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Covid vaccine booster raises antibody levels in fight against Omicron

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A third dose of vaccine has been shown to effectively neutralise the Omicron variant of covid-19, according to researchers. In people who had received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for all three doses, antibody levels against Omicron after a third dose were similar to those previously reached against Delta after only two doses.

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Type 1 Diabetes Vaccine: Does Diamyd Have a Winning Formula?

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A vaccine developed by Swedish company Diamyd Medical has demonstrated significant treatment efficacy in a predefined genetic subgroup of individuals with type 1 diabetes in a Phase IIb clinical trial. In the trial, the vaccine was injected directly into the lymph nodes of type 1 diabetic individuals.

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International HPV Awareness Day 2024: Spotlight on Vaccination and Early Detection

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International HPV Awareness Day 2024 is an essential call to action for increased education, vaccination uptake and access to screening and treatment services. In addition, some types of HPV vaccines can be given to those older than 26 years of age.

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Evolution in Hepatitis B and C Virus: Can we expect success similar to Hepatitis C in Hepatitis B as well?

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This discovery led to the development of diagnostic tests and an effective vaccine, and Blumberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 for this discovery. Hepatitis C treatment options, without a doubt, have improved significantly, including pan-genotypic medications that are used to treat all genotypes and subtypes.

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Top 7 Pharma Industry Leaders in 2020 By the Numbers

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The pharmaceutical industry finds, develops, manufactures, and promotes medicines or pharmaceutical drugs for usage as medications that are administered (or self-administered) to patients in order to cure, vaccinate, or relieve symptoms. billion through the vaccines. The annual sale of Merck and Company in the year 2020 was USD 47.9

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FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Use of Investigational Drug Maribavir (TAK-620) to Treat Post-Transplant Recipients with Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection and Disease Refractory to Treatment With or Without Resistance

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee (AMDAC) voted unanimously to recommend use of maribavir (TAK-620) for the treatment of refractory cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease with genotypic resistance to ganciclovir, valganciclovir, foscarnet or cidofovir in transplant recipients.

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Vir and GSK Team Up with Eli Lilly for Double Monoclonal Antibody Study

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Daniel Skovronsky, Lilly’s chief scientific officer and president of Lilly Research Laboratories, said the emergence of new variants of the virus calls for new strategies even while vaccination is ongoing in many parts of the world.