Drug Discovery World

MAY 18, 2023

A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC) has begun enrolling volunteers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

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Delveinsight

AUGUST 6, 2020

Zydus starts phase 2 COVID-19 vaccine trial after clearing safety test. Zydus Cadila has finished a phase 1 clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D, setting it up to move straight into a 1,000-subject phase 2 study. ZyCoV-D is designed to introduce DNA that encodes for a viral protein into human cells.

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XTalks

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The best way to prevent the flu is by getting vaccinated every year. The CDC and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommend annual flu vaccination for most people, especially those at high risk of serious complications, like pregnant women, elderly individuals, children and people with certain chronic health conditions.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 11, 2021

11, 2021 — As the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines continues, scores of questions are emerging. How do the COVID-19 vaccines work? The COVID-19 vaccines work by teaching the immune system to protect against the virus, experts said. This protein then appears on the surface of the cell and the immune system responds to it.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

announced that the first participant has been dosed in a new Phase I trial for an innovative HIV vaccine candidate, VIR-1388. This groundbreaking endeavor has received support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Vir Biotechnology, Inc.,

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The company has signed on to help manufacture AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, intended to protect against the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus. AMRI is proud to partner with AstraZeneca in pursuit of a vaccine that could protect people against the coronavirus pandemic,” said John Ratliff, CEO of AMRI, in a statement.

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Scienmag

AUGUST 20, 2020

Credit: NIAID Immunization of mice with a new vaccine consisting of fungal particles loaded with Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) proteins protects mice against S. aureus is one of the […].

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Canadian clinical-stage biotech company Symvivo Corporation has developed an oral COVID-19 vaccine that entered clinical trials this week. The first healthy volunteer was dosed with the vaccine in Australia as part of the bacTRL-Spike COVID-19 Phase I clinical trial. Related: Red Meat Allergy Test Gets FDA Clearance. “We

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Scienmag

MARCH 15, 2021

The first vaccine has been administered in a comparative adjuvant trial of DNA prime/protein boost HIV vaccine regimens in Kericho, Kenya Credit: U.S. Military HIV Research Program SILVER SPRING, Md.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 6, 2022

While scientists have struggled in the past to create an effective vaccine against HIV, a novel vaccine design strategy shows new promise, according to data from a first-in-human clinical trial. . The Phase I trial (IAVI G001) tested the first stage in a multi-stage HIV vaccine regimen the researchers are developing.

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XTalks

JANUARY 27, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna announced this week that results from a study show that the shot is effective against some of the new circulating variants of SARS-CoV-2. In a news release from Moderna, the company reported that the administration of its COVID-19 vaccine induced antibody titers against both variants.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 23, 2023

The quality of CD8+ T cell response to two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine was considerably lower in people with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to people without prior infection, the US study found. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine uses parts of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to elicit an immune response without causing infection.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

AstraZeneca has started a Phase 3 trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccines in the US, making it the third company to start late-stage trials of a vaccine. . The trial will see participants receive either two doses of the vaccine or a placebo. Photo by Daniel Paquet from Regina, Canada.

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Pfizer

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Pfizer and BioNTech Initiate Phase 1 Study of Single Dose mRNA-Based Combination Vaccine Candidate for Influenza and COVID-19. Pfizer and BioNTech Initiate Phase 1 Study of Single Dose mRNA-Based Combination Vaccine Candidate for Influenza and COVID-19. Wed, 11/02/2022 - 15:44. Thursday, November 03, 2022 - 06:45am. Ugur Sahin, M.D.,

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Scienmag

APRIL 22, 2021

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

AstraZeneca has expanded development of COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 into the US, beginning a phase 3 clinical trial across all adult age groups. Participants are being randomised to receive two doses of either AZD1222 or a saline control, four weeks apart, with twice as many participants receiving the potential vaccine than the saline control.

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Pfizer

DECEMBER 8, 2022

FDA Fast Track Designation for Single-Dose mRNA-Based Vaccine Candidate Against COVID-19 and Influenza. FDA Fast Track Designation for Single-Dose mRNA-Based Vaccine Candidate Against COVID-19 and Influenza. INDICATION & AUTHORIZED USE Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent, (Original and Omicron BA.4/BA.5) AUTHORIZED USE .

