Medical Xpress

JANUARY 20, 2023

Scientists have discovered there is a "Goldilocks" effect in identifying the size of a "vaccine adjuvant" that can trigger strong immune responses and, as an example, have shown that a safe, biodegradable adjuvant can boost the action of cancer-killing cells—if the particles are the correct size.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Identifying potential adjuvants just […].

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 30, 2021

Just a few months after starting clinical trials of its nasal spray vaccine for COVID-19, US biotech Altimmune is abandoning the project, saying that it generated weaker than expected immune responses in a phase 1 trial. .

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Phase 2 trials in 1,200 adults, young children, and infants suggest new poliovirus vaccine may have the potential to overcome outbreaks caused by a mutated polio strain linked to the oral vaccine that typically circulates in areas of low immunisation coverage, and poses one of biggest barriers to eradication.

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XTalks

JUNE 21, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has green-lighted the first pneumonia vaccine specifically designed for adults 50 years of age and older. These numbers do not reflect the efficacies of the vaccines, which have not been compared head-to-head in any trial yet.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 4, 2021

The first peer-reviewed study in North America examining the timing between the first and second doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines shows that a longer dose interval leads to a stronger immune response. The study is funded by the Government of Canada through its COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF).

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In 2021, a group of scientists led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian reported that the Moderna mRNA vaccine and a protein-based vaccine candidate containing an adjuvant, a substance that enhances immune responses, elicited durable neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 (..)

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The developer of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V has pledged to make it available for less than $10 per dose – or $20 per two-dose course – on the same day as revealing new clinical data with the shot. Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines require much lower temperatures to prevent their active ingredients from breaking down.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Scientists in the US say they have developed an mRNA-based vaccine that encompasses all 20 known subtypes of influenza that could form the basis of a future universal jab. The goals of the programme are also similar to those in COVID vaccine development.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 29, 2021

Giving one dose each of AstraZeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines provides good protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but may be associated with more adverse reactions, according to new clinical trial data. Third AZ dose generates strong variant response.

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Scienmag

MAY 20, 2021

The findings provide direction for future vaccines or therapies that may offer broader protection against variants LA JOLLA, CA–Fast-spreading variants of the COVID-19-causing coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, carry mutations that enable the virus to escape some of the immune response created naturally or by vaccination.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 16, 2021

The study assessed cynomolgus macaques vaccinated with 12µg of either the first or second-generation vaccine candidate. During challenge with the original SARS-CoV-2 virus, animals vaccinated with CV2CoV were found to be better protected based on highly effective clearance of the virus in the lungs and nasal passages.

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STAT News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

… Moderna disclosed that its Covid-19 vaccine booster targeting the BA.1 1 subvariant of Omicron generated a strong immune response against that variant, with antibody levels staying high for at least three months , Reuters notes. Omicron-tailored 5 targeted vaccine later this year. 5 subvariants of Omicron.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 7, 2020

7, 2020 — Scientists say they may be getting closer to creating a universal flu vaccine. In an early-stage clinical trial with 65 volunteers in the United States, an experimental vaccine triggered strong immune responses to a wide range of flu virus strains and subtypes. MONDAY, Dec.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 14, 2021

AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson are both exploring ways to modify their COVID-19 vaccines to minimise the risk of severe blood clotting reactions that are seen – albeit rarely – in some people receiving the jabs. Its guideline is due to be published before the end of this month.

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XTalks

JULY 14, 2021

In a press briefing on Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) responded to questions about COVID-19 vaccine boosters that led to a flurry of misleading headlines in the media about the “dangers” of mixing and matching vaccines. Related: Disinformation Dozen: The Anti-Vaxxers Behind Most Social Media Misinformation.

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Scienmag

AUGUST 21, 2020

Nasal delivery produces more widespread immune response than intramuscular injection Credit: Hassan et al. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

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Scienmag

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Scientists will study how SARS-CoV-19 hijacks the immune system and creates a ‘cytokine storm’ Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 4, 2021

officials ramped up efforts to vaccinate more Americans, scientists around the world wrestled with whether it would make sense to delay the second doses everyone will need so more people can be vaccinated more quickly. Each vaccine would still be delivered in two doses given four weeks apart. MONDAY, Jan.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 27, 2020

