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

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These study participants, representing approximately half of the total recruited participants in the trial, are being discontinued following violations of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) at certain clinical trial sites run by a third-party clinical trial site operator.

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

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million (around $56 million) in a Series B funding round to take its novel group B streptococcus (GBS) vaccine into mid-stage clinical trials. 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.

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Europe: Where is the drug discovery innovation?

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billion on R&D during 2021, with Germany and Switzerland being the biggest contributors, and around one fourth of clinical trials worldwide were performed in Europe 1. The city is host to many innovative biotech companies, including relative newcomers Orexa, a company that recently launched its first Phase II 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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Advances in the Battle Against Autoimmune Disease

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SetPoint Medical received FDA Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval for a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled pivotal trial that will enroll up to 250 patients at 40 clinical trial sites in the U.S. Small Molecule Inhibitors. Anti-CD40L Antibody.

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U.S. FDA Approves PREVNAR 20™, Pfizer’s Pneumococcal 20-valent Conjugate Vaccine for Adults Ages 18 Years or Older

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We are thrilled with this approval as it furthers our mission to expand protection against disease-causing bacteria serotypes to help prevent potentially serious respiratory infections like pneumococcal pneumonia throughout the year.”. pneumoniae serotypes 8, 10A, 11A, 12F, 15B, 22F, and 33F is approved based on immune responses.