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Successful clinical trial for re-engineered Covid vaccine 

Drug Discovery World

The University of Queensland’s re-engineered clamp platform has produced a vaccine that is equally safe and virus-neutralising as an approved Covid vaccine considered among the best in its class. The Clamp2 trial group showed a 2.5-fold fold boost in neutralising ‘titres’ and it was 2.1 in the Novavax group.

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

XTalks

Moderna has been testing an experimental mRNA vaccine aimed at combating the human cytomegalovirus (CMV), which poses significant health risks to newborns and immunocompromised patients. The team used the data and patient samples from a gB/MF59 Phase II trial in adolescent girls as a benchmark to assess the new mRNA-based vaccine.

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India’s CDSCO approves Bharat Biotech’s intra-nasal vaccine for Covid-19

Pharmaceutical Technology

India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has granted approval for Bharat Biotech’s BBV154 vaccine for treating Covid-19. BBV154 is claimed to be the first intra-nasal vaccine for Covid-19 in the world.

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Clinical trial will test novel inhaled TB vaccine

Drug Discovery World

A new study will compare whether giving tuberculosis vaccine by inhalation is better at protecting against tuberculosis (TB) than injection into the skin. The Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford is conducting the study using Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), the current licensed vaccine against TB.

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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. for serogroup W to 20.5

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Bavarian Nordic completes travel vaccine deal with Emergent

Pharmaceutical Technology

Bavarian Nordic has completed the acquisition of Emergent BioSolutions ’ travel vaccine portfolio for an upfront payment of $274m, with the potential for the total value to rise to $384m. Following the completion of the deal, Bavarian Nordic now boasts the only oral vaccine licensed by the U.S.

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In GSK's trial of shingles vaccine in China, Shingrix keeps it 100

Fierce Pharma

In October of last year, GSK laid out a plan to double its business in China by 2025, with much of that expansion dependent upon the succe | In October of last year, GSK laid out a plan to double its business in China by 2025, with much of that expansion dependent upon the success of shingles vaccine Shingrix.