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Covid-19 Omicron boosters will reinvigorate injectables manufacturing

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Pfizer (New York, New York) and Moderna’s (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Omicron-specific Covid-19 vaccines are in late-stage development, have demonstrated good efficacy against the variant and will likely be available to the public later this year to provide an additional booster and increase demand for injectable manufacturing.

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Hipra’s Covid-19 booster gets EMA nod and enters an uncertain landscape

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Bimervax is a recombinant protein subunit vaccine, marketed by the Girona, Spain-based Hipra. Eligibility for the UK’s National Health Services (NHS) booster programmes in England is restricted to those ages 75 years and above or individuals with weakened immune systems.

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Novavax Announces Agreement with Government of New Zealand for 10.7 Million Doses of COVID-19 VaccineAdvance purchase agreement signed for NVX-CoV2373, Novavax’ adjuvanted protein vaccine candidate

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Currently in Phase 3 clinical testing in the United Kingdom for the prevention of COVID-19, NVX-CoV2373 is a recombinant protein vaccine adjuvanted with Novavax’ proprietary Matrix-M to enhance the immune response. NVX-CoV2373 contains purified protein antigen and can neither replicate, nor can it cause COVID-19.

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Moderna’s founder launches Laronde, promising new ‘Endless RNA’ drug class

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Called eRNA for short, this class of medicines is programmable and can continuously express therapeutic proteins inside the body. The technology is designed to replace antibodies, which have become standard therapy in many diseases but are complicated and expensive to manufacture.

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WHO Grants Novavax’s COVID-19 Vaccine Covovax Emergency Use Listing

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The EUL from the WHO means that Novavax and its manufacturing partner Serum Institute of India (SII) can begin delivering the vaccine to the COVAX facility program, a global initiative headed by Gavi, the vaccine alliance, as a co-partner, which provides vaccines to low-income countries. Gavi secured 1.1

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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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COVID prompts another milestone, as India clears first DNA vaccine

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Ahmedabad-based Zydus Cadila has said it expects to launch ZyCoV-D in late September or early October, and expects to be able to manufacture around 100-120 million doses a year, with around 10 million available at launch. Proponents of the approach claim that DNA vaccines may have advantages over other technologies like mRNA.

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