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Oral COVID-19 vaccine beckons, as ImmunityBio licenses iosBio tech

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ImmunityBio has licensed technology underpinning a COVID-19 vaccine that could be administered orally rather than by injection from UK biotech iosBio. Soon-Shiong said that oral vaccines could have another key advantage as they stimulate mucosal, systemic and T-cell immune responses. “As

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Meningitis vaccine comes to the forefront with impressive study results

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The results from a trial, published in The New England Journal of Medicine , found the vaccine was associated with a strong immune response and good safety profile. The response was more powerful than that generated by MenACWY-D – a licensed quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine marketed by GSK. for serogroup W to 20.5

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AbbVie preps filings for lymphoma bispecific licensed from Genmab

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The drugmaker has reported top-line results from the phase 1/2 EPCORE trial of epcoritamab as a third-line therapy for relapsed/refractory LBCL, revealing an overall response rate of 63% and a median duration of response of 12 months. Two years after signing a $3.9 billion product at peak.

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Gilead licenses Jounce immunotherapy for $800m

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Vopratelimab is a monoclonal antibody that binds to and activates the Inducible T Cell CO-Stimulator (ICOS), a protein on the surface of certain T cells that is believed to stimulate an immune response against a patient’s cancer. The post Gilead licenses Jounce immunotherapy for $800m appeared first on.

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South Korea authorises Novavax Covid-19 vaccine as booster dose

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The expanded manufacturing and marketing approval was based on the data obtained from the Phase II trial, conducted in Australia and the US; a separate Phase II trial held in South Africa; and the UK-sponsored COV-BOOST trial. It has been developed using the company’s recombinant nanoparticle technology.

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CMV Vaccine Trials: Moderna’s CMV mRNA Vaccine Enters Phase III

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The study compared the immune responses evoked by Moderna’s mRNA vaccine to those generated by a previous vaccine candidate, namely, the MF59-adjuvanted glycoprotein B (gB) proten subunit vaccine (gB/MF59) developed by Sanofi. During pregnancy, CMV infection is responsible for causing severe birth defects and brain damage in newborns.

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Coya Therapeutics expands COYA 301 patent estate

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Coya Therapeutics has expanded its patent estate for COYA 301 by entering a licensing agreement with UNeMed, the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s technology transfer office. This suggests that the interventional strategy may lead to sustained suppressive immune responses and neuroprotection in PD.

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