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Bioengineer

JULY 23, 2021

Intranasal vaccination is needle-free and elicits immunity at the site of infection, the respiratory tract. – There are many reasons that an intranasal vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus would be helpful in the fight against COVID-19 infections, University of Alabama at Birmingham immunologists Fran Lund, Ph.D., Credit: UAB.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 21, 2024

As a vaccine immunologist Kanekiyo’s primary research interests are structure-based vaccine design, viral immunity, and host-pathogen interplay. As a vaccine immunologist Kanekiyo’s primary research interests are structure-based vaccine design, viral immunity, and host-pathogen interplay.

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Scienmag

JULY 23, 2021

Vaccines against COVID-19, which […].

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Pfizer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

5-Adapted Bivalent Vaccine Booster in Children 5 Through 11 Years of Age. 5-Adapted Bivalent Vaccine Booster in Children 5 Through 11 Years of Age. 5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 through 11 years of age. 1-adapted bivalent vaccine, non clinical and manufacturing data from the companies’ 10-µg Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 14, 2020

ICU nurse Sandra Lindsay, with Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York, received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ’ s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee on Thursday, December 17. Both vaccines have demonstrated about 94-95% efficacy in clinical trials.

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Scienmag

MARCH 4, 2021

A deep sequencing study of 747 SARS-CoV-2 virus isolates has revealed mutant peptides derived from the virus that cannot effectively bind to critical proteins on the surface of infected cells and, in turn, hamper activation of CD8+ killer T cells that recognize and destroy these infected cells.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) recommended the agency grant Moderna ’s COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization (EUA). A week ago, the FDA granted Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine EUA on Friday the day after the same adcom voted 16-1-1.

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Scienmag

JUNE 25, 2021

Changes to the ‘spike’ protein explain Alpha’s faster spread, and how the Beta variant evades immune responses, suggesting the need for a booster with an updated vaccine Credit: Bing Chen, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital New SARS-CoV-2 variants are spreading rapidly, and there are fears that current COVID-19 vaccines won’t (..)

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XTalks

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Past Few Weeks Herald Good News on the Vaccine Front. First came the news from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech that their mRNA vaccine was 90 percent effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 disease. In their trial, some 30,000 patients received either two doses of Moderna’s mRNA-1273 vaccine 28 days apart or placebo.

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Scienmag

JULY 6, 2021

Studies reveal unprecedented mechanism behind loss of antibody neutralization against this pandemic coronavirus variant of concern Credit: Young-Jun Park, UW Department of Biochemistry Three mutations in the Epsilon coronavirus spike protein dampen the neutralizing potency of antibodies induced by current vaccines or past COVID infections.

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Delveinsight

AUGUST 27, 2020

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine triggers an immune response in older adults. Moderna showed robust phase 1 results for its COVID-19 vaccine in adults up to 55 last month. The BET inhibitor worked by increasing beta-3 tubulin (TUBB3), a protein found in brain metastases.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mymetics continues to progress its Covid-19 vaccine development plan based on its virosome-vaccine platform. This new study will complement Mymetics’ other preclinical Covid-19 studies that are ongoing at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas USA and the Helmholtz Center of Infection Research in Germany.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 7, 2022

In the second of a three-part series, Ben Hargreaves looks at the importance of early-stage research into various emerging infectious disease threats and how it saved precious time in the work to develop a working vaccine during the current pandemic. The institute also led and funded early-stage clinical research into the vaccine candidate.

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Delveinsight

JANUARY 21, 2021

Drugs that target the cancer-promoting proteins MDM2 and BET have been attempted in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and have not been all that effective on their own. The combination appears to work by activation of the tumour-suppressing protein p53, they announced. The gene TP53 produces the protein p53, a known tumour suppressor.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 22, 2024

Entact Bio is using a platform to develop enhancement-targeting chimeric (ENTAC) molecules, which bring together target proteins with enzymes called deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs). The impact of this technology on the patients for which it is being implemented is multifaceted.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The technique should help in the design of vaccines against HIV, SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses that cloak their outer proteins with sugars to evade antibodies.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

and is being conducted in collaboration with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S.

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Pfizer

JANUARY 27, 2023

In the ongoing development of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer has not conducted gain of function or directed evolution research. Working with collaborators, we have conducted research where the original SARS-CoV-2 virus has been used to express the spike protein from new variants of concern.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Nasdaq: MRNA) a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, today announced the Swiss Federal Government has increased its confirmed order commitment from 4.5 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine candidate against COVID-19 , mRNA-1273. “As

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XTalks

DECEMBER 24, 2020

From isolating SARS-CoV-2 in early January to sequencing its genome shortly thereafter and having a prototype vaccine against it within days, scientific process and progress have held steadfast throughout the pandemic. For example, investment in mRNA vaccines and viral vectors came well before January, many years before it.

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