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U.S. FDA APPROVES TICOVAC™, PFIZER’S TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS (TBE) VACCINE

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TICOVAC (tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine) for active immunization to prevent TBE in individuals 1 year of age and older. 1 TICOVAC is the only FDA-approved vaccine to help protect U.S. Following today’s FDA approval, the U.S.

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Pfizer and BioNTech Initiate Rolling Submission of Biologics License Application for U.S. FDA Approval of Their COVID 19 Vaccine

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The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine has not been approved or licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but has been authorized for emergency use by FDA under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to prevent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for use in individuals 16 years of age and older.

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Vaxcyte trains its sight on a lucrative market with pneumococcal vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

What’s more, VAX-24 achieved a higher immune response to 16 of the 20 serotypes it shares with Prevnar 20. In June 2021, the FDA approved Pfizer’s Prevnar 20 for adult use, although a nod for paediatric use is pending.

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Biologic Therapeutics Development, Part 2: Regulatory Pathways and Pharmacometric Analysis

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Both the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) have regulatory responsibility for therapeutic biological products, which are subject to both the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FD & C) Act and the Public Health Service (PHS) Act.

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Top 5 Most Promising FDA New Drug Approvals Expected in the Second Half of 2024

XTalks

In 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a record-breaking 61 drugs, the most in history. Since January, the FDA has already signed off on more than a dozen novel drugs. The agency is reviewing applications for several highly anticipated drugs for approval in 2024.

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Malaria Vaccine a Breakthrough Success with 77 Percent Efficacy

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Related: After 18 Years, FDA Approves Malaria Prevention Drug. It is the world’s first and only licensed malaria vaccine and also the first licensed for use against a human parasitic disease of any kind. Moreover, a very strong immune response is needed to fend off the disease. At six months, 29.5

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Qalsody (Tofersen) Becomes First-of-Its-Kind Treatment for ALS

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Tofersen was discovered by Ionis Pharmaceuticals, and Biogen licensed tofersen from Ionis under a collaborative development and license agreement. The treatment requires three initial doses at 14-day intervals, followed by a maintenance dose every 28 days. The recommended dosage of Qalsody is 100 mg (15 mL) per administration.