Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 8, 2023

The European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorisation for GSK’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, Arexvy, for adults aged 60 years and above. The vaccine is indicated for active immunisation to prevent RSV-related lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) in older adults.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 24, 2022

As regulatory agencies gear up for another round of Covid-19 vaccine deliberations centered on emerging variants, Moderna has released data on its booster’s efficacy against Omicron subvariants. The mRNA-1273.214 booster contains the original Spikevax vaccine and a candidate targeting Omicron BA.1 1 variant of concern.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 6, 2022

from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) unit National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to develop a prophylactic intranasal vaccine against Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG). Leveraging its outer membrane vesicles (OMV) platform technology, Intravacc will develop the vaccine.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 28, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pfizer’s 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, PREVNAR 20 , to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in infants and children aged six weeks to 17 years. PREVNAR 20 has been developed on the basis of Pfizer’s approved PREVNAR 13 vaccine.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Moderna has entered an agreement with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, with regard to the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to lower-income countries supported by the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC). According to the deal, the parties will cancel pending orders under the existing Covid-19 vaccine supply agreement for this year.

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Scienmag

MARCH 18, 2021

Vaccination alone is unlikely to contain COVID-19 infections in the UK but gradual reopening and high vaccine uptake could minimize future waves of infection COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out in the UK are effective in preventing severe disease, but the extent to which they prevent against infection is still unclear.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 12, 2023

BioNTech has ended its research collaboration with Matinas after its oral mRNA vaccine failed to demonstrate preclinical activity. The in vivo study, conducted in mice, involved a phosphatidylserine-containing nano-formulation of mRNA supplied by BioNTech, distinct from traditional lipid nanocrystals (LNCs).

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STAT News

APRIL 24, 2023

Marburg could soon become the second virus in the past year to have experimental vaccine candidates ready for testing under an emergency use listing. Until this point, no licensed vaccines or treatments are available for Marburg. With the whole region on high alert, a safe and effective vaccine really couldn’t come soon enough.

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BioPharma Reporter

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Up to 10% of vaccines can be reportedly lost in transit due to breakage or fluctuations in sub-zero temperatures required for preservation, but a manufacturer of data-driven temperature-controlled smart containers says it can cut that rate to just 0.1%.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 13, 2023

Since September, 2022, bivalent mRNA vaccines—which contain elements from both the original wild type COVID strain and an updated component from the omicron strain—have replaced older style monovalent boosters in the U.S., Israel, and other countries.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 9, 2022

Moderna’s new version of its COVID-19 vaccine, which targets two virus variants including Omicron, has outperformed the company’s original Spikevax shot in a head-to-head clinical trial. It has predicted sales of COVID-19 vaccines will be around $21 billion this year. Three-month data will be reported later this summer.

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XTalks

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The best way to prevent the flu is by getting vaccinated every year. The CDC and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommend annual flu vaccination for most people, especially those at high risk of serious complications, like pregnant women, elderly individuals, children and people with certain chronic health conditions.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

BioNTech announced its new vaccine manufacturing approach in Africa where the company will ship modular factories, called the BioNTainer, to the continent to enable domestic production of the vaccines to help increase supplies. Related: BioNTech to Build First mRNA Vaccine Production Plant in Africa. Photo source: BioNTech.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 25, 2023

Clover Biopharmaceuticals has established a commercial collaboration with Keyuan Xinhai (Beijing) Medical Products Trading (Kyuan Trade) for the launch of its quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine, AdimFlu-S (QIS), in China. The vaccine contains haemagglutinin from four influenza virus strains, two A and two B.

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BioTech 365

AUGUST 24, 2021

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 31, 2023

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended HIPRA’s Covid-19 vaccine , Bimervax, as a Covid-19 booster. Available to people ages 16 years and above who have been vaccinated with a Covid-19 mRNA vaccine, EMA’s Human Medicines Committee concluded the vaccine is ready for marketing authorization in the EU, on 30 March.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 2, 2021

Zebra Technologies healthcare lead Chris Sullivan discusses the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and how technology can streamline the process to combat new variants. . While the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has signified the first signs of light at the end of the tunnel, the reality is that this public health crisis is still far from over.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 5, 2022

million grant by the US government to develop an intranasal vaccine for gonorrhoea, a sexually-transmitted infection that is on the rise around the world. million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to further develop a prophylactic vaccine based on its proprietary outer membrane vesicles (OMV) platform technology.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Moderna revealed the first interim results from a small, Phase I study of its mRNA-based influenza vaccine, which showed that the vaccine had no significant safety concerns and elicited immune responses against four strains of the influenza virus. Related: Moderna Unwilling to Share COVID-19 Vaccine Formula Amid Vaccine Inequities.

