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Budget 2021: Sunak focuses on vaccine development to restart economy

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UK chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a budget loaded with initiatives designed to kick-start the UK’s economy as it recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, with vaccine development, pharma and life sciences playing a key role. A scheme providing £500 payments to people self-isolating has been extended in England until the summer.

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How T Cell Tests Could Trump Antibody Tests in the Detection of COVID-19

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The cell-based tests are designed to identify specific T cells that are activated in response to a pathogen — which in this case would be SARS-CoV-2. Traditional antibody tests for uncovering past infections involve detection of antigen-specific antibodies produced during an immune response against a pathogen.

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Ixchiq Wins FDA Approval as World’s First Chikungunya Vaccine

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The FDA says chikungunya is an emerging global health threat as at least 5 million cases of chikungunya virus infection have been reported in the last 15 years. According to the agency, the virus is found primarily in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Southeast Asia and parts of the Americas where the virus-carrying mosquitos are endemic.

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The evolution of assays for immuno-oncology research

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Cancer is a complex heterogenous multistep disease characterised by uncontrolled cell proliferation combined with a dysregulated immune response. A healthy immune system is naturally primed to eliminate malignant and abnormal cells through a synchronised and dynamic interplay between adaptive and innate immunity.

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2021 Biotech IPOs Get Off to a Roaring Start

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The year is starting off with a number of biopharma and life sciences initial public offerings (IPOs). Ortho Clinical Diagnostics is a leader in in vitro diagnostics. On January 12, its VITROS SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test for mass-scale COVID-19 testing received FDA Emergency Use Authorization.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Messaging: Why Vaccine Efficacies Can’t Be Compared and Shopped

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In light of this, vaccine makers and regulatory bodies will need to share vaccine data and science in a clear and rigorous manner in order to clearly communicate why there is no one best vaccine, and why each authorized vaccine is a superlative tool in battling COVID-19.

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Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Results: Stellar, Long-Ranging Efficacies in Children and Against Variants

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The highly awaited COVID-19 vaccine trial results address what have been three highly contested areas of concern: is the COVID-19 vaccine safe for kids, is it effective against some of the new variants of SARS-CoV-2 and how long will immunity last? How Safe and Effective is Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids?