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Oragenics secures CQDM funding for Covid-19 vaccine antigen development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Oragenics has secured funding from the Canadian bioresearch consortium CQDM to develop a variant-agnostic protein antigen for use in its Covid-19 intranasal vaccine. In March 2023, Oragenics and Inspirevax entered an exclusive global licence deal to develop the former’s lead intranasal Covid-19 vaccine candidate, NT-CoV2-1.

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SK Bioscience gains UK authorisation for SKYCovion Covid-19 vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

SK Bioscience has received marketing authorisation from the UK’s medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency (MHRA) for its Covid-19 vaccine, SKYCovion. The authorisation allows the distribution of the vaccine in Scotland, Wales and England. This is the result of our commitment to protecting and promoting global public health.

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China grants EUA to Covid-19 vaccine against XBB descendent lineages

Pharmaceutical Technology

5+delta) protein vaccine (Sf9 cell). This marks the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine approved for emergency use against XBB descendent lineages of SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine has been developed by WestVac Biopharma along with the West China Medical Center and Sichuan University. recombinant Covid-19 trivalent (XBB.1.5+BA.5+delta)

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Dyadic expands Covid-19 licence with Rubic to bolster vaccine production in Africa

Pharmaceutical Technology

Dyadic International has announced expansion of a licence agreement for its C1-cell protein expression platform with South African consortium Rubic One Health. The expanded licence will include the development of vaccines and therapeutic proteins beyond Covid-19 for human and animal health markets in Africa.

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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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Health Canada approves Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine for adolescents

Pharmaceutical Technology

Health Canada has granted approval for a supplement to a New Drug Submission (sNDS) of Novavax ’s Covid-19 vaccine (Recombinant protein, Adjuvanted), Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), for use in adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. The trial is designed to analyse the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.

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How structural biology is informing vaccine design

Drug Discovery World

Reece Armstrong speaks to Melanie Adams-Cioaba , Senior Director and General Manager of pharma (cryo-EM), Thermo Fisher Scientific about advances in vaccine design. Using structural biology as central to vaccine design and development, and to drug discovery more generally, is what we mean by “rational design.”