This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
OBSERVATION: Biologics can take a long time to develop but COVID vaccines have been in development for almost 50 years and novel approaches were used to develop these vaccines. Vaccines typically take 10 to 15 years to develop, test and release to the public. The coronavirus vaccines, however, took less than a year.
Dyadic International has announced expansion of a licence agreement for its C1-cell protein expression platform with South African consortium Rubic One Health. The expanded licence will include the development of vaccines and therapeutic proteins beyond Covid-19 for human and animal health markets in Africa.
Health Canada has granted approval for a supplement to a New Drug Submission (sNDS) of Novavax ’s Covid-19 vaccine (Recombinant protein, Adjuvanted), Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), for use in adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. The trial is designed to analyse the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.
Novavax has obtained emergency use authorization (EUA) for its Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), from the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration for use in people of the age 18 years and above. The protein-based vaccine is engineered from the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ initial strain.
As per the prevailing prion theory, a misfolded version of a normal cell-surface protein acts as the chief infectious agent. No progress in drug discovery. “We On the other hand, I think the progress in drug discovery is nil,” comments Requena on the prion disease landscape. And then comes the question of the right target.
Indian company Bharat Biotech International has secured approval from Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) under Restricted Use in Emergency Situation for its intranasal Covid-19 vaccine, iNCOVACC (BBV154), for usage in people aged 18 years and older. It is formulated to permit intranasal delivery via nasal drops.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for Pfizer and BioNTech’s messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based combination vaccine candidate against Covid-19 and influenza. The vaccine is intended to prevent two respiratory ailments through a single injection. 5 Omicron sublineages spike proteins.
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.
Gelteq centers its technology on a proprietary, customizable gel platform designed for precise drug delivery, supporting prescription drugs, nutraceuticals, pet care and sports supplements. Across the industry, recent innovations in drug delivery signal a creative shift towards ease of administration and expanded treatment options.
Novel therapeutics and vaccines for malaria. In September, researchers from Oxford University shared their findings from a Phase IIb study with a more efficacious malaria vaccine called R21, which met the WHO’s 75% efficacy threshold. Both vaccines are based on recombinant proteins and attack the parasite during the sporozoite stage.
million doses of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, in the initial stage. The order is contingent on the vaccine obtaining Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation. The post US to procure 3.2
The European Commission (EC) has granted approval for Sanofi and GSK ’s monovalent, recombinant-protein-based, adjuvanted Covid-19 vaccine, VidPrevtyn Beta, as a booster in adults aged 18 years and above. It is indicated as a booster in people of this age group who were earlier inoculated with a Covid-19 vaccine.
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense have modified their existing agreement with Novavax to secure additional doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, Adjuvanted (NVX-CoV2373). million additional doses of its Covid-19 vaccine. Under the modified deal, Novavax will deliver up to 1.5
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given emergency use authorization (EUA) to Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the fourth authorized vaccine in the US against COVID-19. The vaccine is branded as Nuvaxovid outside the US with approvals/authorizations in Canada, the EU, UK, Australia and South Korea.
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.
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. The vaccine is indicated for active immunisation to prevent the disease.
Novavax has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorization (EUA) for its Covid-19 vaccine. Novavax president and CEO Stanley Erck said: “Today's FDA emergency use authorization of our Covid-19 vaccine provides the US with access to the first protein-based Covid-19 vaccine.
With the rapid development of biotechnology and molecular medicine, the introduction of mRNA as a vaccine or therapeutic agent enables the production of almost any desired functional protein/peptide within the human body.
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
RSV researchers at major pharmaceutical companies are currently working to develop new RSV drugs to beat future waves of RSV infection and gain the first RSV vaccine FDA approval. Pharmaceutical companies are pushing to develop drugs and vaccines for RSV with these populations in mind.
Novavax and its partner SK bioscience have obtained a Post Approval Change Application approval from the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (KMFDS) for the Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), to be used in adolescents of the age 12 to 17 years. It enrolled 2,247 adolescents across 73 US sites.
Novavax has r eceived expanded approval for provisional registration from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Agency (TGA) for its Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), for use in adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. It is the first protein-based vaccine to be offered in Australia for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years.
