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How did pharma develop a vaccine so quickly?

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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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US FDA grants Fast Track status for Pfizer-BioNTech’s combination vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for Pfizer and BioNTech’s messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based combination vaccine candidate against Covid-19 and influenza. The vaccine is intended to prevent two respiratory ailments through a single injection. 5 Omicron sublineages spike proteins.

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Merck and Orna partner for RNA technology-based vaccines and therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Merck (MSD outside North America) has entered a partnership agreement with Orna Therapeutics for discovering, developing and marketing various programmes based on next-generation RNA technology. These programmes will include therapies and vaccines in infectious disease and oncology areas.

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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. The structural proteins include the capsid, pre-membrane/membrane proteins and envelope (E) proteins.

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Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine wins backing of CDC advisory panel

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An expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy voted Tuesday to recommend use of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine — an achievement a long time in the making for the Gaithersburg, Md.-based based company.

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BioNTech, CureVac claim bulk of Germany’s €750m COVID-19 vaccines fund

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In May, Germany pledged to provide up to €750 million ($889 million) in funding to support vaccines against COVID-19, and the main recipients have now been revealed – BioNTech, CureVac and IDT Biologika – which are all German biotechs. Both of these vaccines are based on RNA and in phase 3 and phase 1 testing, respectively.

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Pfizer/BioNTech say COVID-19 vaccine could be approved in Europe by year-end

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Pfizer and BioNTech have filed their COVID-19 vaccine with the European medicines regulator, paving the way for a potential approval before the end of the year. Despite the fast review, the company insisted that the potential vaccine will be assessed according to the EMA’s normal standards for quality and safety.

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