Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Genetically modified animal models. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is one of the leading patent filers in the generation of genetically modified animal models.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense have modified their existing agreement with Novavax to secure additional doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, Adjuvanted (NVX-CoV2373). million additional doses of its Covid-19 vaccine. It was developed using the recombinant nanoparticle technology of Novavax.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 24, 2022

Novavax has obtained emergency use authorization (EUA) for its Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), from the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration for use in people of the age 18 years and above. The protein-based vaccine is engineered from the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ initial strain.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Genetically modified and attenuated measles viruses are considered a promising platform for research and development of vector vaccines and oncolytic measles viruses.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 4, 2023

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Transcription factors for genetically modified cells. However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 24, 2023

SpyBiotech, a UK-based biotechnology company with a novel vaccine platform technology that can target infectious diseases, cancer, and chronic diseases, has received a grant of $4,094,561 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further develop its novel SpyVector platform.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Coronavirus vaccine components. The vaccine also contains other inactive ingredients such as cholesterol.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Moderna has been testing an experimental mRNA vaccine aimed at combating the human cytomegalovirus (CMV), which poses significant health risks to newborns and immunocompromised patients. The team used the data and patient samples from a gB/MF59 Phase II trial in adolescent girls as a benchmark to assess the new mRNA-based vaccine.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 17, 2022

Merck (MSD outside North America) has entered a partnership agreement with Orna Therapeutics for discovering, developing and marketing various programmes based on next-generation RNA technology. These programmes will include therapies and vaccines in infectious disease and oncology areas.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 27, 2022

Novavax has r eceived expanded approval for provisional registration from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Agency (TGA) for its Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), for use in adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. It is the first protein-based vaccine to be offered in Australia for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years.

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Cloudbyz

MAY 22, 2023

The race to create a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, saw an unprecedented global scientific collaboration. This international effort culminated in the successful clinical trials and subsequent rollout of several effective COVID-19 vaccines in record time. Below, we dive into the key lessons gleaned from this journey.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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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BioSpace

AUGUST 6, 2020

Novavax said the agreement will allow for the development and distribution of NVX?CoV2373, CoV2373, a recombinant vaccine engineered from the genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2, in India and in low- and middle-income countries.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 10, 2020

Swiss medical data specialist Sophia Genetics has launched a platform that will sift through data generated at more than 1,000 hospitals around the world to try to work out how the COVID-19 pandemic will evolve in the coming months and years. The post Sophia Genetics launches AI tool to find COVID-19 ‘unknowns’ appeared first on.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The first 20 participants have been enrolled in a multicentre trial to test whether ImmunityBio’s Nant Cancer Vaccine (NCV) could potentially prevent colon and other cancers in individuals with Lynch syndrome. The vaccine comprises a tri-valent Adenovirus (Tri-Ad5) in combination with the company’s IL-15 superagonist N-803.

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XTalks

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The best way to prevent the flu is by getting vaccinated every year. The CDC and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommend annual flu vaccination for most people, especially those at high risk of serious complications, like pregnant women, elderly individuals, children and people with certain chronic health conditions.

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Drug Discovery Today

JULY 28, 2020

Cancer Research UK, the University of Southampton and Touchlight Genetics, a London based biotechnology company, today (Wednesday) announce a new clinical development partnership to progress a therapeutic DNA vaccine, TGL-100, into an early phase clinical trial targeting head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).

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Advarra

MARCH 31, 2023

The use of engineered genetic materials in clinical trials is rapidly expanding, with potential applications for genetic vaccines, gene-modified cellular therapies, and gene therapies. A key part of the IBC’s evaluation is assessing the risks posed by the engineered genetic materials.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 1, 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic led to massive developments and scientific advances within the field of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines. Pfizer /BioNTech and Moderna’s mRNA-based vaccines were the first to receive emergency use authorisation (EUA) out of all other Covid-19 vaccines under development in late 2020.

