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CohBar and Morphogenesis in merger for immuno-oncology therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Morphogenesis’s technologies include Immune Fx (IFx) personalised cancer vaccines and tumour microenvironment (TME) modulators. IFx has been designed to activate an innate immune response against tumour antigens that are patient-specific. Morphogenesis’ lead personalised cancer vaccine, IFx-Hu2.0,

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Roche launches new quantitative antibody test to measure SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, to support the evaluation of vaccines

The Pharma Data

The new Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S test can quantitatively measure the level of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in patients who have been exposed to the virus. The test targets antibodies against the spike protein. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This is the focus of vaccines in development and convalescent plasma therapy.

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AvantGen Announces Licensing of Its Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 Therapy Development

The Pharma Data

a San Diego-based biotechnology company with an array of technology platforms for antibody discovery and optimization, and novel NK and T cell engager generation, today announced licensing of a panel of its anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody clones to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 therapy development.

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Evusheld long-acting antibody combination approved in the EU for pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) of COVID-19 in a broad population

The Pharma Data

AstraZeneca’s Evusheld (tixagevimab co-packaged with cilgavimab), a long-acting antibody combination, has been granted marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) of COVID-19 in a broad population of adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older weighing at least 40 kg. Christoph D.

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A protein-based COVID-19 vaccine that mimics the shape of the virus

The Pharma Data

Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have immunized mice with nanoparticles that mimic SARS-CoV-2 by displaying multiple copies of the receptor binding domain (RBD) antigen, showing that the vaccine triggers robust antibody and T cell responses.

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2021 Biotech IPOs Get Off to a Roaring Start

The Pharma Data

On January 19, its investigational new drug (IND) for GC019F, a FasTCAR-enabled CAR-T therapy in relapsed or refractory adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) was approved by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). Ortho Clinical Diagnostics is a leader in in vitro diagnostics.

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Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Results: Stellar, Long-Ranging Efficacies in Children and Against Variants

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The highly awaited COVID-19 vaccine trial results address what have been three highly contested areas of concern: is the COVID-19 vaccine safe for kids, is it effective against some of the new variants of SARS-CoV-2 and how long will immunity last? How Safe and Effective is Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids?