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Covid-19 vaccine success bolsters nanoparticle drug delivery research

Pharmaceutical Technology

Since then, the field of nanomedicine has steadily progressed to reach high points such as the successful use of nanotechnology to deliver messenger RNA (mRNA)-based Covid-19 vaccines. In the case of most mRNA vaccines, a lipid nanoparticle-based approach was chosen due to its ability to protect the mRNA in the body and prevent degradation.

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IXCHIQ Chikungunya Vaccine Trial Shows Sustained Immune Response in Adolescents

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Valneva SE, who developed the worlds first FDA-approved chikungunya vaccine , has now unveiled promising Phase III data for its single-shot chikungunya vaccine, IXCHIQ, in adolescents aged 12 to 17. IXCHIQ is the only licensed chikungunya vaccine in the US for adults aged 18 and older at increased risk of exposure to the virus.

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New ‘plug and play’ system to offer novel way of delivering vaccines and treatments

Pharma Times

The nanocage technology combines both mRNA and traditional virus-based vaccines to create virus-like efficacious vaccines

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Prefilled syringes and vaccines: Optimising parenteral packaging for the next pandemic

Pharmaceutical Technology

When it comes to vaccines and other high-value biologics, it is essential that effective formulations go hand in hand with safe delivery. By having the drug already dosed inside the chamber and no need to draw it from a vial into a syringe, the process is streamlined and the risk of a potential dosing error is eliminated.

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AstraZeneca’s intranasal COVID vaccine fails first clinical test

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An intranasal formulation of AstraZeneca’s widely-used COVID-19 vaccine Vaxzevria has failed at the first hurdle, after results from a phase 1 trial found it was unable to stimulate a strong immune response to the virus. Other efforts to develop a nasally-delivered COVID-19 vaccine have met with greater success.

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Oral COVID-19 vaccine beckons, as ImmunityBio licenses iosBio tech

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ImmunityBio has licensed technology underpinning a COVID-19 vaccine that could be administered orally rather than by injection from UK biotech iosBio. Non-injectables remove the need for health professional-led immunisation programmes, making widespread vaccine roll-outs quicker and easier and more affordable,” Channon told pharmaphorum.

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Altimmune ditches nasal COVID vaccine on weak trial data

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Just a few months after starting clinical trials of its nasal spray vaccine for COVID-19, US biotech Altimmune is abandoning the project, saying that it generated weaker than expected immune responses in a phase 1 trial. . The post Altimmune ditches nasal COVID vaccine on weak trial data appeared first on.