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XTalks

JUNE 5, 2023

Pfizer has announced that its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, Abrysvo, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Abrysvo, the bivalent RSV prefusion F (RSVpreF) vaccine, is intended for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by RSV in individuals aged 60 years and older.

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XTalks

JULY 19, 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given emergency use authorization (EUA) to Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the fourth authorized vaccine in the US against COVID-19. The vaccine is branded as Nuvaxovid outside the US with approvals/authorizations in Canada, the EU, UK, Australia and South Korea.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Moderna continue to be at loggerheads in a COVID-19 vaccine patent spat, with the federal health agency not ruling out legal action against the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech. Related: Moderna Unwilling to Share COVID-19 Vaccine Formula Amid Vaccine Inequities.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 6, 2021

A peptide vaccine developed by Australia’s Imugene has reduced tumour size in around half of patients with HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer in a phase 2 trial. The post Imugene HER2 vaccine hits target in stomach cancer trial appeared first on.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today provided an update on its COVID-19 vaccine program. Vaccines Taskforce and National Institute for Health Research played pivotal roles in the rapid recruitment and enrollment of volunteers.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Lu Rahman selects some of the year’s interesting and noteworthy advances in cancer research drug discovery and development. As always, a year within cancer drug discovery and development brings with it significant breakthroughs, and 2023 has been no exception. Figures from the Amercian Cancer Society 1 state that “a little over 1.9

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Ben Hargreaves discovers why some have referred to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments as a form of apartheid. Further, with a pandemic treaty in development, there are reasons to believe that many countries and the WHO want to see a more equitable distribution of medical products for future pandemics.

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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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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 22, 2023

The new good manufacturing practices facility was established with support from the Singapore Economic Development Board. It comes with quick vaccine fill-finish capabilities and offers end-to-end pharmaceutical development and manufacturing services.

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ACRP blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In recognition of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month , ACRP recently went behind the scenes with a clinical research coordinator on the study team for a bold Cleveland Clinic investigation of a vaccine aimed at preventing triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), the most aggressive and lethal form of the disease. Funded by the U.S.

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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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

A vaccine developed by Swedish company Diamyd Medical has demonstrated significant treatment efficacy in a predefined genetic subgroup of individuals with type 1 diabetes in a Phase IIb clinical trial. Diamyd Medical is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops therapies for type 1 diabetes.

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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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Scienmag

JUNE 27, 2021

Study points towards role of gut microbiome in vaccine effectiveness Credit: Image by Dr. Hiroshi Kiyono, CC BY 4.0 A new vaccine to protect against deadly cholera has been made by grinding up genetically modified grains of rice. The first human trial has shown no obvious side effects and a good immune response.

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The Pharma Data

JULY 29, 2021

Takeda Will Focus its Efforts on Dengue, Zika and Pandemic Vaccines. HilleVax), a biopharmaceutical company to develop and commercialize Takeda’s norovirus vaccine candidate. Takeda will retain commercialization rights in Japan and HilleVax will integrate certain Japan development activities into its global development.

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Camargo

JULY 27, 2021

How and When to Incorporate PK Design into Your Gene Therapy Development Plan. Gene therapy, which was in its infancy around 30 years ago, is now becoming a more prominent treatment method in many therapeutic areas, from personalized therapy to mass vaccinations against COVID-19. PK Planning for Gene Therapy Development Programs.

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XTalks

AUGUST 16, 2021

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has amended its emergency use authorizations (EUA) for both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to incorporate a third dose for immunocompromised individuals. A small study from John Hopkins University has shown that a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine could indeed help immunocompromised patients.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Now, he leads Whitelab Genomics as its artificial intelligence (AI) platform powers the development of genomic therapies – an emerging field in which genetic sequences are injected into cells to target and repair damaged genes. Inactive viruses often act as the viral vector, as they’re able to deliver genetic therapies efficiently.

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