Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 27, 2022

Novavax has r eceived expanded approval for provisional registration from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Agency (TGA) for its Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), for use in adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. It is the first protein-based vaccine to be offered in Australia for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Moderna has been testing an experimental mRNA vaccine aimed at combating the human cytomegalovirus (CMV), which poses significant health risks to newborns and immunocompromised patients. The team used the data and patient samples from a gB/MF59 Phase II trial in adolescent girls as a benchmark to assess the new mRNA-based vaccine.

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XTalks

MAY 7, 2021

As Novavax awaits emergency use authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine NVX-CoV2373, the company shared new data this week on the vaccine’s efficacy against the South African B.1.351 That analysis also showed that the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine was 96.4

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The first 20 participants have been enrolled in a multicentre trial to test whether ImmunityBio’s Nant Cancer Vaccine (NCV) could potentially prevent colon and other cancers in individuals with Lynch syndrome. The vaccine comprises a tri-valent Adenovirus (Tri-Ad5) in combination with the company’s IL-15 superagonist N-803.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 17, 2022

These programmes will include therapies and vaccines in infectious disease and oncology areas. oRNA molecules have been demonstrated to possess increased stability in vivo compared to linear mRNA and can potentially create more quantities of therapeutic proteins within the body. .

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Advarra

JANUARY 11, 2024

While mRNA usage has played several roles in clinical research , oncology researchers in particular are eager to explore the possibilities of mRNA-based cancer vaccines. Personalized medicine using genetic resequencing techniques, such as cell and gene therapies, enables researchers to create more customized therapies for combatting cancer.

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Scienmag

APRIL 5, 2021

. – Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Science have taken a key step toward new drugs and vaccines for combating COVID-19 with a deep dive into one protein’s interactions with SARS-CoV-2 genetic material.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) has backed Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, Covovax (NVX-CoV2373), by granting it an emergency use listing (EUL). The company is awaiting on authorization of its vaccine from regulatory health bodies around the world, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 15, 2023

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 Immuno-oncology in Pharmaceuticals: Oncolytic viral proteins. OVs can be attenuated natural viruses or recombinant viruses.

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Pharma Times

JUNE 27, 2021

The vaccine has been designed with minor genetic alterations to the spike protein based on the beta (B.1.351) 1.351) variant

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

A new variant of COVID-19 identified in Botswana with dozens of mutations is being watched closely, amid fears it could be resistant to the effect of currently-used vaccines. The post New COVID variant ‘may sidestep vaccine protection’ appeared first on. — Tom Peacock (@PeacockFlu) November 23, 2021.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 17, 2023

In addition, protein mutations in the delta variant were found to significantly reduce the effect of acquired humoral immunity to COVID-19 from prior infection or vaccination. The SARS-CoV-2 delta variant that caused the third wave of COVID-19 in mid-2021 turned out to be more contagious than earlier SARS-CoV-2 variants.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

AstraZeneca has resumed UK trials for its coronavirus vaccine, after the country’s medicines regulator gave the all-clear following a safety scare. Good news for everyone the Oxford vaccine trials are back up and running. We will back our scientists to deliver an effective vaccine as soon as safely possible [link].

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 23, 2021

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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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 2, 2020

European regulators have started a first ‘rolling review’ of a COVID-19 vaccine, which is being developed by AstraZeneca in collaboration with the University of Oxford. But this does not mean that the CHMP is ready to make a conclusion on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.

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XTalks

JUNE 16, 2021

Novavax shared the latest data from its ongoing late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial, which shows that its yet-to-be authorized shot provides 100 percent protection against moderate and severe disease and has an overall efficacy of 90.4 Related: Latest Data from Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Involving B.1.351

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XTalks

JUNE 15, 2022

Last week, Novavax announced that it received positive feedback from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) regarding the safety and efficacy of its COVID-9 vaccine (NVX-CoV2373). The Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate. The vaccine is given in two doses.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 4, 2023

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: Transcription factors for genetically modified cells. However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 20, 2021

Laboratory studies have confirmed that antibodies stimulated by Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine can neutralise the new, more transmissible variant of SARS-CoV-2 identified in the UK. VOC 202012/01 has an unusually high number of genetic changes however, with 10 mutations affecting the spike protein.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Adding to recent announcements from Pfizer and Moderna on the efficacy of their COVID-19 vaccine candidates, AstraZeneca and Oxford revealed today that their vaccine contender is 70 percent effective, and could be as high as 90 percent. Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Induces Immune Responses in Early Clinical Trials.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

