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Lumen Bioscience’s LMN-201 secures FDA fast track status to treat CDI

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An investigational orally delivered biologic drug, LMN-201 is a cocktail of four therapeutic proteins that act synergistically to neutralise the C difficile bacterium and the toxin. It is compatible with standard-of-care antibiotics.

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Symvivo’s Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Enters Clinical Trials

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We are exceptionally pleased to commence dosing of our oral DNA vaccine for COVID-19 as we continue scale-up and manufacturing activities for future clinical development,” Symvivo’s chief medical officer Eric Sievers said in a press release from the company. Related: Red Meat Allergy Test Gets FDA Clearance. “We

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Years of toil in the laboratory have revealed how a marine bacterium makes a potent anti-cancer molecule. The work solves a nearly 20-year riddle about how the marine bacterium makes the warhead that is unique to the salinosporamide molecule and opens the door to future biotechnology to manufacture new anti-cancer agents.

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Medicago’s Plant-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Enters Human Trials

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The Canadian federal government has pledged $173 million in funding to Medicago for its vaccine research and development, as well as for the construction of its Quebec City manufacturing facility. Medicago has the added pressure of completing construction of a large-scale manufacturing facility in its home base of Quebec City.

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10 of the Worst Food Safety Scandals in Recent History

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It was caused by contaminated ice cream products manufactured by Blue Bell Creameries, a popular ice cream company based in Texas. The outbreak was caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes , which was found in several samples of Blue Bell ice cream products, as well as in the company’s manufacturing facilities.

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Top 30 Pharma and Biotech Companies in 2023: Statistics and Trends

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Most of the company’s revenue comes from the manufacture and sale of biopharmaceutical products. Johnson & Johnson’s Top 5 Best-Selling Drugs of 2022: 1) Stelara (ustekinumab) Stelara is an immunosuppressant biologic therapy that blocks the IL-12 and IL-23 proteins that play a role in plaque psoriasis and Crohn’s disease.

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GSK to acquire clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Affinivax, Inc.

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Affinivax’s most advanced vaccine candidate (AFX3772) includes 24 pneumococcal polysaccharides plus two conserved pneumococcal proteins (compared to up to 20 serotypes in currently approved vaccines). The bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae causes pneumococcal disease. About Pneumococcal disease.