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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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Indonesia grants EUA for US-developed Covid-19 vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

Indonesia has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the patent-free Covid-19 vaccine, IndoVac, developed by the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) and Baylor College of Medicine, US. PT Bio Farma will manufacture 20 million doses of the vaccine this year.

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AstriVax awarded €3m to develop therapeutic vaccine for hepatitis B

Pharma Times

The funding builds on AstriVax’s €30m in seed funding for its vaccine platform AstriVax has announced that it has been awarded a total of €3m in funding from Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) for its therapeutic vaccine targeting chronic hepatitis B. in May to advance the company’s innovative vaccine platform.

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Evaxion and ExpreS²ion partner to develop new CMV vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

Evaxion Biotech and ExpreS 2 ion Biotechnologies have entered a vaccine discovery collaboration agreement to co-develop a new cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine candidate. Additionally, this project will be part of the development pipeline of Evaxion under EVX-V1. A herpesvirus family member, CMV is spread through body fluids.

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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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MinervaX reveals financing to development group B streptococcus vaccine

Pharma Times

Plans include phase 3 clinical development of novel GBS vaccine and an efficacy evaluation

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Super DC Vaccine by Shanghai Cell Therapy Group for Solid Tumor: Likelihood of Approval

Pharmaceutical Technology

Super DC Vaccine is under clinical development by Shanghai Cell Therapy Group and currently in Phase I for Solid Tumor.