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Cancer vaccine shows sustained improvement in survival rates

Drug Discovery World

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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Merck and Moderna to jointly develop personalised cancer vaccine 

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Merck has exercised its option to jointly develop and commercialise personalised cancer vaccine (PCV) mRNA-4157/V940 pursuant to the terms of its existing collaboration and license agreement with Moderna. . KEYNOTE-942 is an ongoing randomised, open-label Phase II trial that enrolled 157 patients with high-risk melanoma.

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Breast cancer still top disease area for clinical studies

Drug Discovery World

Breast cancer retained its position as the most-studied disease area in clinical trials in 2022, despite a drop in activity, according to analysis from analytics company Phesi. With an increase in available vaccines and therapies, it is not surprising that the number of recruiting trials for Covid-19 therapies has fallen.

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Strategic multi-platform collaboration to develop innovative oncology therapeutics 

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Evaluating Immatics’ IMA203 TCR-T therapy, targeting PRAME, in combination with Moderna’s PRAME mRNA-based cancer vaccine. Evaluating Immatics’ IMA203 TCR-T therapy, targeting PRAME, in combination with Moderna’s PRAME mRNA-based cancer vaccine.

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This week in drug discovery (6-10 February)

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Clinical drug trials have made the headlines this week, as it was revealed that breast cancer still tops the bill for number of clinical studies and the shortcomings in current methods to ensure representation of patient populations in trials were exposed.

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Ultimovacs ASA Initiates FOCUS Phase II Trial for Universal Cancer Vaccine, UV1, in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Receiving Pembrolizumab

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The trial will be conducted at 10 sites across Germany and led by principal investigator Prof. The FOCUS trial is Ultimovacs’ fourth Phase II clinical trial with UV1 and comes in addition to the collaboration Phase II trial announced in May 2020. “We Mascha Binder, M.D.,

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VALNEVA AND PFIZER COMPLETE RECRUITMENT FOR PHASE 2 TRIAL OF LYME DISEASE VACCINE CANDIDATE

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Valneva SE (Nasdaq: VALN; Euronext Paris: VLA), a specialty vaccine company focused on the development and commercialization of prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases with significant unmet medical need, and Pfizer Inc. If successful, this trial could enable the inclusion of a pediatric population in the Phase 3 trial.

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