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Evaxion and ExpreS²ion partner to develop new CMV vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

Evaxion Biotech and ExpreS 2 ion Biotechnologies have entered a vaccine discovery collaboration agreement to co-develop a new cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine candidate. Additionally, this project will be part of the development pipeline of Evaxion under EVX-V1.

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Chinese tech giant Baidu licenses mRNA algorithm to Sanofi

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Sanofi has bolstered its push into mRNA-based therapies with a new licensing deal – but not as might be expected with some up-and-coming biotech company. Sanofi is the first pharma company to partner with Baidu on its LinearDesign AI platform, which has been developed specifically to optimise the sequence of mRNA-based vaccines and drugs.

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AvantGen Announces Licensing of Its Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 Therapy Development

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a San Diego-based biotechnology company with an array of technology platforms for antibody discovery and optimization, and novel NK and T cell engager generation, today announced licensing of a panel of its anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody clones to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 therapy development.

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Collaborators investigate novel T-cell receptor therapy

Drug Discovery World

Elicera Therapeutics will make parts of its technology iTANK available to a medical oncologist and researcher at the undisclosed US cancer centre, whose investigation focuses on the development of novel immunotherapies. The iTANK technology platform has been developed for arming and enhancing CAR T-cells for the treatment of solid tumours.

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CMV Vaccine Trials: Moderna’s CMV mRNA Vaccine Enters Phase III

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The study compared the immune responses evoked by Moderna’s mRNA vaccine to those generated by a previous vaccine candidate, namely, the MF59-adjuvanted glycoprotein B (gB) proten subunit vaccine (gB/MF59) developed by Sanofi. Paduano Professor in Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine, in a news release.

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Jazz adds first immuno-oncology drug via $1.3bn Werewolf deal

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billion licensing agreement with Werewolf Therapeutics that adds its first immuno-oncology candidate. Once within the tumour, it stimulates receptors on immune cells to mount an attack on the cancer. It was shown to activate cell-killing immune responses via natural killer (NK) and CD8+ cells, as well as antigen-presenting cells.

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New target for COVID-19 vaccines identified

The Pharma Data

Next generation vaccines for COVID-19 should aim to induce an immune response against ‘replication proteins’, essential for the very earliest stages of the viral cycle, concludes new research carried out by UCL scientists. ” Discovering the T cell response to replication proteins.