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Cancer vaccine shows sustained improvement in survival rates

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Cancer vaccine mRNA-4157 (V940) in combination with Keytruda reduced the risk of recurrence or death by 49% in patients with resected high-risk melanoma, according to follow-up data presented at ASCO 2024. Ultimately it will contribute to survival rates improving continually over the next decades and more.” .

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Novavax Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Development Progress

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Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today provided an update on its COVID-19 vaccine program. Novavax completed enrollment of 15,000 participants in a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial being conducted in the U.K. GAITHERSBURG, Md.,

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Drug discovery quarterly review: Second quarter 2023  

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Total revenue from oncology medicines increased 22%, CVRM 20%, R&I8 10%, and rare disease 12%. Vaccines were up 9.1% Moreover, in July 2023, AstraZeneca and Vaxess Technologies commenced a collaboration for the evaluation of a novel RNA-based pandemic influenza prototype vaccine in patch format. Specialty care grew 11.8%

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Pfizer’s PAXLOVID™ receives FDA approval for adult patients at high risk of progression to severe COVID-19

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Pfizer’s PAXLOVID™ receives FDA approval for adult patients at high risk of progression to severe COVID-19 Pfizer Inc. Available safety data have been consistent in participants across the EPIC clinical program, as well as across reported post-authorization safety experience in millions of patients prescribed PAXLOVID to date.

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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

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Powers taught for more than six years at the National Institutes of Health, on medical product development and commercialisation, and at Georgetown Law School as an adjunct professor. Dr Loubna Bouarfa, Founder and CEO, OKRA.ai Dr Bouarfa is the founder and CEO of OKRA.ai, an artificial intelligence (AI) company for life sciences.

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Pfizer and BioNTech Initiate Rolling Submission of Biologics License Application for U.S. FDA Approval of Their COVID 19 Vaccine

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The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine is currently available in the U.S. under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) granted by the FDA on December 11, 2020. Since then, the companies have delivered more than 170 million doses of the vaccine across the U.S. We are pleased to work with U.S. AUTHORIZED USE IN THE U.S.:

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Prevention of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Adults 18 Years and Older Caused by 15 Serotypes

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VAXNEUVANCE Elicited Superior Immune Responses for Serotypes 3, 22F and 33F Compared to PCV13, Which Are Major Causes of Disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is expected to meet in October to discuss and make recommendations on the use of VAXNEUVANCE in adults.

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