Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 15, 2022

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted conditional authorisation for Moderna ’s Covid-19 booster vaccine, mRNA-1273.214 (Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron), for use in adults aged 18 years and above. It comprises mRNA-1273 (Spikevax) and a vaccine candidate that acts on the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ BA.1

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BioPharma Reporter

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Up to 10% of vaccines can be reportedly lost in transit due to breakage or fluctuations in sub-zero temperatures required for preservation, but a manufacturer of data-driven temperature-controlled smart containers says it can cut that rate to just 0.1%.

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Scienmag

MARCH 18, 2021

Vaccination alone is unlikely to contain COVID-19 infections in the UK but gradual reopening and high vaccine uptake could minimize future waves of infection COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out in the UK are effective in preventing severe disease, but the extent to which they prevent against infection is still unclear.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 28, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pfizer’s 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, PREVNAR 20 , to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in infants and children aged six weeks to 17 years. PREVNAR 20 has been developed on the basis of Pfizer’s approved PREVNAR 13 vaccine.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 6, 2022

from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) unit National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to develop a prophylactic intranasal vaccine against Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG). Leveraging its outer membrane vesicles (OMV) platform technology, Intravacc will develop the vaccine.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 24, 2022

As regulatory agencies gear up for another round of Covid-19 vaccine deliberations centered on emerging variants, Moderna has released data on its booster’s efficacy against Omicron subvariants. The mRNA-1273.214 booster contains the original Spikevax vaccine and a candidate targeting Omicron BA.1 1 variant of concern.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

JANUARY 21, 2024

With a fatality rate 20 times that of COVID-19, and no vaccine, Disease X could swiftly bring humanity to its knees. Few would be left untouched by the pathogen were it to gain hold, causing healthcare systems to crumble and economies to collapse as the world once again tried to contain a force of nature. […]

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BioTech 365

AUGUST 24, 2021

United States Vaccine Transport Containers Market 2021-2026: Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts – ResearchAndMarkets.com United States Vaccine Transport Containers Market 2021-2026: Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts – ResearchAndMarkets.com DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “United States (..)

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Moderna has entered an agreement with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, with regard to the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to lower-income countries supported by the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC). According to the deal, the parties will cancel pending orders under the existing Covid-19 vaccine supply agreement for this year.

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STAT News

APRIL 24, 2023

Marburg could soon become the second virus in the past year to have experimental vaccine candidates ready for testing under an emergency use listing. Until this point, no licensed vaccines or treatments are available for Marburg. With the whole region on high alert, a safe and effective vaccine really couldn’t come soon enough.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 13, 2024

UK researchers have highlighted the importance of continued surveillance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants and vaccine performance as the virus continues to evolve. The researchers found that both vaccines generated neutralising antibodies against the most recent strain of Omicron, BA.2.86. strains after their booster vaccination.

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NPR Health - Shots

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Since the outbreak began in September, eight children have died — and there is no approved vaccine. But doctors are hopeful that public health measures may be enough to stop the spread. Image credit: Hajarah Nalwadda/AP)

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 12, 2023

BioNTech has ended its research collaboration with Matinas after its oral mRNA vaccine failed to demonstrate preclinical activity. The in vivo study, conducted in mice, involved a phosphatidylserine-containing nano-formulation of mRNA supplied by BioNTech, distinct from traditional lipid nanocrystals (LNCs).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 25, 2023

Clover Biopharmaceuticals has established a commercial collaboration with Keyuan Xinhai (Beijing) Medical Products Trading (Kyuan Trade) for the launch of its quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine, AdimFlu-S (QIS), in China. The vaccine contains haemagglutinin from four influenza virus strains, two A and two B.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 13, 2023

The R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine has received regulatory clearance for use in Ghana by the country’s Food and Drugs Authority, making it the first country to approve the vaccine. The vaccine has been approved for use in children aged five to 36 months, the age group at highest risk of death from malaria.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

MAY 2, 2023

Experts have advocated for immunizing both young boys and girls against human papillomavirus (HPV) with latest generation vaccines like Gardasil-9 to address the increasing incidences of cancer cases in India. Gardasil-9 is India’s first gender-neutral HPV vaccine.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

BioNTech announced its new vaccine manufacturing approach in Africa where the company will ship modular factories, called the BioNTainer, to the continent to enable domestic production of the vaccines to help increase supplies. Related: BioNTech to Build First mRNA Vaccine Production Plant in Africa. Photo source: BioNTech.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

More than 33 million children in several southern African countries have been vaccinated against polio, part of ongoing efforts to eradicate the infectious paralytic disease that has been largely contained in much of the world, the World Health Organization announced on Friday.

