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Dr Gonzalez-Aseguinolaza recognised for gene therapy research

Drug Discovery World

Dr Gonzalez-Aseguinolaza said: “This is a tremendous honour, and I am very pleased that the RFS Society recognises my dedication and work in the field of gene therapy. She then moved into rare diseases and has been working on rare hepatic diseases for the last two decades, with a focus on the development of advanced therapies.

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Unlocking the potential of synthetic DNA 

Drug Discovery World

Engineering biology is reshaping the world, from enabling the rapid development of vaccines to providing alternatives to petroleum fuels. Biologics represents the fastest-growing sector of the pharmaceutical industry, with hundreds of therapies approved in recent years 3,4.

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What’s interesting about the Australian drug discovery sector? 

Drug Discovery World

Its snapshot report aimed to provide both an overview of the sector in Australia to determine how the sector has changed since this data was collected in 2017 and 2019 2. . The number of employees behind our biotech companies has also expanded, increasing 21% compared with 2019 from approximately 87,397 people in 2019 to 105,569 in 2022.

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COADMINISTRATION OF ITS 20-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE

The Pharma Data

The primary objective in the trial is to describe safety when both vaccines are co-administered, with follow up six months after vaccination. Secondary objectives are to describe immune responses produced by each of the vaccines. Secondary objectives are to describe immune responses produced by each of the vaccines.

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FDA grants efanesoctocog alfa Breakthrough Therapy designation for hemophilia A

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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to efanesoctocog alfa (BIVV001) for the treatment of people with hemophilia A, a rare and life-threatening bleeding disorder, based on data from the pivotal XTEND-1 P hase 3 stud y.

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U.S. FDA grants Priority Review for the Biologics License Application for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Priority Review designation for the Biologics License Application (BLA) for their mRNA vaccine to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 16 years of age and older. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which is based on BioNTech proprietary mRNA technology, was developed by both BioNTech and Pfizer.

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FIRST AUTHORIZATION IN EUROPEAN UNION FOR COVID-19 VACCINE IN ADOLESCENTS

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This follows the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) positive opinion to authorize the vaccine in this age group. COMIRNATY was the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive authorization in the EU and is the first to have its CMA extended to adolescents. g doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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