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COVID prompts another milestone, as India clears first DNA vaccine

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Ahmedabad-based Zydus Cadila has said it expects to launch ZyCoV-D in late September or early October, and expects to be able to manufacture around 100-120 million doses a year, with around 10 million available at launch. Proponents of the approach claim that DNA vaccines may have advantages over other technologies like mRNA.

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The New Frontier in Drug Development: Understanding Biologics and Small Molecules

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Manufacturing Process : Small Molecules: Manufactured through chemical synthesis, small molecule drugs can be consistently reproduced with a high degree of purity and stability. The conditions affecting the living system can influence the final product, making the manufacturing process more sensitive and challenging.

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AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Shows High Efficacy

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Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Induces Immune Responses in Early Clinical Trials. As a manufacturing partner for Oxford’s vaccine, AstraZeneca is ramping up its production capabilities as it plans to make up to three billion doses of the vaccine in 2021 on a rolling basis, pending regulatory approval.

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Novavax Announces Agreement with Government of New Zealand for 10.7 Million Doses of COVID-19 VaccineAdvance purchase agreement signed for NVX-CoV2373, Novavax’ adjuvanted protein vaccine candidate

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Currently in Phase 3 clinical testing in the United Kingdom for the prevention of COVID-19, NVX-CoV2373 is a recombinant protein vaccine adjuvanted with Novavax’ proprietary Matrix-M to enhance the immune response. The company will work with Medsafe, New Zealand’s regulatory agency, to obtain product approvals as needed. About Novavax.

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In the precision medicine era, the line between products and services is blurred

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The treatments are developed using cutting- edge technologies such as genomic sequencing and genetic engineering, helping to account for the individual variability in both patient and disease characteristics. This means not only adopting collaborative thinking during the design phase but also during production and development.

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Novavax Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Development Progress

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We continue to make meaningful progress as we work to test, manufacture and ultimately deliver NVX-CoV2373 with unprecedented speed, as well as put partnerships in place that would ensure widespread and equitable access worldwide.”. and Mexico pivotal Phase 3 trial and manufacturing scale-up. . Mexico pivotal Phase 3 trial update.

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Novavax COVID-19 vaccine demonstrates 90% overall efficacy and 100% protection against moderate and severe disease in PREVENT-19 Phase 3 trial

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.” The company intends to file for regulatory authorizations in the third quarter, upon completion of the final phases of process qualification and assay validation needed to meet chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) requirements. NVX-CoV2373 contains purified protein antigen and can neither replicate, nor can it cause COVID-19.

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