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Dyadic expands Covid-19 licence with Rubic to bolster vaccine production in Africa

Pharmaceutical Technology

The expanded licence will include the development of vaccines and therapeutic proteins beyond Covid-19 for human and animal health markets in Africa. During the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccination rates of many countries in Africa were significantly trailing the rest of the world.

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

Pharmaceutical Technology

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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Meningitis vaccine comes to the forefront with impressive study results

Pharmaceutical Technology

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. percentage points (96% CI, −0.3

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NIH licenses COVID-19 technologies to WHO-backed program

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The agreement, which covers three experimental vaccines as well as several key patents, will be royalty free for products sold in 49 low-income countries.

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Evaxion and ExpreS²ion partner to develop new CMV vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

Evaxion Biotech and ExpreS 2 ion Biotechnologies have entered a vaccine discovery collaboration agreement to co-develop a new cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine candidate. Until 2025, the companies will equally share the research and intellectual property licensing expenses under the partnership.

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Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine gets approval in South Korea for adolescents

Pharmaceutical Technology

Novavax and its partner SK bioscience have obtained a Post Approval Change Application approval from the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (KMFDS) for the Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), to be used in adolescents of the age 12 to 17 years. It enrolled 2,247 adolescents across 73 US sites.

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Monkeypox vaccine: First EUA for Bavarian Nordic amid worldwide shortages

Pharmaceutical Technology

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.