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Malaria Vaccine a Breakthrough Success with 77 Percent Efficacy

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After years of disappointing malaria vaccine trials, a malaria shot developed by researchers at the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford has demonstrated an unprecedentedly high efficacy of 77 percent, and may be the magic bullet the world has been waiting for against the deadly disease.

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Covid-19 Omicron boosters will reinvigorate injectables manufacturing

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Pfizer (New York, New York) and Moderna’s (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Omicron-specific Covid-19 vaccines are in late-stage development, have demonstrated good efficacy against the variant and will likely be available to the public later this year to provide an additional booster and increase demand for injectable manufacturing.

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AZ resumes trial of COVID-19 vaccine

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. AstraZeneca has confirmed that clinical trials assessing its Oxford University partnered coronavirus vaccine AZD1222 have resumed in the UK, following a green light by the Medicines Health Regulatory Authority (MHRA). Source link. Source link.

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Merck Announces Positive Topline Results from Two Additional Phase 3 Adult Studies Evaluating V114, Merck’s Investigational 15-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

The Pharma Data

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced findings from two additional Phase 3 studies evaluating the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of V114, the company’s investigational 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. among adults 65 years of age or older.

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FDA Takes Additional Action in Fight Against COVID-19 By Issuing Emergency Use Authorization for Second COVID-19 Vaccine

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the second vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The emergency use authorization allows the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine to be distributed in the U.S. Hahn , M.D.

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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

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine is currently available in the U.S. Since then, the companies have delivered more than 170 million doses of the vaccine across the U.S. We are proud of the tremendous progress we’ve made since December in delivering vaccines to millions of Americans, in collaboration with the U.S.

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FDA fast-tracks Leap’s gastric cancer immunotherapy

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Leap Therapeutics will get a swift FDA review for its lead drug DKN-01 for a form of gastric and gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) cancer after being awarded fast-track status by the regulator. In animal models, neutralising DKK1 has been shown to activate an innate immune response against malignant cells.