US medical experts are reportedly concerned that a neurological side effect picked up in AstraZeneca’s closely-watched COVID-19 vaccine trial could compromise the whole project, as the FDA weighs whether to give the go ahead for US studies to resume. The post US experts stress over safety of AZ’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared first on.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

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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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 16, 2020

The European Commission has placed its first advance order for a coronavirus vaccine, snapping up 300 million doses of AstraZeneca’s ChAdOx1 candidate developed by the University of Oxford, with an option on another 100 million. The EU says its advance purchase order will finance part of the upfront costs of developing the vaccine.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

As the death toll from COVID19 inexorably mounts, Pfizer and BioNTech have announced that their COVID-19 vaccine candidate is more than 90% effective at countering the disease in an interim analysis. This means that protection is achieved 28 days after the initiation of the vaccination, which consists of a 2-dose schedule.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

A vaccine developed by Swedish company Diamyd Medical has demonstrated significant treatment efficacy in a predefined genetic subgroup of individuals with type 1 diabetes in a Phase IIb clinical trial. In the trial, the vaccine was injected directly into the lymph nodes of type 1 diabetic individuals.

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XTalks

JUNE 20, 2022

Hereditary ATTR has an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance and is caused by point mutations in the transthyretin ( TTR ) gene that codes for the transthyretin transport protein found in the plasma and cerebrospinal fluid. Alnylam filed lawsuits against both companies in March this year over the alleged patent infringements.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Pfizer and BioNTech have filed their COVID-19 vaccine with the European medicines regulator, paving the way for a potential approval before the end of the year. Despite the fast review, the company insisted that the potential vaccine will be assessed according to the EMA’s normal standards for quality and safety.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The company has signed on to help manufacture AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, intended to protect against the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus. AMRI is proud to partner with AstraZeneca in pursuit of a vaccine that could protect people against the coronavirus pandemic,” said John Ratliff, CEO of AMRI, in a statement.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 24, 2023

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that Ginkgo Bioworks, which is building a platform for cell programming and biosecurity, has been awarded a four-year contract worth up to $18 million to reimagine how to manufacture complex therapeutic proteins.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 11, 2021

11, 2021 — As the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines continues, scores of questions are emerging. How do the COVID-19 vaccines work? The COVID-19 vaccines work by teaching the immune system to protect against the virus, experts said. This protein then appears on the surface of the cell and the immune system responds to it.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 16, 2020

(Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced an Advance Purchase Agreement with the government of New Zealand for the purchase of 10.7 million doses of NVX-CoV2373, Novavax’ candidate vaccine against COVID-19. About NVX-CoV2373.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

As the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine goes to regulators and the Moderna vaccine approaches the end of its Phase III trials, AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford announced high-level results from an interim analysis of their COVID-19 vaccine, AZD1222. The combined analysis showed average efficacy of 70%.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

. AstraZeneca has confirmed that clinical trials assessing its Oxford University partnered coronavirus vaccine AZD1222 have resumed in the UK, following a green light by the Medicines Health Regulatory Authority (MHRA). Source link.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

AstraZeneca and the European Commission have reached an agreement that ends legal proceedings over the execution of the Advance Purchase Agreement for the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine Vaxzevria (ChAdOx1-S [Recombinant]). To date, AstraZeneca and its partners have supplied more than 1.1 Source link: [link].

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 14, 2021

Following a recent concern raised around thrombotic events, AstraZeneca would like to offer its reassurance on the safety of its COVID-19 vaccine based on clear scientific evidence. Safety is of paramount importance and the Company is continually monitoring the safety of its vaccine. COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca , formerly AZD1222.

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Delveinsight

AUGUST 26, 2021

Shape’s RNA editing technologies can modify the RNA sequence, which makes the body’s protein building blocks. Shape’s RNA editing technology could potentially modify the amount of a key regulatory protein in the body or treat genetic diseases. BlueWillow shared little data about how the vaccine performed in its interim analysis.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

(Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today provided an update on its COVID-19 vaccine program. Vaccines Taskforce and National Institute for Health Research played pivotal roles in the rapid recruitment and enrollment of volunteers.

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