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BioSpace

OCTOBER 12, 2021

It’s not the COVID-19 vaccine that will get you. The real cause for concern is the virus, and it lies in the fact that both male and female reproductive organs contain cell receptors the virus targets.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 7, 2021

VBI Vaccines got its first vaccine approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its hepatitis B shot PreHevbrio. And in another first, VBI’s shot is the only approved three-antigen HBV vaccine for adults in the US. PreHevbrio contains the S, pre-S2 and pre-S1 HBV surface antigens.

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XTalks

JANUARY 31, 2022

COVID-19 vaccine makers Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna have both commenced trials for their new variant-specific vaccines targeting omicron. Pfizer and BioNTech have started to enroll participants in a study that will evaluate the new version of their COVID-19 vaccine that targets the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

JANUARY 21, 2024

With a fatality rate 20 times that of COVID-19, and no vaccine, Disease X could swiftly bring humanity to its knees. Few would be left untouched by the pathogen were it to gain hold, causing healthcare systems to crumble and economies to collapse as the world once again tried to contain a force of nature. […]

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development of mRNA-based vaccines, and its influence has now extended to DNA-based shots as well, with Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D getting emergency use authorisation in India. Proponents of the approach claim that DNA vaccines may have advantages over other technologies like mRNA.

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XTalks

MAY 7, 2021

As Novavax awaits emergency use authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine NVX-CoV2373, the company shared new data this week on the vaccine’s efficacy against the South African B.1.351 That analysis also showed that the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine was 96.4

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In 2021, a group of scientists led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian reported that the Moderna mRNA vaccine and a protein-based vaccine candidate containing an adjuvant, a substance that enhances immune responses, elicited durable neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 (..)

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

More than 33 million children in several southern African countries have been vaccinated against polio, part of ongoing efforts to eradicate the infectious paralytic disease that has been largely contained in much of the world, the World Health Organization announced on Friday.

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XTalks

APRIL 26, 2021

After years of disappointing malaria vaccine trials, a malaria shot developed by researchers at the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford has demonstrated an unprecedentedly high efficacy of 77 percent, and may be the magic bullet the world has been waiting for against the deadly disease.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Adding to recent announcements from Pfizer and Moderna on the efficacy of their COVID-19 vaccine candidates, AstraZeneca and Oxford revealed today that their vaccine contender is 70 percent effective, and could be as high as 90 percent. Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Induces Immune Responses in Early Clinical Trials.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

MAY 2, 2023

Experts have advocated for immunizing both young boys and girls against human papillomavirus (HPV) with latest generation vaccines like Gardasil-9 to address the increasing incidences of cancer cases in India. Gardasil-9 is India’s first gender-neutral HPV vaccine.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 2, 2020

European regulators have started a first ‘rolling review’ of a COVID-19 vaccine, which is being developed by AstraZeneca in collaboration with the University of Oxford. But this does not mean that the CHMP is ready to make a conclusion on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.

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XTalks

JUNE 16, 2021

Novavax shared the latest data from its ongoing late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial, which shows that its yet-to-be authorized shot provides 100 percent protection against moderate and severe disease and has an overall efficacy of 90.4 Related: Latest Data from Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Involving B.1.351

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Hungary is to order a consignment of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, as the country struggles to contain the infection rate. According to press reports , the decision puts Hungary on “collision course” with the EU, which has not approved the vaccine or plans to review it either. The country has had more than 1.8

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 27, 2021

A plant in Wales manufacturing the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was evacuated on the advice of the authorities today after it was sent a suspicious package. The contract covers production of 100 million doses of the AZ vaccine. Wockhardt UK in Wrexham this morning received a suspicious package.

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XTalks

JULY 1, 2021

Moderna has won approval from the European Medicines Association (EMA) for branding its COVID-19 vaccine with the name Spikevax. Now the vaccine maker is awaiting the same approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Pfizer’s Comirnaty was the first COVID-19 vaccine brand name created by the company.

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Pfizer

APRIL 26, 2023

But the underlying question is always the same: How will Pfizer and BioNTech ensure a seamless distribution of our vaccine? With the pandemic still raging, our vaccine will be in high demand and, upon authorization or approval, rapidly utilized to help beat back the virus. In the U.S.,

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

On the heels of news that AstraZeneca/Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine has markedly reduced effectiveness against the B.1.351 1.351 variant of SARS-CoV-2 that first appeared in South Africa, the vaccine makers are going full steam ahead to make a variant booster shot against the strain. 1.351 between the vaccine and placebo groups.

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