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Eyeing emergency use of COVID-19 drug, Humanigen partners with Lonza to make it

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Humanigen is hoping for emergency use authorisation in the US for an antibody to treat severe COVID-19 before the end of 2020, and has teamed up with Swiss contract manufacturer Lonza to make sure it can meet demand. Lilly also has studies on the go for LY3127804, an investigational antibody targeting angiopoietin 2 (Ang2).

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Covid-19 Omicron boosters will reinvigorate injectables manufacturing

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Pfizer (New York, New York) and Moderna’s (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Omicron-specific Covid-19 vaccines are in late-stage development, have demonstrated good efficacy against the variant and will likely be available to the public later this year to provide an additional booster and increase demand for injectable manufacturing.

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INOVIO Announces Publication of Phase 1 Data from its COVID-19 DNA Vaccine Candidate, INO-4800 in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine

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Stanley Plotkin , Professor Emeritus at The Wistar Institute, said, “INOVIO’s DNA vaccine appeared to be quite safe with few significant reactions but yet induced both antibody and T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2.” mg dose group and 84% demonstrating neutralizing antibodies in the 2.0 mg and 2.0 The 1.0

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Amtagvi (Lifileucel) Scores Landmark Win as First FDA-Approved T-Cell Therapy for a Solid Tumor

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Of the 73 patients who received Amtagvi, the response rate was 31.5 percent) patients who achieved a complete response and 20 (27.4 percent) patients with a partial response. More than 30 ATCs are already prepared to collect and ship tumor tissue from patients for Amtagvi manufacturing, said Iovance.

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PFIZER AND BIONTECH ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION WITH BIOVAC TO MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTE COVID-19 VACCINE DOSES WITHIN AFRICA

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Immunocompromised persons, including individuals receiving immunosuppressant therapy, may have a diminished immune response to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. Procedures should be in place to avoid injury from fainting. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine may not protect all vaccine recipients.

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The challenges and trends of cell & gene therapies 

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Indeed, the growth of the cell and gene therapy market, coupled with the demand that the pandemic placed on manufacturing capacity, means the industry faces shortages of these crucial materials.

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Pfizer and BioNTech to provide 500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to U.S. government for donation to poorest nations

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The production capacity has consistently grown due to continued enhancements to the vaccine’s supply chain, which include expanding existing facilities, adding more suppliers, and bringing on additional Pfizer/BioNTech sites and contract manufacturers around the world to produce the vaccine. BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. The Pfizer?BioNTech