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Valneva accelerates Lyme disease vaccine R&D project with Pfizer

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Valneva is paying 30% of development costs and in return Pfizer will pay tiered royalties starting at 19% and will lead late-stage development. VLA15 is the only active Lyme disease vaccine in clinical development today, and covers six strains that are prevalent in North America and Europe.

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Gene Therapy and Pharmacokinetics

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When developing a clinical development program for these increasingly popular therapies, it is important that sponsors use modeling and pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis to evaluate parameters that can be measured while dosing with gene therapy drugs, to characterize exposure-response data and inform rational dosing.

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Minervax raises €47.4m in Series B funding round for GBS shot

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Proceeds will advance the clinical development of MinervaX’s novel GBS vaccine through phase 2 clinical trials, as well as manufacturing and regulatory preparation for phase 3. GBS is responsible for nearly half of all life-threatening infections in newborns.

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Prevention of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Adults 18 Years and Older Caused by 15 Serotypes

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Clinical Data Supporting Approval Demonstrated Non-Inferior Immune Responses for the Serotypes Shared with PCV13 (1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F and 23F). VAXNEUVANCE Elicited Superior Immune Responses for Serotypes 3, 22F and 33F Compared to PCV13, Which Are Major Causes of Disease.

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Synlogic Announces Advancement of SYNB1891 to Combination Arm Dosing with PD-L1 Checkpoint Inhibitor in the on-going Phase 1 Study for the Treatment of Solid Tumors and Lymphoma

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SYNB1891 is an investigational drug for the intra-tumoral treatment of solid tumors and lymphoma, composed of an engineered Synthetic Biotic designed to activate the STING pathway in the tumor microenvironment in order to upregulate the patient’s immune response. SYNB1891 is being evaluated in a Phase 1 clinical trial.

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Merck Announces Positive Topline Results from Two Additional Phase 3 Adult Studies Evaluating V114, Merck’s Investigational 15-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

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Immune responses following vaccination with PNEUMOVAX 23 (month 13) were comparable in both vaccination groups for the 15 serotypes in V114. Results from both studies are based on opsonophagocytic activity (OPA) responses – a measure of vaccine-induced functional antibodies. among adults 65 years of age or older.

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Pfizer and Valneva Issue Update on Phase 3 Clinical Trial Evaluating Lyme Disease Vaccine Candidate VLA15

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While VLA15 is still under investigation, to date the companies have been encouraged by the data from the Phase 2 clinical studies, which demonstrated strong immunogenicity and acceptable safety and tolerability profiles. 2-4 About VLA15 VLA15 is the only Lyme disease vaccine candidate currently in clinical development.