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Meningitis vaccine comes to the forefront with impressive study results

Pharmaceutical Technology

The results from a trial, published in The New England Journal of Medicine , found the vaccine was associated with a strong immune response and good safety profile. The response was more powerful than that generated by MenACWY-D – a licensed quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine marketed by GSK.

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AvantGen Announces Licensing of Its Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 Therapy Development

The Pharma Data

a San Diego-based biotechnology company with an array of technology platforms for antibody discovery and optimization, and novel NK and T cell engager generation, today announced licensing of a panel of its anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody clones to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 therapy development.

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Biologic Therapeutics Development, Part 2: Regulatory Pathways and Pharmacometric Analysis

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Both the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) have regulatory responsibility for therapeutic biological products, which are subject to both the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FD & C) Act and the Public Health Service (PHS) Act.

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Pfizer and BioNTech Initiate Rolling Submission of Biologics License Application for U.S. FDA Approval of Their COVID 19 Vaccine

The Pharma Data

population in just a few months, the BLA submission is an important cornerstone of achieving long-term herd immunity and containing COVID-19 in the future,” said Ugur Sahin, M.D., The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine has not been approved or licensed by the U.S. The information contained in this release is as of May 7, 2021.

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Malaria Vaccine a Breakthrough Success with 77 Percent Efficacy

XTalks

It is the world’s first and only licensed malaria vaccine and also the first licensed for use against a human parasitic disease of any kind. Moreover, a very strong immune response is needed to fend off the disease. Malaria Vaccine Phase II Trial. Two different doses of the adjuvant (MM) were assessed (25 mcg and 50 mcg).

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Fighting viruses is as easy as breathing

The Pharma Data

Now, new research from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University has revealed that this constant pattern of stretching and relaxing does even more – it generates immune responses against invading viruses. a Wyss Technology Development Fellow at the Institute. ” The results are published today in Nature Communications.

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WHO Grants Novavax’s COVID-19 Vaccine Covovax Emergency Use Listing

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It has also applied for regulatory licensing in the UK, European Union (EU), Australia, Singapore, India, United Arab Emirates (UAE), New Zealand and Japan. It contains Novavax’s Matrix-M adjuvant to enhance the immune response. So far, Novavax’s Covovax has been authorized in Indonesia and the Philippines.