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Sophia Genetics launches AI tool to find COVID-19 ‘unknowns’

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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. Combined, they use machine learning to discover abnormalities predictive of disease evolution.

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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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The Pandemic Treaty and the opportunity to end ‘vaccine apartheid’

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Ben Hargreaves discovers why some have referred to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments as a form of apartheid. Vaccine access for a price. Tendayi Achium, labelled the response by the global community as a form of “vaccine apartheid,” a suggestion echoed by the organisation’s director general.

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Keeping tabs on Covid-19: Iceni Diagnostics creates new virus detection device and the RDIF announce its vaccine is more than 95 per cent efficient

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Vaccine development to cure coronavirus is at an all-time high after Pfizer and BioNTech announced they had success with a possible vaccine candidate. The Iceni Diagnostics approach uses glycan recognition, which is unaffected by seasonal variation in the genetic code and can be offered as a handheld home or field-based test.

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Deep Dive: Oncology 2022

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As this issue’s contributors discuss, by working together pharma companies and healthcare providers can significantly enhance oncology treatment for patients. Realising the promise of cancer vaccines. Immunotherapy: building the fourth pillar of cancer treatment. Cancer immunotherapy is a staple of modern oncology.

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South African variant may cut response from Pfizer/BioNTech shot, study finds

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The South African coronavirus variant may cut the effectiveness of Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine by around two thirds, according to a laboratory study. In a response statement Pfizer and BioNTech noted that the COVID-19 vaccine did still provide protection in the lab study.

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Moderna and BioNTech – who are they?

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Moderna and BioNTech, two rising stars in biotech, were in the limelight this year with their pioneering mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Just who are these companies and who is behind them, asks Richard Staines. A year ago, the names Moderna and BioNTech were known mainly to those who followed biotech and pharma dealings.