Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The US regulatory agency has also approved updated versions of Covid-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech’s in the past two weeks.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JULY 31, 2024

sales of Shingrix, the shingles vaccine that's become one of the British pharma's top sellers. Several factors are slowing U.S.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Moderna is currently running a Phase I/II trial of the mRNA mpox vaccine mRNA-1769 in healthy participants.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

vaccine targeting Omicron variant. The UK MHRA has granted approval for a variation in licence of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty XBB.1.5

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Bio Pharma Dive

MAY 1, 2024

Sales of the shingles vaccine Shingrix and the RSV shot Arexvy helped fuel quarterly revenue totals that surpassed analyst expectations, though the company warned momentum could slow in the months ahead.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 25, 2024

1 Covid-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2705, for people aged 12 years and above. Novavax has sought EMA approval for its updated JN.1

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 3, 2024

Moderna has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for mRESVIA (respiratory syncytial virus vaccine).

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 1, 2024

AstraZeneca has maintained that while the vaccine may, in “very rare” cases, cause TTS, the casual mechanism for this effect remains unknown.

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BioPharma Reporter

OCTOBER 1, 2024

A head-to-head study has revealed that CSL and Arcturus Therapeuticâs self-amplifying mRNA vaccine can maintain a stronger immune response than a conventional mRNA vaccine for up to one year and at a much lower dose.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 10, 2024

The FDA approved WestGene’s mRNA therapeutic cancer vaccine as mRNA cancer vaccine development rises in popularity.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 1, 2024

Valneva and LimmaTech have signed a deal to potentially develop the first marketed shigellosis vaccine.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 29, 2024

The rapid sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 and the subsequent development of mRNA vaccines led to the authorisation of the first of these vaccines in late 2020.

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Bio Pharma Dive

MARCH 1, 2024

The expert committee is discussing whether, for certain older adults, to make a universal recommendation for vaccination, rather than the current policy of “shared decisionmaking.”

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 30, 2024

GSK has announced a strategic collaboration with Flagship Pioneering for the discovery and development of medicines and vaccines.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 16, 2024

While the vaccine demonstrated high responses for neutralizing influenza A titers, it failed to show sufficient efficacy against influenza B.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The UK NHS has commenced its first-ever vaccination programme for RSV vaccine, targeting pregnant women and older adults.

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Bio Pharma Dive

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The company’s technology, which enables it to target viral proteins in their “prefusion” shape and skip a manufacturing step, could lead to vaccines that are more potent and easier to produce, said CEO Emmanuel Hanon.

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Bio Pharma Dive

APRIL 1, 2024

The development of cancer vaccines has provided some hope in the battle against cancer worldwide; however, there are still many challenges to overcome when developing these life-saving treatments.

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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

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The clearance of the pentavalent shot Penbraya adds to Pfizer’s infectious disease portfolio as it adjusts to slumping COVID-19 vaccine sales.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 15, 2024

The US agency rejected the expanded use of Dynavax’s vaccine for adults on haemodialysis, citing insufficient efficacy and safety data.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Bavarian Nordic has received a $63m US contract to produce bulk product and final freeze-dried doses of the JYNNEOS smallpox/mpox vaccine.

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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%

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 30, 2023

SK Bioscience has received marketing authorisation from the UK’s medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency (MHRA) for its Covid-19 vaccine, SKYCovion. The authorisation allows the distribution of the vaccine in Scotland, Wales and England.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 9, 2024

Anixa Biosciences has expanded its partnership with Cleveland Clinic to develop additional vaccines for cancers.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

SK bioscience has achieved a significant milestone with its typhoid conjugate vaccine, SKYTyphoid, receiving WHO prequalification.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 14, 2023

The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) in Brazil has granted approval for Takeda ’s dengue virus vaccine candidate, Qdenga (Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine [Live, Attenuated]) (TAK-003). The vaccine has received approval for preventing dengue disease in people aged four years to 60 years.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted marketing authorisation for Takeda ’s dengue virus vaccine candidate, Qdenga (Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine [Live, Attenuated]). The vaccine candidate has been approved for active immunisation against the infection in people from four years of age.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JULY 3, 2024

The mRNA specialist plans to eliminate 30% of its workforce as part of a restructuring that will prioritize “high-value” projects like its cancer vaccines.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 14, 2023

Ghana’s Food and Drug Authority (FDA) has approved R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine in children aged 5 to 36 months, marking the first regulatory clearance for the University of Oxford-developed vaccine in any country in the world. Children between the ages of five and 36 months are at highest risk of death from malaria.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JANUARY 23, 2023

Agency scientists are proposing to update COVID shots once a year to match circulating coronavirus strains, as well as simplifying current vaccination regimens.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 3, 2023

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revised its recommendations regarding the use of Covid-19 vaccines following a meeting of the agency’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE). The panel emphasised that the extra booster dose recommendation only pertains to one shot and is not for continued annual booster vaccines.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 9, 2023

5+delta) protein vaccine (Sf9 cell). This marks the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine approved for emergency use against XBB descendent lineages of SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine has been developed by WestVac Biopharma along with the West China Medical Center and Sichuan University. recombinant Covid-19 trivalent (XBB.1.5+BA.5+delta)

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 23, 2024

The US FDA has approved and granted EUA for Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech’s updated mRNA Covid-19 vaccines, Comirnaty and Spikevax.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Sanofi has announced the inauguration its new modular vaccine and biomedicine production unit, Modulus, in Neuville-sur-Saône, France.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Japan’s MHLW has approved CSL and Arcturus Therapeutics’ self-amplifying mRNA (sa-mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine, ARCT-154.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 25, 2024

Cancer Research UK and the CRIS Cancer Foundation have awarded a £1.7m ($2.1m) grant for developing the lung cancer vaccine LungVax.

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