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Moderna reports ‘encouraging’ early data for one of its rare disease medicines

Bio Pharma Dive

The biotech, best known for its vaccine research, said its clinical trial is the first to report results of a messenger RNA therapeutic designed for intracellular protein replacement.

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Personalized mRNA vaccine to treat aggressive pancreatic cancer in clinical trial

Medical Xpress

A large team of medical researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in New York, working with colleagues from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and German firm BioNTech has developed a personalized mRNA vaccine that shows promise against an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer in clinical trial results.

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Ten key clinical trials to watch in the first half of 2021

Bio Pharma Dive

Study results could come soon for several coronavirus vaccines, as well as experimental medicines from Amgen, Vertex and Sage Therapeutics.

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Partnership to execute next generation Covid-19 vaccines clinical trial

Drug Discovery World

Next generation Covid-19 vaccines could have the potential to expand the breadth of coverage against existing and future variants of the virus, extend the duration of protection, and offer better protection in the prevention of illness and transmission over the current state of vaccine technologies.

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Enhancement, Efficiency, Equity, and Engagement: Four Trends Shaping Clinical Trials in 2024

ACRP blog

Historically, patient recruitment and retention have been pressing issues within the clinical trial space. Eighty-five percent of trials fail to recruit enough patients, while 80% are delayed due to other factors like participant dropouts. Diversity and Equity at the Forefront The U.S.

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EC approves Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine CMA expansion for adolescents

Pharmaceutical Technology

The European Commission (EC) has granted approval for the expanded conditional marketing authorization (CMA) of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), in the European Union (EU) for adolescents of the age 12 to 17 years. A protein-based vaccine, NVX-CoV2373 is made from the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ first strain.

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WHO grants emergency use listing to SK bioscience’s SKYCovione

Pharmaceutical Technology

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted an emergency use listing (EUL) to SK bioscience’s Covid-19 vaccine, SKYCovione. SKYCovione is a self-assembled nanoparticle vaccine and the 12th Covid-19 vaccine to receive a EUL from the regulator.