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Addressing the grand challenge of global access to vaccines

Drug Target Review

Translating these insights into a licensed vaccine (RTS,S, made by GlaxoSmithKline) took nearly five decades – a glacial pace compared to the recent COVID-19 vaccines. Essentially, Lumen’s antigen design is very similar to RTS,S and R21: a virus-like particle that presents the NANP repeat antigen to the host immune system.

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Health Care After COVID: The Rise of Telemedicine

The Pharma Data

5, 2021 — In late December, Dr. Ada Stewart asked her staff to check on a patient who had missed an appointment. Besides giving telemedicine a boost, the pandemic has also fostered the rise of innovative medical services, everything from getting prescriptions by mail to drive-through virus testing and pharmacy-based vaccinations.

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Recon: FDA approves Heron’s non-opioid anesthetic; Poll suggests low public trust in US health insti

The Pharma Data

Posted 13 May 2021 | By Michael Mezher . ‘More Amazon and less pharmacy’: one exec on the company’s strategy for prescription drugs ( STAT ). Biogen licenses a stroke drug from Japanese drugmaker TMS ( BioPharmaDive ). © 2021 Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society. In Focus: US.

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Regeneron’s COVID-19 Outpatient Trial Prospectively Demonstrates that REGN-COV2 Antibody Cocktail Significantly Reduced Virus Levels and Need for Further Medical Attention

The Pharma Data

In the overall patient group with detectable virus at baseline, the average daily reduction in viral load through day 7 was a 0.36 About REGN-COV2 REGN-COV2 is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies (REGN10933 and REGN10987) and was designed specifically to block infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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BetterLife Confirms Non-controlled Status of 2-bromo-LSD with Health Canada

The Pharma Data

18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BetterLife Pharma Inc. We believe that there is a great need for novel non-hallucinogenic treatments of mental disorders that can be dispensed at the pharmacy level and safely administered at home. VANCOUVER, Jan. BetterLife’s TD-0148A is one such treatment,” said Ahmad Doroudian, CEO of BetterLife.

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REGN-COV2 Independent Data Monitoring Committee Recommends Holding Enrollment in Hospitalized Patients with High Oxygen Requirements and Continuing Enrollment in Patients with Low or No Oxygen Requirements

The Pharma Data

About REGN-COV2 REGN-COV2 is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies (REGN10933 and REGN10987) and was designed specifically to block infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Regeneron has partnered with Roche to increase the global supply of REGN-COV2 beginning in 2021.

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Regeneron Announces U.S. Government Agreement to Purchase Additional COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail Doses

The Pharma Data

12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — . Under the new agreement, the government will purchase all finished doses of the casirivimab and imdevimab antibody cocktail delivered by June 30, 2021 , up to 1.25 “Additionally, as expected, the virus continues to mutate, with the possibility of developing resistance to any one antibody. .