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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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How structural biology is informing vaccine design

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Reece Armstrong speaks to Melanie Adams-Cioaba , Senior Director and General Manager of pharma (cryo-EM), Thermo Fisher Scientific about advances in vaccine design. Using structural biology as central to vaccine design and development, and to drug discovery more generally, is what we mean by “rational design.”

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Leading innovators in flavivirus vaccine components

Pharmaceutical Technology

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Flavivirus vaccine components. The structural proteins include the capsid, pre-membrane/membrane proteins and envelope (E) proteins.

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Positive initial results for srRNA rabies vaccine

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Replicate Bioscience has shared positive results from the Phase I trial of RBI-4000, its srRNA-based rabies vaccine. In this clinical trial, evaluating safety and immunogenicity of RBI-4000 , participants received one or two doses of srRNA vaccine at low doses (0.1mcg, 1mcg or 10mcg).

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Moderna’s founder launches Laronde, promising new ‘Endless RNA’ drug class

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Flagship Pioneering, the VC fund run by Moderna’s co-founder Noubar Afeyan has launched a new biotech Laronde , with an ambitious plan to create a new class of drugs based on Endless RNA. Called eRNA for short, this class of medicines is programmable and can continuously express therapeutic proteins inside the body.

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Risk adjusted net present value: What is the current valuation of Moderna’s MRNA-0184?

Pharmaceutical Technology

The therapeutic candidate consists of messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding for relaxin. It is developed based on messenger RNA expression and N2GL formulation platform. Moderna Overview Moderna is a biotechnology company that focuses on the development of messenger RNA therapeutics and vaccines.

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Lilly’s antibody therapy cuts hospitalisation rates in COVID-19

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Eli Lilly has followed up supportive data from its Olumiant in COVID-19 with results of a study showing its antibody treatment could help prevent hospitalisation from the disease. The double-blind placebo-controlled antibody study involved patients with symptoms outside hospitals, who were treated with four different dose strengths.

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