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Merck and Moderna partner to develop and sell cancer vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

German pharmaceutical firm Merck has extended its partnership with Moderna to jointly develop and sell mRNA-4157/V940, an investigational personalised cancer vaccine (PCV). In 2016, the companies entered a strategic partnership to develop novel messenger RNA (mRNA) based PCVs.

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GSK’s Maria Reyes Boceta-Muñoz Talks Vaccine Development in a Post-Pandemic World

XTalks

Vaccines have been an integral piece of the global public health toolbox for over 200 years, but the COVID-19 pandemic brought about a new era in vaccine development with renewed interest in mRNA technology and unprecedented accelerated regulatory approvals.

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Overcoming the challenges of developing vaccines in an accelerated timeframe

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One standout success we have all benefitted from is vaccine development, with notable vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca, and Moderna. New hurdles from COVID-19 vaccine development. Trials testing SARS-CoV-2 vaccines saw high enrollment, which reduced the time between each clinical trial phase.

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Merck and Moderna to develop a personalised cancer vaccine

Drug Discovery World

Merck (MSD) and Moderna have revealed plans to work together on the development and commercialisation of an investigational personalised cancer vaccine. The companies will report data from the ongoing Phase II trial of mRNA-4157/V940 in combination with KEYTRUDA in high-risk melanoma later this year. “We

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The Future of Vaccine Development

VirTrial

Vaccine studies can be large, multinational endeavors with sensitive timeframes, extended participation follow-up periods, multiphase designs, and critical data management needs. In recent years, Signant has been a part of more than 95 vaccine studies involving 140,000+ patients in more than 30 countries.

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HIV Vaccine Trial of Vir Biotech’s New Candidate VIR-1388 Begins

XTalks

announced that the first participant has been dosed in a new Phase I trial for an innovative HIV vaccine candidate, VIR-1388. The trial’s primary objective is to assess the safety of VIR-1388 and its capacity to stimulate a specific immune response against HIV in study participants. Vir Biotechnology, Inc.,

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Sanofi and GSK begin clinical trials of coronavirus vaccine

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Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline have begun clinical trials of their coronavirus vaccine, as AstraZeneca expanded studies of its rival into Japan. The French pharma in April joined forces with the UK’s GSK to produce the vaccine, with Sanofi contributing an antigen that produces the immune reaction.