pharmaphorum

JANUARY 21, 2022

A third dose of vaccine has been shown to effectively neutralise the Omicron variant of covid-19, according to researchers. Research led by UCLH, UCL and the Francis Crick Institute found that the booster dose successfully stimulates antibody levels that neutralise Omicron. Overall, antibody levels were nearly 2.5

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Nearly three years into the pandemic, many of us now carry antibodies against the virus—due to an infection or two, a few doses of mRNA vaccine, or a round of monoclonal-antibody treatment.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 5, 2024

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified antibodies targeting a hard-to-spot region of the influenza virus, shedding light on the relatively unexplored ‘dark side’ of the neuraminidase (NA) protein head.

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BioSpace

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

AstraZeneca announced its plans to create a new, separate division for vaccines and antibody therapies, specifically its COVID-19 vaccine developed with the University of Oxford and other COVID-19 antibody treatments.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 11, 2023

The US government is reportedly investing more than $5bn in a programme to accelerate the development of new Covid-19 vaccines and treatments. Health experts have lent their support to the new programme as the existing vaccines may not be as effective against future virus threats.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Health Canada has granted approval for a supplement to a New Drug Submission (sNDS) of Novavax ’s Covid-19 vaccine (Recombinant protein, Adjuvanted), Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), for use in adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. The trial is designed to analyse the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 16, 2024

Biotech company ExeVir Bio has revealed new data demonstrating that its antibodies are effective in neutralising currently circulating Covid-19 Omicron variants. XVR013m is a heavy chain-only antibody targeting a unique membrane-proximal epitope in the S2 subunit of the spike protein. XVR012 demonstrates an IC50 range of 0.8

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Medical Xpress

MAY 11, 2023

The new mRNA vaccines have just as good a protective effect against COVID-19 for the very oldest as for younger people. However, the study shows that elderly people with a low antibody response after vaccination were at increased risk of dying from the omicron variants of the disease.

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BioSpace

AUGUST 31, 2021

Belgium researchers compared the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines and found that the Moderna jabs generated twice the antibodies than the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 25, 2023

A new study at UTHealth Houston in the US has found that several routine vaccinations are linked to a significant reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In 2022, Schulz’s team also found that people who received at least one influenza vaccine were 40% less likely than their unvaccinated peers to develop AD.

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Fierce Pharma

JULY 18, 2023

After bagging a highly anticipated FDA nod Monday, Sanofi and AstraZeneca’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) antibody now has a date on a committee's calendar to determine its place in U.S. The panel has set a date for Aug. 3 to evaluate the new drug.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 15, 2022

Health Canada has granted approval for the usage of Moderna’s messenger RNA (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in a 25µg two-dose regimen for active immunisation to prevent Covid-19 in children aged six months to five years. So far, children aged below five years were not eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in Canada.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 15, 2022

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted conditional authorisation for Moderna ’s Covid-19 booster vaccine, mRNA-1273.214 (Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron), for use in adults aged 18 years and above. It comprises mRNA-1273 (Spikevax) and a vaccine candidate that acts on the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ BA.1

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 22, 2023

Memory B cells play a critical role to provide long-term immunity after a vaccination or infection. In a study published in the journal Immunity, researchers describe a distinct and novel subset of memory B cells that predict long-lived antibody responses to influenza vaccination in humans.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

New studies have demonstrated that Vaxxinity’s vaccine VXX-401 reproducibly lowers low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in non-human primates. Across three separate preclinical studies in cynomolgus monkeys, VXX-401 induced a strong and durable antibody response against PCSK9, and robust, sustained reduction of LDL-C over time.

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BioPharma Reporter

AUGUST 2, 2021

The mRNA vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech generates far higher levels of antibodies against the coronavirus than Sinovacâs inactivated virus prophylactic, according to a study.

