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HIV vaccines suffer setbacks but new approaches could turn the tide

Pharmaceutical Technology

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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Nanoparticle universal flu vaccine enters Phase I trials

Drug Discovery World

Enrolment in a Phase I trial of a new investigational universal influenza vaccine candidate has begun at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, US. An ideal universal influenza vaccine could be taken less frequently than once a year and protect against multiple strains of influenza virus.

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New ‘atlas’ charts how antibodies attack spike protein variants

Scienmag

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Encouraging trial findings renew hope for HIV vaccine

Drug Discovery World

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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Zydus starts Phase II COVID-19 vaccine trial; Taysha raises $95M; FDA declines DBV’s peanut allergy patch; Combating COVID-19 with decoy target

Delveinsight

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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Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Effective Against New Variants

XTalks

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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Epsilon variant mutations contribute to COVID immune evasion

Scienmag

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.