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China NMPA grants approval for CanSinoBIO’s Covid-19 vaccine as booster

Pharmaceutical Technology

The National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA) has approved CanSino Biologics ’ (CanSinoBIO) recombinant Covid-19 vaccine (Adenovirus Type 5 Vector) for inhalation, Convidecia Air, as a booster. This vaccine leverages the same adenovirus vector technological platform as Convidecia, the intramuscular version.

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Genetic Vaccine Development for Infectious Diseases Summit

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The COVID-19 pandemic brought life-changing disruptions to people around the world and has turned the typical vaccine R&D process on its head. A combination of urgent need, unprecedented investments, and advances in genetic engineering has allowed what was once mere speculation to become not only our reality, but our future.

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Accelerating recombinant protein vaccine discovery

Drug Discovery World

Vaccination responses need to be rapid, efficacious and cost-effective if they are to outpace new viral threats emerging across the globe, says Jian He (Jason) , Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) Head, WuXi Vaccines. This would give more people much faster access to more effective vaccines.

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Experimental vaccine protects against deadly Sudan virus

Drug Discovery World

A research group from the National Institutes of Health has successfully developed a vaccine against Sudan virus (SUDV) based on the licensed Ebola virus (EBOV) vaccine. SUDV, identified in 1976, is one of the four viruses known to cause human Ebolavirus disease.

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COVID prompts another milestone, as India clears first DNA vaccine

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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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mRNA Therapeutics and mRNA Vaccines Industry: Current Scenario and Future Trends

Roots Analysis

The IVT mRNAs are structurally similar to natural mRNAs, these synthetic mRNAs can be used to express proteins through genetic engineering. It is worth noting that several companies have begun to develop mRNA-based cancer immunotherapies and vaccines for infectious diseases.

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AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Shows High Efficacy

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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.