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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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HIV vaccines suffer setbacks but new approaches could turn the tide

Pharmaceutical Technology

Only a few weeks into the new year, the prospect of getting a successful advanced HIV vaccine shrank after the discontinuation of yet another late-stage trial. On January 18, Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary, stated that its vaccine was not effective in preventing HIV infections.

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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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Leading innovators in flavivirus vaccine components

Pharmaceutical Technology

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: Flavivirus vaccine components. The structural proteins include the capsid, pre-membrane/membrane proteins and envelope (E) proteins.

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Leading innovators in coronavirus vaccine components

Pharmaceutical Technology

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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Unlocking the potential of synthetic DNA 

Drug Discovery World

Raquel Sanches-Kuiper , Vice President of Science and Applications at Evonetix, and Clare Whitewoods , Marketing Communications Manager at Evonetix, look at the benefits synthetic DNA brings to pharmaceutical development. Their short development timeline gives mRNA vaccines several distinct advantages over traditional vaccines.

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Wistar creates a new synthetic DNA vaccine against Powassan virus

Scienmag

Vaccine protects animals against tick-borne Powassan virus, an emerging infectious disease Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA — (Oct. A rapidly reemerging tick-borne disease, POWV has been reported […].

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