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U.S. FDA APPROVES TICOVAC™, PFIZER’S TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS (TBE) VACCINE

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TICOVAC (tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine) for active immunization to prevent TBE in individuals 1 year of age and older. 1 TICOVAC is the only FDA-approved vaccine to help protect U.S. Following today’s FDA approval, 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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Clinical Data Supporting Approval Demonstrated Non-Inferior Immune Responses for the Serotypes Shared with PCV13 (1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F and 23F). VAXNEUVANCE Elicited Superior Immune Responses for Serotypes 3, 22F and 33F Compared to PCV13, Which Are Major Causes of Disease.

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Harnessing the CD24/Siglec-10 pathway: immunotherapy innovation

Drug Target Review

While its involvement in the do-not-eat-me signal from cancer has inspired therapeutic development of this pathway for oncology, the function of the innate immune checkpoint we identified in 2009 1 extends to both innate and adaptive immune responses. CD24 and Siglec-10 Selectively Repress Tissue Damage-Induced Immune Responses.

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Kala Gets the Greenlight from FDA for Dry Eye Disease Treatment

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved EYSUVIS for the short-term treatment of dry eye disease. . adults have been diagnosed with dry eye disease, a chronic, episodic, multifactorial disease. EYSUVIS is the first FDA-approved corticosteroid specifically for dry eye disease treatment.

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Biologics: Innovations, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

DrugBank

This category encompasses a broad spectrum of treatments including vaccines, blood components, gene therapies, and more, each tailored to combat diseases in highly specific ways. A Wave of Innovations The year 2024 has already proven to be significant for the field of biologics, witnessing a notable increase in FDA approvals.

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CRISPR Tackles Diverse Single-Gene Conditions

PLOS: DNA Science

The end-of-year FDA approval of the first CRISPR-based therapy , for sickle cell disease, came a mere dozen years after Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier introduced the technology. The microbes deploy them to dismantle the genetic material of infecting viruses, a little like an immune response.

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AI Tool CHIEF Paints a Landscape of a Cancer, Refining Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis

PLOS: DNA Science

A Brief History of Targeted Cancer Drugs In 1978, FDA approved the first targeted cancer drug, tamoxifen. The FDA approved Herceptin , targeting a different receptor (HER2) in breast cancer cells, in 1998. Keytruda illustrates more recently approved cancer drugs. Cancer clearly entails more than just errant genes.