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BioPharma Reporter

APRIL 8, 2021

Moderna today highlighted the publication of antibody persistence data out to six months following the second dose of its COVID-19 vaccine in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 13, 2024

UK researchers have highlighted the importance of continued surveillance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants and vaccine performance as the virus continues to evolve. The researchers found that both vaccines generated neutralising antibodies against the most recent strain of Omicron, BA.2.86. strains after their booster vaccination.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Syncromune and Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals’ wholly owned subsidiary Eucure Biopharma have entered an exclusive global licence agreement for OX40 antibody YH002 and two other active ingredients. . This technology aims to create a custom-made autologous cancer vaccine utilising the cancer antigens of the patient.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 9, 2023

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: Monoclonal antibody drugs for cancer. Treatment with monoclonal antibodies also helps immune systems defend against cancer.

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BioSpace

JANUARY 25, 2021

Regeneron announced positive initial data from its ongoing Phase III trial of its antibody cocktail, REGEN-COV, as a passive vaccine to prevent COVID-19 in people at high risk of infection from household exposure.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Novavax ’s adjuvanted Covid-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, as a booster for use in people aged 18 years and above. The booster is indicated for use after a minimum of six months following a vaccine regimen with an authorised or approved Covid-19 shot.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 21, 2021

WHAT: A booster dose of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine given to rhesus macaques about six months after their primary vaccine series significantly increased levels of neutralizing antibodies against all known SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, according to a new study from National Institutes of Health scientists and colleagues.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 24, 2022

As regulatory agencies gear up for another round of Covid-19 vaccine deliberations centered on emerging variants, Moderna has released data on its booster’s efficacy against Omicron subvariants. 1 variant, on 22 June, Moderna said its booster also showed a “potent” antibody response against Omicron subvariants BA.4

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

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: Coronavirus vaccine components. The vaccine also contains other inactive ingredients such as cholesterol.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 13, 2023

In reviewing data from previous studies, a team lead by researchers at the University of Chicago and the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) found that individuals who had fewer than six hours of sleep per night in the days surrounding vaccination had a blunted antibody response.

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BioPharma Reporter

JUNE 3, 2021

COVID-19 vaccination via Vaxxasâ novel high-density microarray patch showed 'significantly enhanced' T-cell and spike-specific antibody responses compared to needle delivery, according to a pre-print preclinical study published this week.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein produced by the immune system can help identify and fend off future infections, but not all antibodies are the same. People who either recovered from COVID-19 early in the pandemic or received a current vaccine may not be able to fend off new and emerging variants. […].

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Alterations in the biochemical makeup of bulk plasma IgG, or Fc glycosylation, can predict COVID-19 disease severity and vaccine antibody response, according to a recent study by researchers at RUSH University and Northwestern. The results of the study were recently published in Cell Reports.

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STAT News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

A new study is raising concerns about the effectiveness of the monkeypox vaccine being used in the United States and other parts of the world. Read the rest…

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A team of scientists from Scripps Research and the University of North Carolina (UNC) has found antibodies in the blood of certain COVID-19 donors that can block infection from a broad set of coronaviruses—specifically, in people who have recovered from the virus and were then vaccinated.

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Pharma Times

OCTOBER 7, 2021

AstraZeneca has submitted an emergency approval to the US drug regulators for its COVID-19 antibody cocktail, which would be the first non-vaccine protection from the virus to be granted approval.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 13, 2023

The current COVID-19 vaccines are designed to trigger an antibody response to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, which is vulnerable to mutations that could make the vaccine less effective over time.

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JAMA Internal Medicine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

This randomized clinical trial evaluated the effectiveness of a third dose of mRNA-based vs a vector-based vaccine in 201 kidney transplant recipients with no SARS-CoV-2 antibodies after 2 prior doses of an mRNA vaccine.

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BioSpace

OCTOBER 11, 2020

government program to advance COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics, for a monoclonal antibody cocktail. AstraZeneca signed a deal with Operation Warp Speed, the U.S.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 21, 2022

A recent study looked at the strength, durability and breadth of neutralizing antibody responses generated by breakthrough infections in individuals vaccinated against SARS-CoV2. The findings are published this week […].

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BioSpace

AUGUST 11, 2020

Although the world is eagerly awaiting news of an effective and safe vaccine against COVID-19, several companies are moving ahead testing therapeutic antibodies against the disease.

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