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The Pandemic Treaty and the opportunity to end ‘vaccine apartheid’

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Ben Hargreaves discovers why some have referred to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments as a form of apartheid. There are already rules that dictate how countries should react against public health events that have the potential to traverse country borders, through the International Health Regulations.

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Moderna and BioNTech – who are they?

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Moderna and BioNTech, two rising stars in biotech, were in the limelight this year with their pioneering mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Just who are these companies and who is behind them, asks Richard Staines. A year ago, the names Moderna and BioNTech were known mainly to those who followed biotech and pharma dealings.

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Why 72% of patients don’t feel listened to by pharma

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Identifying, recruiting, retaining and monitoring patients during this part of the cycle is estimated to cost pharma US$19 billion a year as companies seek to harvest patient experiences. Once a drug is licensed and launched, however, there is a deafening silence. 72% do not feel listened to by pharmaceutical companies.

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Private equity firms play ‘pass the Parexel’ with $8.5bn handover deal

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Parexel has been a champion of the concept for years, but while adoption was fairly slow pre-COVID, it has accelerated at a fast pace since the crisis, aided by the increasing willingness of regulators to accept decentralised trial data in marketing applications.

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Can technology help diversify clinical trials?

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Once stakeholders are confident that technologies are adequately validated, selection based on scientific and ethical considerations can be presented to regulators in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory frameworks. There is a huge opportunity for pharma companies to capitalise on by focusing on increased DEI in clinical trials.

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Europe: Where is the drug discovery innovation?

Drug Discovery World

The transfer of technologies from the lab to the market, is no longer purely via IP out licensing, but rather via start-up M&A deals – start-ups being the de-risking vehicle for large corporates. As companies move through the phases of development, they benefit from a long-established ecosystem of competency in clinical regulation.

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GSK’s Maria Reyes Boceta-Muñoz Talks Vaccine Development in a Post-Pandemic World

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Vaccines have been an integral piece of the global public health toolbox for over 200 years, but the COVID-19 pandemic brought about a new era in vaccine development with renewed interest in mRNA technology and unprecedented accelerated regulatory approvals. What are the major challenges you’re facing right now in vaccine development?