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Clinical trial will test novel inhaled TB vaccine

Drug Discovery World

The Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford is conducting the study using Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), the current licensed vaccine against TB. This important new study will help us to see whether giving BCG more than once stimulates a stronger immune response and whether giving it by inhalation is better than giving it into the skin.

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Meningitis vaccine comes to the forefront with impressive study results

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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. The response was more powerful than that generated by MenACWY-D – a licensed quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine marketed by GSK. for serogroup W to 20.5

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CMV Vaccine Trials: Moderna’s CMV mRNA Vaccine Enters Phase III

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The study compared the immune responses evoked by Moderna’s mRNA vaccine to those generated by a previous vaccine candidate, namely, the MF59-adjuvanted glycoprotein B (gB) proten subunit vaccine (gB/MF59) developed by Sanofi. During pregnancy, CMV infection is responsible for causing severe birth defects and brain damage in newborns.

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AbbVie preps filings for lymphoma bispecific licensed from Genmab

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The drugmaker has reported top-line results from the phase 1/2 EPCORE trial of epcoritamab as a third-line therapy for relapsed/refractory LBCL, revealing an overall response rate of 63% and a median duration of response of 12 months. Two years after signing a $3.9 billion product at peak.

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Calidi Biotherapeutics gets FDA go-ahead for US trial  

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Biotechnology company Calidi Biotherapeutics has announced that a Phase I US clinical trial will use the company’s licensed oncolytic virotherapy platform NeuroNova to deliver an oncolytic adenovirus selectively to tumor sites in patients with recurrent high-grade glioma. .

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Kaiser Permanente Joins Late-Stage Trial for Pfizer and BioNTech’s Lead COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

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and BioNTech’s lead vaccine candidate in a Phase III trial being conducted at sites in California and Oregon. The company announced that it commenced the Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the investigational COVID-19 vaccine this week. Related: Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Positive Early Trial Results.

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Phase II/III trial to assess LAG-3 immunotherapy in breast cancer 

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dendritic cells, monocytes) triggers a broad immune response that includes significant increases in cytotoxic CD8 plus T cells armed with chemo-induced tumour antigens to target cancer. This synergy was demonstrated by the AIPAC Phase IIb trial’s encouraging efficacy and safety, including a over 2.9-month

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