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Intravacc gets NIAID contract for intranasal gonorrhoea vaccine development

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from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) unit National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to develop a prophylactic intranasal vaccine against Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG). Leveraging its outer membrane vesicles (OMV) platform technology, Intravacc will develop the vaccine.

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Symvivo’s Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Enters Clinical Trials

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Canadian clinical-stage biotech company Symvivo Corporation has developed an oral COVID-19 vaccine that entered clinical trials this week. The first healthy volunteer was dosed with the vaccine in Australia as part of the bacTRL-Spike COVID-19 Phase I clinical trial. BacTRL Gene Therapy Platform.

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Human infection model drives forward TB vaccine development

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For the first time, a controlled human infection model for tuberculosis (TB) has been developed and could help with the future development of TB vaccines. The team states that it’s the first step towards establishing a challenge model that can be used to test new vaccines for TB.

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Sanofi snaps up acne vaccine developer Origimm Bio

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Sanofi has added to its vaccine pipeline with an agreement to acquire Austria’s Origimm Biotechnology and its vaccine-based immunotherapy for people with acne. It will highlight vaccines for pneumococcal disease, meningitis, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and chlamydia. Photo by Scott Webb on Unsplash.

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Cyfendus Anthrax Vaccine Wins FDA Approval

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Emergent BioSolutions, a multinational specialty biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has achieved a significant milestone with the approval of its Cyfendus (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed, Adjuvanted) vaccine by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). What Is Anthrax? How Does Cyfendus Work?

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Merck’s Next-Generation Pneumonia Vaccine Gets FDA Approval

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Merck has scored US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its next-generation pneumonia vaccine Vaxneuvance that covers 15 different strains of the pneumococcal bacteria that causes the infection. Compared to Vaxneuvance’s targeting of 15 different strains of the bacterium, Pfizer’s shot protects against 20.

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Medicago’s Plant-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Enters Human Trials

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Update (November 11, 2020): Quebec-based biopharmaceutical company Medicago has announced positive results from a Phase I trial of its candidate plant-derived vaccine. Interim results of the trial show that all participants developed an antibody response after two doses of the COVID-19 adjuvanted vaccine candidate.