It was an exceptional year for Moderna’s vaccine Spikevax, with forecast sales of $19.5bn in 2022. Spikevax is an mRNA vaccine that is approved in 20 geographies including the US, EU, and, the UK. The vaccine first gained Emergency Use Approval in December 2020 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pfizer and BioNTech Advance COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy With Study Start of Next-Generation Vaccine Candidate Based on Enhanced Spike Protein Design. Pfizer and BioNTech Advance COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy With Study Start of Next-Generation Vaccine Candidate Based on Enhanced Spike Protein Design. deliesschef.
Indonesia has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the patent-free Covid-19 vaccine, IndoVac, developed by the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) and Baylor College of Medicine, US. PT Bio Farma will manufacture 20 million doses of the vaccine this year.
In this article, Ben Hargreaves looks into the promise of cancer vaccines and how this treatment modality may offer advantages over existing immunotherapies in the oncology sector. One area that is gathering increasing levels of interest is the development of cancer vaccines. over the last five years. A broad front.
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.
The first mRNA drug (BNT162b2 vaccine) was granted emergency use authorization by the FDA in December 2020 and approved for marketing in August 2021. The first mRNA drug (BNT162b2 vaccine) was granted emergency use authorization by the FDA in December 2020 and approved for marketing in August 2021.
Pfizer and BioNTech have filed an application seeking Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a booster dosage of an Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted 5-adapted bivalent vaccine for Covid-19 in people aged 12 years and above. 1-adapted vaccine. 5 variant spike protein.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Novavax ’s adjuvanted Covid-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, as a booster for use in people aged 18 years and above. The booster is indicated for use after a minimum of six months following a vaccine regimen with an authorised or approved Covid-19 shot.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted final approval to India-based Zydus Lifesciences ‘ 500mg azithromycin tablets for the treatment of bacterial infections. Zydus will manufacture the drug at its formulation facility in Moraiya, Ahmedabad, in the Indian state of Gujarat.
. – Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Science have taken a key step toward new drugs and vaccines for combating COVID-19 with a deep dive into one protein’s interactions with SARS-CoV-2 genetic material.
Canadian pharma and biotech contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Biovectra has announced plans for building one of the first state-of-the-art mRNA vaccine and biomanufacturing facilities in Canada. Related: Medicago’s Plant-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Enters Human Trials. million, respectively.
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.
Sanofi has added to its vaccine pipeline with an agreement to acquire Austria’s Origimm Biotechnology and its vaccine-based immunotherapy for people with acne. It will highlight vaccines for pneumococcal disease, meningitis, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and chlamydia. Photo by Scott Webb on Unsplash.
With the establishment of this Translational Science Hub, Queensland is set to become an international messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine hub. With an initial focus on enchaining mRNA technology and developing a vaccine for Chlamydia, the research at the hub is anticipated to commence in the first quarter of next year.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has backed Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, Covovax (NVX-CoV2373), by granting it an emergency use listing (EUL). The company is awaiting on authorization of its vaccine from regulatory health bodies around the world, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has acc epted to review ImmunityBio’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for N-803 to treat Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) carcinoma in situ (CIS) patients with or without Ta or T1 disease.
The EMA has kicked off a rolling review of a COVID-19 vaccine from Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, which started a 35,000-patient phase 3 trial in May. So far the EU has approved four COVID-19 vaccines – two mRNA shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, and two based on adenoviral vectors from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.
GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Arexvy and Pfizer’s Abrysvo are the first-ever approved vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The vaccines received approvals from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May 2023 for the prevention of RSV infection. Arexvy costs $280 per dose while Abrysvo is $295.
The European Commission has placed its first advance order for a coronavirus vaccine, snapping up 300 million doses of AstraZeneca’s ChAdOx1 candidate developed by the University of Oxford, with an option on another 100 million. The EU says its advance purchase order will finance part of the upfront costs of developing the vaccine.
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. . We believe that prior immunity in humans may be important for a robust immune response to intranasal dosing.”
Laboratory studies have confirmed that antibodies stimulated by Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine can neutralise the new, more transmissible variant of SARS-CoV-2 identified in the UK. VOC 202012/01 has an unusually high number of genetic changes however, with 10 mutations affecting the spike protein. lineage or VOC 202012/01.
Pfizer has announced that its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, Abrysvo, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Abrysvo, the bivalent RSV prefusion F (RSVpreF) vaccine, is intended for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by RSV in individuals aged 60 years and older.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 21,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content