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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

Drug Discovery World

For International Women’s Day, DDW’s Diana Spencer celebrates some of the women in leadership making an impact on the drug discovery and life sciences sector. The life sciences sector has traditionally outperformed others when it comes to attracting women to its workforce. Dr Loubna Bouarfa, Founder and CEO, OKRA.ai

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Looking at Women’s Leadership in Life Science Industries on International Women’s Day

XTalks

On International Women’s Day, Xtalks is celebrating women’s leadership in the life sciences by highlighting some of the female leaders at the forefront of scientific discovery, as well as the continuing challenges of attaining more equitable representation.

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Exact Sciences and Katie Couric’s Colon Cancer Awareness TV Ad + Alnylam Sues Pfizer and Moderna Over Patent Infringements – Xtalks Life Science Podcast Ep. 53

XTalks

The ad highlights Exact Sciences’ Cologuard, a DNA-based stool test for colon cancer detection. The editorial team also learned about Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ lawsuits against mRNA COVID-19 vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna over patent infringements. Subscribe to the Xtalks Life Science Podcast to never miss a new episode.

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Biovectra to Build First mRNA Vaccine and Drug Manufacturing Plant in Canada

XTalks

Canadian pharma and biotech contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Biovectra has announced plans for building one of the first state-of-the-art mRNA vaccine and biomanufacturing facilities in Canada. Related: Medicago’s Plant-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Enters Human Trials. million, respectively.

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Symvivo’s Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Enters Clinical Trials

XTalks

Canadian clinical-stage biotech company Symvivo Corporation has developed an oral COVID-19 vaccine that entered clinical trials this week. The first healthy volunteer was dosed with the vaccine in Australia as part of the bacTRL-Spike COVID-19 Phase I clinical trial. Related: Red Meat Allergy Test Gets FDA Clearance. “We

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Construction Underway on BioVectra’s mRNA Biomanufacturing Facility

XTalks

million state-of-the-art mRNA vaccine and biomanufacturing facility, making it one of the first in the country. The cutting-edge plant will be dedicated to the manufacturing of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics. Related: Biovectra to Build First mRNA Vaccine and Drug Manufacturing Plant in Canada. Learn more! In addition to a $39.8

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INOVIO Announces Publication of Phase 1 Data from its COVID-19 DNA Vaccine Candidate, INO-4800 in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine

The Pharma Data

” Dr. Stanley Plotkin , Professor Emeritus at The Wistar Institute, said, “INOVIO’s DNA vaccine appeared to be quite safe with few significant reactions but yet induced both antibody and T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2.” . PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. , PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. ,

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