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World Pneumonia Day 2024: New Treatments and Innovations

XTalks

Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by viruses, bacteria or fungi and can result in millions of hospitalizations and deaths annually. Thus, to address drug-resistant infections, pharma and biotech companies are developing novel treatments such as bacteriophage therapies, immunomodulators and monoclonal antibodies.

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Gel fights drug-resistant bacteria and induces body’s natural immune defense

Scienmag

In the fight against multidrug-resistant bacteria, scientists in Sweden have developed a new kind of antibiotic-free protection for wounds that kills drug-resistant bacteria and induces the body’s own immune responses to fight infections.

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Gene Therapy and Pharmacokinetics

Camargo

When developing a clinical development program for these increasingly popular therapies, it is important that sponsors use modeling and pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis to evaluate parameters that can be measured while dosing with gene therapy drugs, to characterize exposure-response data and inform rational dosing.

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Merck’s Next-Generation Pneumonia Vaccine Gets FDA Approval

XTalks

Merck has scored US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its next-generation pneumonia vaccine Vaxneuvance that covers 15 different strains of the pneumococcal bacteria that causes the infection. Both next-gen shots offer enhanced protection against bacteria that can cause pneumonia, blood infections and meningitis.

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Understanding the microbiome as an ‘overlooked critical organ’

pharmaphorum

The treatment has been granted US FDA breakthrough therapy designation and orphan drug designation, and has also completed a phase 3 clinical study. The biotech is eligible to receive a further $125 million if the FDA approves the drug and could receive another $225 million in commercial milestones. difficile infection (CDI).

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Merck’s Capvaxive Wins FDA Approval as First Pneumonia Vaccine Designed for Adults

XTalks

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has green-lighted the first pneumonia vaccine specifically designed for adults 50 years of age and older. According to a November 2023 readout, Capvaxive also elicited superior immune responses for ten of the 11 serotypes not covered by Prevnar 20.

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Prevention of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Adults 18 Years and Older Caused by 15 Serotypes

The Pharma Data

Clinical Data Supporting Approval Demonstrated Non-Inferior Immune Responses for the Serotypes Shared with PCV13 (1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F and 23F). VAXNEUVANCE Elicited Superior Immune Responses for Serotypes 3, 22F and 33F Compared to PCV13, Which Are Major Causes of Disease.