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Merck, chasing Pfizer, claims study success for new pneumonia vaccine

Bio Pharma Dive

The pharma said its latest shot, which covers 21 strains of bacteria, cleared two Phase 3 trials and in some cases spurred a stronger immune response than Pfizer’s Prevnar 20.

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mRNA vaccine 100% effective against deadly bacteria

Drug Discovery World

For the first time, researchers have developed an mRNA vaccine that is 100% effective against a type of bacteria that is lethal to humans, paving the way for effective vaccination against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. However, until now scientists believed that mRNA vaccines against bacteria were biologically undoable.

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Meningitis vaccine comes to the forefront with impressive study results

Pharmaceutical Technology

The results from a trial, published in The New England Journal of Medicine , found the vaccine was associated with a strong immune response and good safety profile. The response was more powerful than that generated by MenACWY-D – a licensed quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine marketed by GSK. for serogroup W to 20.5

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Intravacc gets NIAID contract for intranasal gonorrhoea vaccine development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Intended for intranasal administration, NGoXIM was demonstrated to be effective in animal models and elicited a durable and cross-protective immune response in proof-of-concept (PoC) studies. . This trial will evaluate the safety of the vaccine and generate efficacy data.

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Harnessing the microbiome: The new frontier in drug discovery and testing 

Drug Discovery World

Paul Denslow , CEO, Intus Bio, discusses how a new approach to tracking gut bacteria can revolutionse our understanding of the microbiome and bring about new discoveries for therapeutics. It’s a long-held doctrine that there’s no effective method to track the microbiome during drug research and development.

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New drug could prevent sepsis-related organ failure

Drug Discovery World

Professor Trent Woodruff from UQ’s School of Biomedical Sciences said the new approach addressed an underlying cause of organ failure, while previous unsuccessful attempts had focused largely on the immune response.

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Scientists use mRNA to reprogramme the immune system

Drug Discovery World

Dr Kaustav Das Gupta and Professor Matt Sweet from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience discovered that a molecule derived from glucose in immune cells can both stop bacteria growing and dampen inflammatory responses. Coli bacteria from growing,” Dr Das Gupta said. “It