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

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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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Evaxion and ExpreS²ion partner to develop new CMV vaccine

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Evaxion Biotech and ExpreS 2 ion Biotechnologies have entered a vaccine discovery collaboration agreement to co-develop a new cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine candidate. Additionally, this project will be part of the development pipeline of Evaxion under EVX-V1. A herpesvirus family member, CMV is spread through body fluids.

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TScan Therapeutics Announces Partnership with QIAGEN to Develop T Cell-Based Laboratory Test for Comprehensive COVID-19 Immune Response

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TScan Therapeutics Announces Partnership with QIAGEN to Develop T Cell-Based Laboratory Test for Comprehensive COVID-19 Immune Response TScan Therapeutics Announces Partnership with QIAGEN to Develop T Cell-Based Laboratory Test for Comprehensive COVID-19 Immune Response QIAGEN Secures Option to License Discoveries … Continue reading → (..)

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Ginkgo Bioworks to discover and develop novel vaccine adjuvants 

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A five-year contract totalling up to $31 million including programme options has been awarded to Ginkgo Bioworks to discover and develop next-generation vaccine adjuvants. Licensing for human use Adjuvants are components of vaccines that help to enhance the magnitude, breadth, and duration of the immune response to vaccination.

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Biologic Therapeutics Development, Part 2: Regulatory Pathways and Pharmacometric Analysis

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The development of biological products (or biologics) represents a major advancement in modern medicine, enabling the treatment of patients with many illnesses where no other therapeutics were previously available. One common characteristic for most if not all biologics is the triggering of an immune response or anti-drug antibodies.

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Chinese tech giant Baidu licenses mRNA algorithm to Sanofi

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Sanofi has bolstered its push into mRNA-based therapies with a new licensing deal – but not as might be expected with some up-and-coming biotech company. Sanofi is the first pharma company to partner with Baidu on its LinearDesign AI platform, which has been developed specifically to optimise the sequence of mRNA-based vaccines and drugs.

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Oral COVID-19 vaccine beckons, as ImmunityBio licenses iosBio tech

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ImmunityBio has licensed technology underpinning a COVID-19 vaccine that could be administered orally rather than by injection from UK biotech iosBio. This is particularly important in developing countries, where access to cold-chain is limited,” said Channon. There are other theoretical advantages as well.

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