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ImmunityBio’s hAd5 T-Cell COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Shows Complete Protection of Airways in Non-Human Primates

The Pharma Data

Both vaccination regimens resulted in complete protection from subsequent viral ‘challenge’ as reflected by reductions in viral RNA levels that were below the level of detection by day seven post-challenge compared to controls. Additional safety and neutralizing data are currently being collected/analyzed.

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What Challenges Is the Vaccine Industry Facing When Dealing with the Flu and COVID-19?

XTalks

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved new updated COVID-19 vaccines from both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna that target the Omicron XBB.1.5 In May, the FDA approved GSK’s Arexvy as the first RSV vaccine, which was shortly followed by the approval of Pfizer’s RSV vaccine Abrysvo.

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2020 Year in Review: COVID-19, CRISPR and Immunotherapies Define the Year for the Life Sciences

XTalks

From isolating SARS-CoV-2 in early January to sequencing its genome shortly thereafter and having a prototype vaccine against it within days, scientific process and progress have held steadfast throughout the pandemic. Infectious disease expert, epidemiologist and director of the Yale Institute for Global Health at Yale University, Saad B.

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Pfizer and BioNTech Initiate Phase 1 Study of Single Dose mRNA-Based Combination Vaccine Candidate for Influenza and COVID-19

Pfizer

The first participant has been dosed in a Phase 1 trial evaluating the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of a nucleoside-modified RNA (modRNA)-based combination vaccine approach. Monovalent refers to any authorized and approved COVID-19 vaccine that contains or encodes the spike protein of only the Original SARS-CoV-2 virus.