A new effort is under way to understand how the immune system responds to coronavirus. Scientists from 17 UK research centres are attempting to answer questions such as how long immunity lasts and why disease severity varies so much. The immune system is underlying everything that’s key to the response to this virus.”.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Moderna has been testing an experimental mRNA vaccine aimed at combating the human cytomegalovirus (CMV), which poses significant health risks to newborns and immunocompromised patients. The team used the data and patient samples from a gB/MF59 Phase II trial in adolescent girls as a benchmark to assess the new mRNA-based vaccine.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 25, 2021

A study has found evidence that protection from the AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines starts fall off after a few months, but a UK government advisor says there’s no need to rush into a large-scale booster campaign.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

A malaria vaccine developed by members of the University of Oxford team behind the AstraZeneca COVID-19 jab has been hailed as a possible game-changer in the fight against the deadly parasitic infection. g) dose of Novavax’ Matrix-M adjuvant, used to boost the immune response to the R21 antigen. g) or high (50 ?g)

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline have said their COVID-19 vaccine has hit a snag in clinical development, prompting analysts to note this could delay delivery of potentially more than a billion shots globally by up to nine months. AZ to combine vaccine with Russian rival.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 6, 2023

The UK has formed an partnership with German biotech BioNTech to provide up to 10,000 patients with access to personalised cancer therapies, in another example of the country embracing the mRNA technologies that underpinned COVID-19 vaccines. It will also cover some infectious disease targets.

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XTalks

JANUARY 11, 2023

It also seems to be very adept at evading the immune response owing to a plethora of mutations that makes it immune evasive. “It The new subvariant has also been dubbed “Kraken” by some scientists. on the horizon as scientists say the virus appears to be rapidly evolving , mutating faster than most viruses.

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Find Me Cure

APRIL 23, 2020

The far more boring truth is that scientists are not magicians or prophets and estimations cannot always be precise. For Covid-19 the herd immunity threshold is 70% but this is only a rough estimate based on the current numbers we’re seeing. . Thus, herd immunity wouldn’t work in this scenario.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 30, 2021

For their remarkable scientific contributions, doctoral student Julia Klaus, Zurich University VetSuisse Faculty, and Dr Yasmin Parr from the MRC-University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research, have received the 2021 ABCD Young Scientist Award. To foster young talent development in the feline health research community. References.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

16, 2020 — Scientists are reporting early success with an experimental herpes vaccine that uses a genetically modified version of the virus. The gene edit prevents the virus from performing its normal evasive maneuver: hiding out in nervous system cells in order to elude the immune system. MONDAY, Nov.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 8, 2021

As COVID-19 vaccines are hastily deployed in the UK for priority groups, a debate rages over the government’s controversial strategy to delay time between vaccine doses. When the UK announced the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, it marked an exciting moment for the nation.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 8, 2021

As COVID-19 vaccines are hastily deployed in the UK for priority groups, a debate rages over the government’s controversial strategy to delay time between vaccine doses. When the UK announced the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, it marked an exciting moment for the nation.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 22, 2022

In addition, immunity against the infection is found to wane for both previously infected individuals and the vaccinated. Muge Cevik, a clinical scientist, shared an article around the mystery of viral hepatitis cases in children. Peter Hotez’s tweet on PAI Life Sciences’ phase 1 trial of its snail fever vaccine.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 26, 2022

The rivalry between Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech in commercialising their COVID-19 vaccines has now spilled over into the courts, in the form of a patent infringement lawsuit. ” There’s no world yet on whether a counter-suit may be in the offing. .” Lawsuits sprouting like mushrooms.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Inovio Pharma’s plan to start pivotal testing of its COVID-19 vaccine has been delayed by FDA requests for more information, sending its shares into a swift decline. Inovio’s vaccine takes the form of a DNA plasmid coding for the full length of the spike or ‘s’ glycoprotein antigen of SARS-CoV-2, the vaccine that causes COVID-19.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 9, 2021

Research by Lancaster University scientists to create a COVID-19 vaccine which can be administered through the nose has taken a significant step forward. The pre-clinical animal trials of the intranasal vaccine showed a reduction in both the impact of the disease itself and transmission of the virus.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Its development pipeline comprises chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapies, CD47 immune checkpoint inhibitor and Guanylyl Cyclase C (GCC) cancer vaccine. The GCC Vaccine is being analysed in Phase II clinical trials.

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Sciensano

JULY 5, 2023

Vaccin COVID-19 Event type: symposium Audience: general public health professionals journalist PhD students policy makers scientists Description: Sciensano is pleased to invite you to its BelCoVac symposium, which will focus on studies on the COVID vaccine in Belgium.

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