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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. The study included 754 adolescents, comparing immune responses and safety profiles between vaccine and placebo groups.

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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. It has been one of Pfizer’s best-selling drugs. Related: GSK’s Vaccine Awareness Campaign Targets Baby Boomers.

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Tamibarotene Fails in Phase III Trial for a Subset of Higher-Risk MDS

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Syros Pharmaceuticals announced that its cancer drug tamibarotene failed to meet its primary endpoint in the SELECT-MDS-1 Phase III trial. These RXR receptors play a key role in regulating transcription pathways involved in inflammation and immune responses, among other cancer hallmarks, to modulate the tumor microenvironment.

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Celltrion’s Steqeyma Approved as Stelara Biosimilar for Psoriasis

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Celltrions Steqeyma (ustekinumab-stba), a biosimilar to Stelara (ustekinumab), for the treatment of several immune-mediated diseases. By blocking these inflammatory pathways, it helps manage overactive immune responses in conditions like psoriasis and Crohns disease.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA approves a Genentech blood-cancer drug; Sean Parker expands his immunotherapy research empire

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Food and Drug Administration approved a new treatment for patients with follicular lymphoma, a slow-growing type of blood cancer, said Genentech , its maker and a subsidiary of Roche. In a clinical trial, 60% of patients with follicular lymphoma treated with Lunsumio achieved a complete response. Happy holidays from all of us.

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World Psoriasis Day 2024: New Treatments and Research Trends

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In August 2024, Artax Biopharma completed patient recruitment for its Phase IIa trial of AX-158, exploring a new immune-modulating therapy for psoriasis. Meanwhile, Innovent Biologics recently saw its New Drug Application (NDA) for picankibart, an IL-23p19 inhibitor, accepted by the Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).

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US FDA grants approval for AstraZeneca’s combination liver cancer therapy

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for AstraZeneca ’s Imjudo (tremelimumab) plus Imfinzi (durvalumab) to treat adults with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a kind of liver cancer.

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