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New UK intracellular drug delivery centre to support RNA development

Pharmaceutical Technology

A new intracellular drug delivery centre will be established in the UK to support potential ribonucleic acid (RNA) vaccines and therapeutics , as well as the development of innovative drug delivery technologies. The funding is being provided under the agency’s Transforming Medicines Manufacturing programme.

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A first-of-its-kind mRNA drug falls short in cystic fibrosis

Bio Pharma Dive

A treatment that sprays synthetic messenger RNA into the lungs failed to help cystic fibrosis patients, a blow to efforts to use the technology for more than vaccines.

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How did pharma develop a vaccine so quickly?

World of DTC Marketing

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.

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Merck pays startup Orna $150M as ‘circular RNA’ attracts industry interest

Bio Pharma Dive

The pharmaceutical company has formed an alliance with Orna and invested $100 million in its Series B round, hoping the young biotech’s approach could lead to multiple new vaccines and drugs.

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Moderna signs contract to supply Covid-19 booster vaccines to the US

Pharmaceutical Technology

Moderna has entered a new supply contract with the US Government to deliver 66 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine booster candidate, mRNA-1273.222. The contract comprises a $1.74bn award to produce and supply these vaccine doses and options to further procure up to 234 million additional doses of the company’s booster candidates.

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Samsung Biologics, GreenLight conclude Covid-19 vaccine engineering run

Pharmaceutical Technology

Samsung Biologics and GreenLight Biosciences have completed the initial commercial-scale engineering run for their messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine under their manufacturing collaboration. Following the demonstration at Samsung, the clinical trial of GreenLight’s Covid-19 booster vaccine is anticipated to commence this year.

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US FDA grants Fast Track status for Pfizer-BioNTech’s combination vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

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.

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