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BioSpace

OCTOBER 12, 2021

It’s not the COVID-19 vaccine that will get you. The real cause for concern is the virus, and it lies in the fact that both male and female reproductive organs contain cell receptors the virus targets.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved Pfizer and BioNTech’s bivalent Covid-19 booster vaccine that targets the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ original strain and the Omicron BA.4 Each booster dosage contains 15?g 1 vaccine as well as the safety results from a clinical trial underway. 5 sub-variants.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In 2021, a group of scientists led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian reported that the Moderna mRNA vaccine and a protein-based vaccine candidate containing an adjuvant, a substance that enhances immune responses, elicited durable neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 (..)

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 31, 2023

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended HIPRA’s Covid-19 vaccine , Bimervax, as a Covid-19 booster. Available to people ages 16 years and above who have been vaccinated with a Covid-19 mRNA vaccine, EMA’s Human Medicines Committee concluded the vaccine is ready for marketing authorization in the EU, on 30 March.

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BioSpace

OCTOBER 21, 2020

As we resign ourselves to the fact that the epic SARS-CoV-2 virus that dominated 2020 is going to stubbornly follow us into 2021, we need to learn how to co-exist in temporary tolerance, at least until we have an effective vaccine.

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BioTech 365

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

va-Q-tec Signs Extensive Heads of Terms Agreement on Provision of Thermal Containers for Global CoVid-19 Vaccine Distribution With Top International Pharmaceuticals Producer va-Q-tec Signs Extensive Heads of Terms Agreement on Provision of Thermal Containers for Global CoVid-19 Vaccine Distribution With … Continue reading →

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, regular testing and vaccinations of nursing home staff have been critical strategies for containing virus outbreaks in nursing homes.

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Scienmag

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Credit: Tumisu from Pixabay New research suggests that the impact of natural and vaccine-induced immunity will be key factors in shaping the future trajectory of the global coronavirus pandemic, known as COVID-19.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 3, 2021

Ltd (“ CIMC Sanctum “) recently started R&D of liquid nitrogen biological containers for long-term cryogenic storage of vaccines, stem cells, plasma, semen, embryos and various tissues and organs for the needs of the biomedical industry. SHENZHEN, China , Jan. ” About CIMC Enric Holdings Limited.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) has backed Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, Covovax (NVX-CoV2373), by granting it an emergency use listing (EUL). The company is awaiting on authorization of its vaccine from regulatory health bodies around the world, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada.

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XTalks

MAY 7, 2021

As Novavax awaits emergency use authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine NVX-CoV2373, the company shared new data this week on the vaccine’s efficacy against the South African B.1.351 That analysis also showed that the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine was 96.4

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Pfizer

APRIL 26, 2023

But the underlying question is always the same: How will Pfizer and BioNTech ensure a seamless distribution of our vaccine? With the pandemic still raging, our vaccine will be in high demand and, upon authorization or approval, rapidly utilized to help beat back the virus. In the U.S.,

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development of mRNA-based vaccines, and its influence has now extended to DNA-based shots as well, with Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D getting emergency use authorisation in India. Proponents of the approach claim that DNA vaccines may have advantages over other technologies like mRNA.

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BioSpace

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Even when a first vaccine is finally approved, much of the developing world currently stands to be left behind, as it was during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 2, 2020

European regulators have started a first ‘rolling review’ of a COVID-19 vaccine, which is being developed by AstraZeneca in collaboration with the University of Oxford. But this does not mean that the CHMP is ready to make a conclusion on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.

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Scienmag

MARCH 10, 2022

VANCOUVER, Wash. – A small but significant portion of couples contain one partner who is vaccinated against COVID-19 and another partner who is not, a Washington State University survey has found.

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STAT News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This story has been adapted from the STAT Report “The future of messenger RNA: Covid-19 vaccines are just the beginning.” ” R emember that messenger-RNA-based Covid-19 vaccine you got? Just a few days later, the teeny molecular messengers contained in the shot were already gone. Read the rest…

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

New research has furthered our understanding of the immune-related factors that drive infection and disease, which will be necessary for an effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccine to be developed. Instead, infection is either eliminated or contained by the infected individual. Most individuals infected with M.tb

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Adding to recent announcements from Pfizer and Moderna on the efficacy of their COVID-19 vaccine candidates, AstraZeneca and Oxford revealed today that their vaccine contender is 70 percent effective, and could be as high as 90 percent. Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Induces Immune Responses in Early Clinical Trials.

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