109, Vedanta’s treatment is based on clonal bacteria strains and does not use donated stool samples. Vedanta is a subsidiary of Puretech Health.

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(BEST) over the counter ANTIBIOTIC cream

Druggist

Antiseptic creams are preparations which are applied to the skin to reduce the possibility of infections or to slow the growth of bacteria. Antiseptic creams have bacteriostatic properties (stops bacteria from multiplying) as opposed to antibiotic creams, which are bactericidal (kill the bacteria). . £21.99.

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14 BEST IBS Medication Over The Counter

Druggist

Limit intake of processed food, which contain difficult to digest starch People who experience episodes of diarrhoea should avoid artificial sweeteners, which can cause a laxative effect. Each single dose sachet of granules contains 3.5g Each single dose sachet of granules contains 3.5g £9.12 Buy on Amazon Price incl.

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Top 10 sore throat lozenges | Sore throat treatment

Druggist

Recently, Tyrozets were discontinued due to ”misuse” of antibiotic (one of the active ingredients) in the treatment of sore throats, which are mostly caused by viruses and not bacteria. Lozenges containing hexylresorcinol (Strepsils Extra Triple Action) are associated with fewer side effects (ibid).

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Can you take amoxicillin and metronidazole together?

Druggist

Licensed use. Metronidazole is the preferred antibiotics to prevent and treat infections caused by anaerobic bacteria. For adults and adolescents, amoxicillin is available in the form of capsules that contain either 250mg or 500mg of amoxicillin. The answer to that question straightforward. Amoxicillin vs metronidazole.

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Pfizer and Valneva Issue Update on Phase 3 Clinical Trial Evaluating Lyme Disease Vaccine Candidate VLA15

Pfizer

The companies intend to work with regulatory authorities, and as previously announced, 1,2 aim for Pfizer to potentially submit a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. OspA is a surface protein expressed by the bacteria when present in a tick. Blocking OspA inhibits the bacterium’s ability to leave the tick and infect humans.