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The Definition of “Fully Vaccinated” Needs to Change

Eye on FDA

We are long gone from the days of being threatened by a rampant Alpha virus to having several successive variants. We now have multiple vaccines – mRNA and traditional in the U.S. We now have multiple vaccines – mRNA and traditional in the U.S. It would seem that Omicron has rendered that definition outmoded.

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The Vaccine Development Landscape and Its Associated Challenges

DrugBank

Vaccines have consistently demonstrated their efficacy in protecting people from infectious diseases. This led to the eradication of smallpox and polio – two debilitating diseases that historically caused global epidemics. Sugars, such as sucrose are common stabilizers in many vaccines.

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Covid researchers launch Monkeypox study  

Drug Discovery World

It will also assess the time taken until throat and lesion swabs test negative for monkeypox virus and the proportion of patients who require hospitalisation due to complications from the disease. . Tecovirimat prevents the Monkeypox virus from leaving infected cells, helping stop its spread within the body.

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Where is the Ignite Theater tech leading us?

Drug Discovery World

Masaru Kanekiyo , Chief of Molecular Immunoengineering Section (MIS) of the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), will present ‘Structural vaccinology for influenza’.

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Join DDW for the SLAS2024 Ignite Theater ‘Innovation from lab to patient’

Drug Discovery World

As a vaccine immunologist Kanekiyo’s primary research interests are structure-based vaccine design, viral immunity, and host-pathogen interplay. As a vaccine immunologist Kanekiyo’s primary research interests are structure-based vaccine design, viral immunity, and host-pathogen interplay.

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AHA News: What Heart and Stroke Patients Should Know About COVID-19 Vaccines

The Pharma Data

15, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Experts have a simple answer for heart and stroke patients questioning whether they need a COVID-19 vaccination. The Food and Drug Administration-approved vaccines pose no special problems for such patients, said Elkind, who also is president of the American Heart Association.

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Vaxzevria and mRNA COVID-19 vaccines showed similar and favourable safety profiles in a population-based cohort study of over a million people

The Pharma Data

Safety profiles of Vaxzevria, and the mRNA-based vaccine were similar and overall favourable. Very rare clotting disorders (TTS) were observed with both vaccines but these were in line with what would be expected in the general population and lower than in those diagnosed with COVID-19.

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