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NHS England launches country-wide cancer vaccine trials

Drug Discovery World

Thousands of cancer patients in England are set to gain fast-tracked access to trials of mRNA personalised cancer vaccines following the launch of an NHS trial ‘matchmaking’ service to help find new life-saving treatments.

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Vaccines and various response rates

Drug Discovery World

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong speaks to Dr Katrina Pollock from the Oxford Vaccine Group at the University of Oxford. Dr Pollock is the Chief Investigator of the LEGACY03 clinical trial, a study aiming to investigate lymph nodes and vaccination responses across age groups. RA: Could you tell us about the LEGACY03 trial?

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Covid-19 vaccines targeting Omicron variants expected to be ready for this autumn

Pharmaceutical Technology

As regulatory agencies gear up for another round of Covid-19 vaccine deliberations centered on emerging variants, Moderna has released data on its booster’s efficacy against Omicron subvariants. The mRNA-1273.214 booster contains the original Spikevax vaccine and a candidate targeting Omicron BA.1 1 variant of concern.

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CDSCO declares sample of Bharat Biotech’s typhoid vaccine Typbar as NSQ

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has declared a batch of Typbar, the typhoid polysaccharide vaccine from Bharat Biotech International Ltd as not of standard quality (NSQ).

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How structural biology is informing vaccine design

Drug Discovery World

Reece Armstrong speaks to Melanie Adams-Cioaba , Senior Director and General Manager of pharma (cryo-EM), Thermo Fisher Scientific about advances in vaccine design. Using structural biology as central to vaccine design and development, and to drug discovery more generally, is what we mean by “rational design.”

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Scientists use genomics to counter antimicrobial resistant typhoid

Drug Discovery World

Genome sequencing has been used to study typhoid fever in a study in Zimbabwe and understand how the disease has evolved to be resistant to treatment. In response, an emergency reactive vaccination campaign using Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) was initiated in suburbs of Harare in 2019, providing moderate protection.

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Reconfiguring COVID and influenza vaccines for long-term effectiveness

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Alexandre Le Vert, CEO and co-founder of Osivax, discusses the company’s breakthrough vaccine technology, oligoDOM, and how it’s driving the development of new influenza and SARS-CoV-2 vaccines that attack T-cells, providing a long-lasting effect. The technology. Antibodies cover the pathogen of the virus and neutralise it.