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How did pharma develop a vaccine so quickly?

World of DTC Marketing

Once introduced into the human body, the protein-making machinery uses this genetic material in our cells to churn out the coronavirus “spike protein,” triggering an immune response. For the COVID-19 vaccine, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set up rigorous standards for vaccine developers to meet.

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Absci and M2GEN partner to expedite cancer drug development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Under the collaboration, Absci’s generative AI drug creation platform will use M2GEN’s ORIEN AVATAR (AVATAR), a clinical and molecular data set, to speed up the creation of therapies for a range of malignancies and patient profiles.

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

Pharmaceutical Technology

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. Imjudo is also a human monoclonal antibody and hinders cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) activity.

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World Psoriasis Day 2024: New Treatments and Research Trends

XTalks

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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Health Canada grants expanded authorisation for Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

Health Canada has granted expanded authorisation for Novavax ’s Covid-19 vaccine (Recombinant protein, Adjuvanted) [Nuvaxovid; NVX-CoV2373] as a homologous booster for usage in adults aged 18 and above. Novavax president and CEO Stanley Erck said: “Canadians now have access to our protein-based Nuvaxovid Covid-19 vaccine as an adult booster.

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South Korea authorises Novavax Covid-19 vaccine as booster dose

Pharmaceutical Technology

The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (KMFDS) has granted expanded approval to Novavax partner SK bioscience for the Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), for use as a booster dose in adults aged 18 and above. Nuvaxovid is a protein-based vaccine created from the genetic sequence of the initial SARS-CoV-2 virus strain.

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Drug made from pig intestine helps escape the “trap” of clot-causing immune response

Scienmag

When the body attempts to fight off an infection, immune cells called neutrophils may shoot out spider web-like networks of toxic proteins to help contain the invaders.