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Merck’s Next-Generation Pneumonia Vaccine Gets FDA Approval

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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. This is why Pfizer’s Prevnar 13 has dominated the pneumonia vaccine space for more than a decade.

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Amgen’s Tarlatamab Gets FDA Priority Review for Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Tarlatamab is an investigational drug currently undergoing clinical trials to assess its efficacy in patients with two distinct types of neuroendocrine cancer: SCLC and neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC). New Drugs Approved for Small-Cell Lung Cancer Several drugs have received FDA approval for treating SCLC.

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2021 Year in Review: Leveraging New Technologies to Drive Innovation in the Life Sciences

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Xtalks is taking a look at some of the major stories and innovations of the year in the life sciences, many of which were driven by new, emerging and improved technologies. The year 2021 was all about continuing innovations in the life sciences. Life Science Innovations: Malaria and Influenza Vaccines.

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Amtagvi (Lifileucel) Scores Landmark Win as First FDA-Approved T-Cell Therapy for a Solid Tumor

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Iovance Biotherapeutics’ Amtagvi (lifileucel) won US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval last week for the treatment of advanced melanoma, making it the first individualized tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy and the first T-cell therapy for a solid tumor to win US regulatory approval.

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World AIDS Day 2023: New and Promising Treatments for HIV/AIDS

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New FDA-Approved Treatments For HIV HIV treatment involves the administration of combined antiretroviral therapy (ART) to effectively suppress the viral load, maintain or enhance immune function and reduce the risk of opportunistic infections and cancers commonly associated with HIV. aiming to end the HIV epidemic by 2030.

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Tzield Gets FDA Nod to Become First Approved Drug to Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes

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Provention Bio’s Tzield (teplizumab) has won US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to delay the onset of stage 3 type 1 diabetes in adults and pediatric patients eight years of age and older who have stage 2 type 1 diabetes.

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Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Gets Recommended for FDA Emergency Use Authorization

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Adjuvants can help boost the effectiveness of a vaccine and elicit a stronger immune response. If approved, NVX-CoV2373 would become the first available protein-based vaccine against COVID-19 in the US. Clinical Trial Results. NVX-CoV2373 also includes an adjuvant called Matrix-M. The vaccine is given in two doses.