RNA glioblastoma vaccine shows promise in first human trial
pharmaphorum
MAY 2, 2024
A personalised vaccine for the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma developed has shown encouraging signs of efficacy in its first human trial.
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pharmaphorum
MAY 2, 2024
A personalised vaccine for the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma developed has shown encouraging signs of efficacy in its first human trial.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 11, 2023
Results published in Nature for a personalised pancreatic cancer vaccine that uses neoantigens from patients’ tumours have lent further support to early positive signals. The vaccine, developed by BioNTech, led to half of the patients with pancreatic cancer in the Phase I trial remaining cancer-free 18 months later.
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Bio Pharma Dive
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
The pharma and partner BioNTech have kicked off the first human trial of a messenger RNA shot for shingles, believing there’s room to clear the high bar set by GSK’s rival vaccine.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MARCH 28, 2023
Following on from its Covid-19 vaccine programmes, BioNTech has set its sights on a range of infectious diseases for vaccine development. The company saw major successes with its Covid-19 vaccine, developed in collaboration with Pfizer. In response to the lower vaccine sales forecasts, BioNTech shares opened at 3.9%
Pharmaceutical Technology
MARCH 1, 2023
The Covid-19 pandemic led to massive developments and scientific advances within the field of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines. Pfizer /BioNTech and Moderna’s mRNA-based vaccines were the first to receive emergency use authorisation (EUA) out of all other Covid-19 vaccines under development in late 2020.
Bio Pharma Dive
MAY 19, 2023
The biotech, best known for its vaccine research, said its clinical trial is the first to report results of a messenger RNA therapeutic designed for intracellular protein replacement.
Roots Analysis
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
RNA-based therapeutics have completely revolutionized the healthcare segment, greatly influencing the study and treatment of human diseases by conferring precise targeting ability to therapeutic modalities. The below figure presents the distribution of next generation RNA-based therapeutics and RNA-based vaccines, based on type of molecule.
Pharmaceutical Technology
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Only a few weeks into the new year, the prospect of getting a successful advanced HIV vaccine shrank after the discontinuation of yet another late-stage trial. On January 18, Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary, stated that its vaccine was not effective in preventing HIV infections.
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 14, 2022
German pharmaceutical firm Merck has extended its partnership with Moderna to jointly develop and sell mRNA-4157/V940, an investigational personalised cancer vaccine (PCV). In 2016, the companies entered a strategic partnership to develop novel messenger RNA (mRNA) based PCVs.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 15, 2022
Health Canada has granted approval for the usage of Moderna’s messenger RNA (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in a 25µg two-dose regimen for active immunisation to prevent Covid-19 in children aged six months to five years. So far, children aged below five years were not eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in Canada.
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 2, 2022
Samsung Biologics and GreenLight Biosciences have completed the initial commercial-scale engineering run for their messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine under their manufacturing collaboration. Following the demonstration at Samsung, the clinical trial of GreenLight’s Covid-19 booster vaccine is anticipated to commence this year.
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 16, 2022
Merck & Co has ramped up its involvement in the RNA category, partnering with US biotech Orna Therapeutics in a deal valued at up to $3.5 billion, consummating a relationship that first started in 2018 and spanned a range of mRNA-based vaccines for infectious diseases. billion, including $150 million upfront.
AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog
OCTOBER 16, 2022
The husband-and-wife team who co-founded BioNTech, the biotechnology company that partnered with Pfizer to develop an effective messenger-RNA (mRNA) shot against COVID-19, has predicted that a cancer vaccine could be widely available within the next decade.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JUNE 30, 2022
HDT Bio has received Emergency Use Approval from Indian regulators for its Covid-19 vaccine, Gemcovac. The vaccine leverages self-amplifying RNA (saRNA), which can replicate itself after administration and could be effective at very low doses. HDT Bio CEO Steve Reed said: “Our saRNA vaccine is a game-changer.
pharmaphorum
DECEMBER 14, 2022
The mRNA technology that was deployed so effectively in vaccines against COVID-19 has now been found to offer similar promise against cancer, according to Merck & Co and Moderna. The vaccine primes the immune system to attack the tumour cells, while Keytruda blocks an immunological ‘brake’ that protects the cancer.
