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Valneva’s Lyme disease vaccine faces final clinical test in a sparse landscape

Pharmaceutical Technology

VLA15 is the only vaccine for Lyme disease in clinical development, according to GlobalData, the parent company of Pharmaceutical Technology. Lyme disease is also known as borreliosis, which refers to the borrelia bacteria that cause the condition. The vaccine targets six different serotypes of borrelia bacteria.

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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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ADCs Pipeline Update: Avacta Partners with ADC Therapeutics

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The firm also has the right to obtain exclusive licenses to the Affimer proteins for clinical development and commercialization. What are Affimers : Affimers are small proteins that target and bind molecules on cellular surfaces in a manner analogous to monoclonal antibodies.

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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. These are capable of mobilising the immune system against GBS bacteria and preventing invasion of epithelial and endothelial cell barriers.

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Pfizer takes stake in French Lyme disease jab partner Valneva

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Valneva is on the hook for 40% of development costs, up from 30%, but also stands to receive milestone payments of up to $100 million based on sales performance which were not included in the original agreement. The shot targets the outer surface protein A (OspA) of the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria that causes Lyme disease.

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Booster data backs Pfizer, Valneva Lyme disease vaccine

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VLA15 targets the outer surface protein A (OspA) of the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria that causes Lyme disease, a tick-borne infection that causes a characteristic rash that can be accompanied by flu-like symptoms and – in some cases – debilitating tiredness and aches that can last for years.