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Cyfendus Anthrax Vaccine Wins FDA Approval

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Emergent BioSolutions, a multinational specialty biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has achieved a significant milestone with the approval of its Cyfendus (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed, Adjuvanted) vaccine by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). How Does Cyfendus Work? mL for intramuscular injection.

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DeepVergeā€™s nanochip-based COVID breath test could be ready this year

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Now the Ireland-based firm said that early data from studies shows the system can detect and identify the COVID virus S-Protein in quantities at 40 femtograms per millilitre at close to 100% specificity. A femtogram is 0.000000000000000001 kilograms.

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Quality by design with a focus on biosimilars

Pharmaceutical Technology

There are many variabilities with biosimilars and the brand name protein drug.ā€ Protein-based drugs are extremely expensive and so if you can create a biosimilar and potentially lower the cost, then this is an incentive for many companies to try to get into that marketplace, but also for regulators to encourage development.ā€.

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Indian pharma manufacturing: rising investment in Andhra Pradesh

Pharmaceutical Technology

He told The Times of India in September 2022: ā€œThe state contributes more than 40% of pharma production to the country and Hyderabad as ‘vaccine capital of the world’ played a crucial role in supplying WHO-approved vaccines globally during the pandemic.ā€ Ā©GlobalData. Ā©GlobalData.

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Top tweets: Covid-19 headed towards seasonality ā€“ and more

Pharmaceutical Technology

In addition, immunity against the infection is found to wane for both previously infected individuals and the vaccinated. According to the and the United Nations International Childrenā€™s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the conditions are favourable for serious outbreaks of measles and vaccine-preventable diseases in children this year.

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Scientists engineer safe, virus-resistant E coli for research

Drug Discovery World

The work promises to reduce the threats of viral contamination when harnessing bacteria to produce medicines such as insulin as well as other useful substances, such as biofuels. coli to make all their life-sustaining proteins from 61 sets of genetic building blocks, or codons, instead of the naturally occurring 64.

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Single-use Bioreactor: An Indispensable Component for Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

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The limitations of stainless-steel bioreactors such as high risk of contamination, process related challenges and high operational cost have prompted innovators to develop more advanced single use bioreactor in order to meet the rising demand for safe and efficacious biotherapeutics.