Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 1, 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic led to massive developments and scientific advances within the field of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines. Pfizer /BioNTech and Moderna’s mRNA-based vaccines were the first to receive emergency use authorisation (EUA) out of all other Covid-19 vaccines under development in late 2020.

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Bio Pharma Dive

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The pharma and partner BioNTech have kicked off the first human trial of a messenger RNA shot for shingles, believing there’s room to clear the high bar set by GSK’s rival vaccine.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 16, 2024

Sanofi has signed an agreement with IDT Australia for preclinical formulation development of its messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

While things may have slowed down a little since the rapid approvals of the COVID-19 vaccines, the excitement around RNA-LNP is still going strong.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 2, 2024

A personalised vaccine for the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma developed has shown encouraging signs of efficacy in its first human trial.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 28, 2023

Following on from its Covid-19 vaccine programmes, BioNTech has set its sights on a range of infectious diseases for vaccine development. The company saw major successes with its Covid-19 vaccine, developed in collaboration with Pfizer. In response to the lower vaccine sales forecasts, BioNTech shares opened at 3.9%

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Bio Pharma Dive

AUGUST 26, 2022

The biotech claims its rivals’ vaccine Comirnaty, one of the world’s top-selling pharmaceutical products, infringes on two patents covering its messenger RNA technology.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Japan’s medicines regulator has approved the first vaccine based on self-assembling RNA, a spin on the mRNA technology used in current shots, which is designed to deliver greater efficacy with a lower dose.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 27, 2023

Orbital Therapeutics has raised $270m in a Series A round led by ARCH Venture Partners to advance a portfolio of programmable RNA therapeutics. Orbital will use the new funding to increase the application of RNA-based medicines for use in the fields of new vaccines, immunomodulation and protein replacement.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 19, 2023

BioNTech has inaugurated a new messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine manufacturing facility in Kigali, Rwanda, which will have BioNTainers.

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Roots Analysis

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

RNA-based therapeutics have completely revolutionized the healthcare segment, greatly influencing the study and treatment of human diseases by conferring precise targeting ability to therapeutic modalities. The below figure presents the distribution of next generation RNA-based therapeutics and RNA-based vaccines, based on type of molecule.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 1, 2022

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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Bio Pharma Dive

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Both companies believe the messenger RNA technology they're using in their coronavirus vaccines could be applied to create a better flu shot.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 16, 2022

Merck & Co has ramped up its involvement in the RNA category, partnering with US biotech Orna Therapeutics in a deal valued at up to $3.5 billion, consummating a relationship that first started in 2018 and spanned a range of mRNA-based vaccines for infectious diseases. billion, including $150 million upfront.

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Bio Pharma Dive

AUGUST 16, 2022

The pharmaceutical company has formed an alliance with Orna and invested $100 million in its Series B round, hoping the young biotech’s approach could lead to multiple new vaccines and drugs.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 1, 2022

Moderna has entered a new supply contract with the US Government to deliver 66 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine booster candidate, mRNA-1273.222. The contract comprises a $1.74bn award to produce and supply these vaccine doses and options to further procure up to 234 million additional doses of the company’s booster candidates.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

OCTOBER 16, 2022

The husband-and-wife team who co-founded BioNTech, the biotechnology company that partnered with Pfizer to develop an effective messenger-RNA (mRNA) shot against COVID-19, has predicted that a cancer vaccine could be widely available within the next decade.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 14, 2022

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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BioSpace

AUGUST 4, 2021

RNA caught the public’s imagination in the form of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, but RNA can be used in other ways, too, to make therapeutic proteins.

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Bio Pharma Dive

MAY 19, 2023

The biotech, best known for its vaccine research, said its clinical trial is the first to report results of a messenger RNA therapeutic designed for intracellular protein replacement.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 13, 2023

Bringing Next Generation RNA Therapies to Patients Faster. The post 2nd Next Generation RNA Therapeutics Summit appeared first on. Explore the full event guide here – [link].

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 2, 2022

Samsung Biologics and GreenLight Biosciences have completed the initial commercial-scale engineering run for their messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine under their manufacturing collaboration. Following the demonstration at Samsung, the clinical trial of GreenLight’s Covid-19 booster vaccine is anticipated to commence this year.

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Bio Pharma Dive

AUGUST 22, 2022

The decision will make a third vaccine available for children 12 to 17 years old in the U.S., giving them an option that doesn’t use the messenger RNA technology of shots by Pfizer and Moderna.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As the biopharmaceutical industry increases its focus on developing RNA therapeutics, the new RNA solution could help R&D organisations accelerate the delivery of drug candidates. The post New solution to boost RNA drug development appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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XTalks

MARCH 21, 2022

Credited as a pioneering RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics company, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is taking Pfizer and Moderna to court, claiming that the companies’ use of the lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-based RNA delivery technology in their mRNA COVID-19 vaccines infringes on a patented technology.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 15, 2022

Health Canada has granted approval for the usage of Moderna’s messenger RNA (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in a 25µg two-dose regimen for active immunisation to prevent Covid-19 in children aged six months to five years. So far, children aged below five years were not eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in Canada.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Only a few weeks into the new year, the prospect of getting a successful advanced HIV vaccine shrank after the discontinuation of yet another late-stage trial. On January 18, Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary, stated that its vaccine was not effective in preventing HIV infections.

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JAMA Internal Medicine

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Several recent case series have described acute myocarditis after COVID-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccination. While the cardiac complications of vaccines are important, discussion has been limited by small sample sizes that lack gender and racial and ethnic diversity. 414 fully vaccinated individuals). women and 31.2%

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BioPharma Reporter

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Australiaâs Noxopharm has in-licensed novel RNA tech developed by Hudson Institute of Medical Research: focusing on RNA drug discovery and mRNA vaccine manufacture via Noxopharmâs subsidiary Pharmorage.

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BioPharma Reporter

APRIL 30, 2024

A recent study finds RNA deals are âdominatedâ by oligonucleotides and mRNA vaccines in APAC

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 7, 2023

Under the grant, Evotec aims to discover and develop RNA-targeting small molecules as potential first-in-class therapeutics against Henipaviruses. Currently there are no approved drugs or vaccines for neither Hendra nor Nipah virus infections available, underlining an urgent need for accelerated research and development.

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STAT News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This story has been adapted from the STAT Report “The future of messenger RNA: Covid-19 vaccines are just the beginning.” Read the rest…

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Scienmag

JULY 6, 2022

Army scientists and industry partners were among the first to demonstrate that messenger RNA (mRNA)—the technology recently used in COVID-19 vaccines and others—could also be used to develop treatments for infectious diseases. Credit: Study: USAMRIID / […].

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 11, 2023

US-based start-up Atomic AI is using artificial intelligence (AI) to design more intelligent RNA-targeted and RNA-based medicines. As tech experts call for improved regulation and a halt to the development of AI, we take a look at how one company, Atomic AI, is using it to develop RNA-targeting treatments for a range of diseases.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 18, 2021

SMi Group’s 13th Annual Conference: RNA Therapeutics 2022. Bolstering the latest advances and opportunities in RNA-based medicine. BENEFITS OF ATTENDING: •Explore how mRNA vaccines have led the way in the response against COVID-19 and key takeaways for the industry. Head of RNA Biology. 9th – 10th February 2022.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 30, 2022

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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STAT News

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

An experimental influenza vaccine developed using messenger RNA technology appears capable of inducing what should be a protective immune response against all known subtypes of flu, at least in animals. If the work is translated into humans it could turn out to be a version of a long-sought universal vaccine.

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