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Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Granted Fast Track Designation by U.S. FDA

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for NVX-CoV2373, the Company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Currently in late-phase clinical development, NVXCoV2373 is a stable, prefusion protein made using Novavax’ nanoparticle technology and includes its proprietary MatrixM adjuvant. Source: Novavax, Inc. .

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Novavax Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Development Progress

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CoV2373 is a stable, prefusion protein antigen derived from the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus spike (S) protein and adjuvanted with Novavax’ proprietary Matrix?M. NVX-CoV2373 contains purified protein antigen and can neither replicate, nor can it cause COVID-19. The award is funding the U.S.

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Using bispecific antibodies to advance cancer immunotherapy

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Clinical interest in bsAbs gained momentum following the promising data and market success of blinatumomab (BLINCYTO®, Amgen), a fragment-based bispecific T cell engager (BiTE), which first received FDA approval in 2014 and EMA approval in 2015.

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Brain Awareness Week 2024: A Spotlight on Brain Health and New Treatments for Neurological Diseases

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This includes discussions on cutting-edge technologies and methodologies in brain research, such as neuroimaging, genetic engineering and artificial intelligence. Boston Scientific’s Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Software received FDA approval last year for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor.

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mRNA Cancer Vaccines and Therapies: An Overview

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Adoptive T Cell therapies, therapeutic antibodies, and immunomodulatory proteins represent just some of the potentially beneficial treatment strategies for successful mRNA cancer trials. The mRNA constructs used in COVID-19 vaccines, for example, direct cells to produce a version of the “spike” protein studding the surface of SARS-CoV-2.

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Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month 2024: Innovations in Treatment

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Gene Editing and CAR T-Cell Therapy Genetic engineering technologies, such as CRISPR-Cas9, are providing newer potential avenues for cancer treatment. Tukysa (tucatinib) plus Herceptin (trastuzumab): The FDA has approved this treatment for certain individuals with CRC characterized by overexpression of HER2 proteins in their tumors.

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Company Spotlight: Cue Biopharma Innovates in the Immunotherapy Space with its Immuno-STAT Platform

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protein-based biologics) and vaccine treatments. protein-based biologics) : are those which bind to specific components (i.e. In 2017, the US FDA approved a CAR-T cell treatment for young adults and children with B-cell ALL. chimeric receptor antigen [CAR] T cell) immune modulators (i.e. Immune system modulators (i.e.

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