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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 and Moderna partner to develop and sell cancer vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

German pharmaceutical firm Merck has extended its partnership with Moderna to jointly develop and sell mRNA-4157/V940, an investigational personalised cancer vaccine (PCV). In 2016, the companies entered a strategic partnership to develop novel messenger RNA (mRNA) based PCVs.

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GreenLight and US NIH partner to develop Covid-19 vaccine for variants

Pharmaceutical Technology

GreenLight Biosciences has entered a partnership with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of Covid-19 vaccines, which offer broader protection against new variants and with durable effects. They intend to develop vaccines that provide lasting immune responses compared to existing vaccines.

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HDT Bio receives Emergency Use Approval for Covid-19 vaccine in India

Pharmaceutical Technology

HDT Bio has received Emergency Use Approval from Indian regulators for its Covid-19 vaccine, Gemcovac. The vaccine leverages self-amplifying RNA (saRNA), which can replicate itself after administration and could be effective at very low doses. HDT Bio CEO Steve Reed said: “Our saRNA vaccine is a game-changer.

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Leading innovators in flavivirus vaccine components

Pharmaceutical Technology

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Flavivirus vaccine components. Sanofi is one of the leading patent filers for Flavivirus vaccine components.

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Gritstone bio supports mRNA Covid-19 vaccine plans with Phase I publication

Pharmaceutical Technology

Gritstone bio has reported interim results from an ongoing Phase 1 study evaluating the company’s self-amplifying mRNA (samRNA) vaccine as a boost against Covid-19 (CORAL-BOOST). The Phase I CORAL-BOOST dose-escalation trial (NCT05148962) evaluated Gritstone’s samRNA candidate (GRT-R910) in previously vaccinated healthy older adults.

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Pfizer-BioNTech reports strong immune response in animals to its COVID-19 vaccine

The Pharma Data

Pfizer-BioNTech announced Wednesday that preliminary preclinical data from mouse and macaque monkey models showed a strong immune response from its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. . Tareq Aziz Touhid. The study and the data are currently subject to peer review.