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Personalised cancer vaccines to be produced at Queensland lab

Drug Discovery World

A new facility at The University of Queensland, Australia, will provide researchers with cancer vaccines tailored to individual patients. The lab at UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) will bring together the equipment and expertise to enable the design, manufacture and delivery of new mRNA cancer vaccines.

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UK vaccine centre to enhance pandemic preparedness

Drug Discovery World

A new Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre (VDEC) has been unveiled in the UK, with the aim of building on the UK’s pandemic legacy and helping develop life-saving new vaccines that will fight ‘ Disease X ‘, a term used because what might trigger the next pandemic is unknown.

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Covid-19 vaccine less effective in the immunocompromised 

Drug Discovery World

A new study in the US has revealed that the Covid-19 vaccine is less effective in people with weakened immune systems. . The research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s VISION Network analysed real-world data on mRNA vaccine effectiveness during Omicron BA.4 5 predominance for immunocompromised adults. .

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SIGA’s monkeypox treatment gets UK approval  

Drug Discovery World

Pharmaceutical company SIGA Technologies has announced that its oral therapy tecovirimat has been approved in the UK for the treatment of smallpox, monkeypox, cowpox. . The therapy has also been approved for the treatment of complications following vaccination against smallpox in adults and children with a body weight of at least 13kg. .

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Fortifying vaccines through disease surveillance and data reporting  

Drug Discovery World

Shelley McLendon , SVP of Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Program Management at ICON, attended the World Vaccine Congress Europe from 16-19 October 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. For example, as part of the American Rescue Plan of 2021, the United States (US) established the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics.

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Transforming cancer treatment for greatest impact

Drug Target Review

Could you provide insights into the driving factors behind exploring novel treatments for cancer types? Could you provide further details on how this phenomenon could impact broader treatment outcomes? What aspects prompted this research direction? The concept of the ‘abscopal effect’ in the 4T1 tumour model is intriguing.

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FDA Advisory Committee Review of 2021

Eye on FDA

One meeting of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee is set for February 10 to discuss a new application for the proposed treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC. But before heading into 2022, it is perhaps time to take stock of AdComms and what they did or did not do during 2021. Fewer Meetings.

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