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New range of influenza antigens for vaccine development

Drug Discovery World

The latest influenza antigens will help support development of vaccines and diagnostics as part of the ongoing vaccine reformulation programme, helping to ensure public safety throughout the annual flu season. . The post New range of influenza antigens for vaccine development appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Asia-Pacific Roundup: New Zealand bans unapproved COVID vaccines

The Pharma Data

The New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe) has banned the trade in unapproved COVID-19 vaccines for a year to prevent the use of vaccines that may not be safe or effective. . The public could also import personal supplies of vaccines. Medsafe framed the action in the context of public safety. . “In

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UK’s Salient Bio launches robotic COVID-19 testing platform

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The platform is reagent agnostic, meaning that disruption in supply chains can be mitigated by a shift to different reagent suppliers without it calling for wholesale infrastructure change at Salient’s labs, therefore limiting disruption and costs.

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Monkeypox Test Kit in Development by Becton Dickinson in Partnership with CerTest Biotec

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As such, the smallpox vaccine can be used to protect against monkeypox — according to the WHO, the vaccine is 85 percent effective against monkeypox infection. The monkeypox virus is an orthopoxvirus that causes monkeypox infection, which has symptoms that are similar to smallpox, but less severe.

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mRNA: A New Era in Biopharmaceutical Contract Manufacturing Market

Roots Analysis

The success of COVID-19 vaccines paved the path for mRNA-based drug products. Market Landscape of mRNA Synthesis Kits Presently more than 95 mRNA synthesis kits, that contain reagents for the synthesis of research grade mRNAs with yield range up to 50,000 µg, are currently available in the market.

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Transforming Biomanufacturing: Potential of Cell Free Systems

Roots Analysis

Biomanufacturing utilizing cell free systems is an emerging area of research that enables the synthesis of different biomolecules, such as cytotoxic proteins, fusion proteins, post translationally modified proteins, antibodies, enzymes, vaccines and other complex proteins, without the use of living cells.

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Biopharma Update on the Novel Coronavirus: October 20

The Pharma Data

DB ( Becton, Dickinson and Company ) received a CE mark for its BD Multitest 6-Color TBNK Reagent with BD Trucount Tubes for assessing immune function in COVID-19 patients. Testing Therapies, Antivirals and Vaccines. There has been some discussion of running challenge trials for COVID-19 vaccines. Please read more here. .