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Meningitis vaccine comes to the forefront with impressive study results

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A new vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of India to fight meningococcal disease could help eliminate meningitis across Africa. The results from a trial, published in The New England Journal of Medicine , found the vaccine was associated with a strong immune response and good safety profile. for serogroup W to 20.5

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GreenLight and US NIH partner to develop Covid-19 vaccine for variants

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GreenLight Biosciences has entered a partnership with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of Covid-19 vaccines, which offer broader protection against new variants and with durable effects. They intend to develop vaccines that provide lasting immune responses compared to existing vaccines.

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Vaxcyte trains its sight on a lucrative market with pneumococcal vaccine

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On 24 October, American vaccine developer Vaxcyte shared positive topline data from a Phase I/II study of its multivalent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine VAX-24 , bringing the 24-valent pneumococcal jab one step closer to market. This is in addition to its long-available pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine PPSV23.

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Monkeypox vaccine: First EUA for Bavarian Nordic amid worldwide shortages

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Amid a shortage of monkeypox vaccine doses, the WHO and FDA have declared public health emergencies, and the FDA has granted its first Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to a monkeypox vaccine and opened the door for more. On the same day, the FDA granted a EUA to Bavarian Nordic’s (Copenhagen, Denmark) Jynneos vaccine.

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Chinese tech giant Baidu licenses mRNA algorithm to Sanofi

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Sanofi has bolstered its push into mRNA-based therapies with a new licensing deal – but not as might be expected with some up-and-coming biotech company. Sanofi is the first pharma company to partner with Baidu on its LinearDesign AI platform, which has been developed specifically to optimise the sequence of mRNA-based vaccines and drugs.

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Pfizer/BioNTech strike back in Moderna COVID vaccine lawsuit

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Pfizer and partner BioNTech have launched a countersuit against Moderna in a patent despite centring on their mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19. It also waived its rights to bring the lawsuit when it pledged not to sure other COVID-19 vaccine producers during the pandemic, according to Reuters.

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Russian Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine ‘will cost less than $10 a dose’

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The developer of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V has pledged to make it available for less than $10 per dose – or $20 per two-dose course – on the same day as revealing new clinical data with the shot. Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines require much lower temperatures to prevent their active ingredients from breaking down.