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A protein-based COVID-19 vaccine that mimics the shape of the virus

The Pharma Data

Even as several safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines are being administered to people worldwide, scientists are still hard at work developing different vaccine strategies that could provide even stronger or longer-lasting immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants.

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mRNA pioneers Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman receive Nobel prize

Drug Discovery World

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19. The effect was due to the reduced activation of an enzyme that regulates protein production.

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New method identifies antibody-like proteins with diagnostic and therapeutic potential for SARS-CoV-2

Scienmag

Antibody-like proteins that capture and neutralize SARS-CoV-2 Scientists have used a new high-speed, in vitro selection method to isolate 9 antibody-like proteins (ALPs) that bind to the SARS-CoV-2 virus – 4 of which also exhibited neutralizing activity – within 4 days, according to a new study.

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Pneumagen raises £8 million for further study of intranasal antiviral

Pharmaceutical Technology

Neumifil consists of an engineered carbohydrate-binding module domain of a Streptococcus pneumoniae protein. The vaccine is self-administered through an intranasal spray, and is based on the company’s GlycoTarge platform. A Phase IIb study of neumifil is currently planned to start in 2024, per the 1 June announcement. million ($4.75

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Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Effective Against New Variants

XTalks

COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna announced this week that results from a study show that the shot is effective against some of the new circulating variants of SARS-CoV-2. In a news release from Moderna, the company reported that the administration of its COVID-19 vaccine induced antibody titers against both variants.

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Transforming Biomanufacturing: Potential of Cell Free Systems

Roots Analysis

Overview of Cell Free Systems Cell-free systems are ­in-vitro platforms which allow occurrence of biochemical reactions in the absence of living cells. Additionally, these types of cell free systems do not contain proteases and nucleases as crude cell lysates, which further helps in improving the production of many proteins.

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Roche launches new quantitative antibody test to measure SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, to support the evaluation of vaccines

The Pharma Data

The test targets antibodies against the spike protein. This is the focus of vaccines in development and convalescent plasma therapy. The majority of current candidate vaccines aim to induce an antibody response against the spike protein. “As said Thomas Schinecker, CEO Roche Diagnostics.