XTalks
MARCH 21, 2022
Credited as a pioneering RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics company, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is taking Pfizer and Moderna to court, claiming that the companies’ use of the lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-based RNA delivery technology in their mRNA COVID-19 vaccines infringes on a patented technology.
BioTech 365
JANUARY 17, 2022
Brazil’s SENAI CIMATEC Doses First Healthy Volunteers in Phase 1 trial of HDT Bio’s RNA COVID-19 Vaccine Brazil’s SENAI CIMATEC Doses First Healthy Volunteers in Phase 1 trial of HDT Bio’s RNA COVID-19 Vaccine HDT Bio’s RNA-based vaccine offers simpler … Continue reading →
BioTech 365
AUGUST 31, 2021
HDT Bio Corp and Gennova Complete Phase 1 Trial of COVID-19 RNA Vaccine in India HDT Bio Corp and Gennova Complete Phase 1 Trial of COVID-19 RNA Vaccine in India Vaccine Would Be India’s First Indigenous RNA Vaccine, Exemplifying HDT … Continue reading →
Drug Discovery World
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Replicate Bioscience has shared positive results from the Phase I trial of RBI-4000, its srRNA-based rabies vaccine. In this clinical trial, evaluating safety and immunogenicity of RBI-4000 , participants received one or two doses of srRNA vaccine at low doses (0.1mcg, 1mcg or 10mcg).
Pharmaceutical Technology
JUNE 8, 2023
Gritstone bio has reported interim results from an ongoing Phase 1 study evaluating the company’s self-amplifying mRNA (samRNA) vaccine as a boost against Covid-19 (CORAL-BOOST). The Phase I CORAL-BOOST dose-escalation trial (NCT05148962) evaluated Gritstone’s samRNA candidate (GRT-R910) in previously vaccinated healthy older adults.
Drug Discovery World
MAY 18, 2023
A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC) has begun enrolling volunteers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The trial will enrol up to 50 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 49.
Pharmaceutical Technology
MARCH 23, 2023
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) for CSPC Pharmaceutical Group’s messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine, SYS6006, to treat Covid-19. The independently developed SYS6006 vaccine has been designed to target some major Omicron variants. in clinical trials.
Drug Discovery World
APRIL 11, 2023
US-based start-up Atomic AI is using artificial intelligence (AI) to design more intelligent RNA-targeted and RNA-based medicines. The technology can also generate synthetic data sets, or make human trials more efficient, by identifying the most suitable patients, predicting outcomes and optimising dosages and regimens of drugs.
BioTech 365
DECEMBER 13, 2021
HDT Bio Partner Quratis Doses First Healthy Volunteers in Phase 1 Trial of HDT Bio’s RNA COVID-19 Vaccine in South Korea HDT Bio Partner Quratis Doses First Healthy Volunteers in Phase 1 Trial of HDT Bio’s RNA COVID-19 Vaccine in … Continue reading →
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 24, 2022
Mode rna has submitted an application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to obtain emergency use authorization (EUA) for mRNA-1273.222, its BA.4/BA.5 5 Omicron-targeting bivalent booster vaccine for Covid-19. The submission is made for a 50µg booster dose of the vaccine for usage in adults aged 18 years and above.
Pharmaceutical Technology
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
in a project agreement from the US government for developing self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) vaccine technology against advanced and emergent viral threats. Development of vaccines to Phase I trials under the five-year $59m prototype project comprises additional $28.4m in milestone payments.
The Pharma Data
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Moderna has begun dosing adolescents in a phase 2/3 trial evaluating messenger RNA-based vaccine candidate mRNA-1273 and plans to enroll 3,000 U.S. participants aged 12 to 17. Source link.
Scienmag
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
In December 2020, two novel messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; however, the early trials excluded lactating women, leading to questions about their safety in this specific population.
VirTrial
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Vaccine studies can be large, multinational endeavors with sensitive timeframes, extended participation follow-up periods, multiphase designs, and critical data management needs. In recent years, Signant has been a part of more than 95 vaccine studies involving 140,000+ patients in more than 30 countries.
The Pharma Data
DECEMBER 14, 2020
Supported by promising phase 1 data, CureVac announced Monday that it has enrolled the first participant in the pivotal phase 2b/3 study of its messenger-RNA based coronavirus vaccine, CVnCoV. We are hopeful that this trial will continue to demonstrate the impact of mRNA technology,” said CureVac CEO Franz-Werner Haas.
pharmaphorum
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Shares in Moderna were ticking upwards today after Merck & Co took up an option on a personalised RNA-based cancer vaccine with a payment of $250 million. As we all know, cancer vaccines have had a rough history. The post Merck gets on board with Moderna cancer vaccine in $250m deal appeared first on.
pharmaphorum
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
GlaxoSmithKline has found a replacement for head of vaccines R&D Emmanuel Hanon, who left the company for a US biotech earlier this year, hiring Phil Dormitzer from Pfizer. His most recent role at Pfizer was chief scientific officer for RNA and viral vaccines, a position he held for more than six years. Phil Dormitzer.
The Pharma Data
DECEMBER 8, 2020
8, 2020 — AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, new data from late-stage trials shows. Overall, the vaccine protected against symptomatic disease in 70% of cases, according to a team led by researchers from Oxford University in England. TUESDAY, Dec. 8 in The Lancet.
Delveinsight
AUGUST 26, 2021
Shape’s RNA editing technologies can modify the RNA sequence, which makes the body’s protein building blocks. This system is designed to deliver RNA editing technology or other payloads directly to particular body areas, such as the nervous system or muscle. and Leila Zegna, director of the Kabuki Syndrome Foundation.
pharmaphorum
MAY 11, 2021
Novavax has finally provided some clarity about when its long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine will be ready, saying regulatory filings in the US, UK and Europe are due in the third quarter. The vaccine could play an important role in the next stage of the pandemic as phase 3 trials have shown encouraging safety and efficacy data.
Drug Discovery World
JULY 19, 2022
An early-stage clinical trial has been launched in the US investigating a vaccine against Nipah virus infection. . The clinical trial has been launched by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to evaluate an investigational vaccine to prevent infection with Nipah virus. Fauci, M.D.
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Alexandre Le Vert, CEO and co-founder of Osivax, discusses the company’s breakthrough vaccine technology, oligoDOM, and how it’s driving the development of new influenza and SARS-CoV-2 vaccines that attack T-cells, providing a long-lasting effect. The technology. Antibodies cover the pathogen of the virus and neutralise it.
Drug Discovery World
APRIL 16, 2023
Personalised mRNA-based cancer vaccine mRNA-4157/V940, in combination with the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda) improved recurrence-free survival (RFS) compared with pembrolizumab alone in patients with high-risk melanoma. According to the results of the primary trial analysis, after 18 months, the RFS was 78.6%
pharmaphorum
DECEMBER 24, 2020
The UK’s COVID-19 vaccination programme could get a speed boost, with the country’s drugs regulator expected to make a decision on a shot from Oxford University/AstraZeneca in the next few days. Just how this will be viewed by regulators is unclear, as are the plans to distribute the vaccine.
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
In May, Germany pledged to provide up to €750 million ($889 million) in funding to support vaccines against COVID-19, and the main recipients have now been revealed – BioNTech, CureVac and IDT Biologika – which are all German biotechs. Both of these vaccines are based on RNA and in phase 3 and phase 1 testing, respectively.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JUNE 6, 2023
According to Globaldata, it is involved in 1 clinical trial, which is ongoing. The therapeutic candidate consists of messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding for relaxin. It is developed based on messenger RNA expression and N2GL formulation platform. Buy the model here. The drug candidate is administered by intravenous route.
pharmaphorum
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Sanofi will shortly start human trials of a second coronavirus vaccine, developed with US biotech Translate Bio, after reporting that it stimulated antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in preclinical testing. It started human testing of a protein subunit vaccine with partner GlaxoSmithKline last month. Russia approves second shot.
pharmaphorum
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
As the death toll from COVID19 inexorably mounts, Pfizer and BioNTech have announced that their COVID-19 vaccine candidate is more than 90% effective at countering the disease in an interim analysis. Top-line results come from a phase 3 trial of the candidate known as BNT162b2 and an evaluation of 94 cases from the trial of 43,538 patients.
The Pharma Data
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
November 16, 2020 — An independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) overseeing the Phase 3 trial of the investigational COVID-19 vaccine known as mRNA-1273 reviewed trial data and shared its interim analysis with the trial oversight group on Nov.
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