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

The Pharma Data

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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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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Demonstrated a Durable Immune Response and Elicited Dual Mechanisms of Protection Against Delta and Other SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in Data Published in New England Journal of Medicine

The Pharma Data

Antibody and T-cell immune responses strong and stable at eight months after immunization Demonstrated neutralizing antibody activity against the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) In addition, the T-cell responses are especially strong and stable over time, which is also potentially important for activity against these variants.”.

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A research team searches for every gene that helps tumors evade immunotherapy

Broad Institute

He also read everything he could about her disease, including emerging evidence that suggested that the immune system could recognize and kill Merkel cell carcinoma. His mother had a presentation of the disease that suggested her immune system was already on the job.

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The Long Road to End Tuberculosis

Codon

Physicians working in the early 20th century had little choice but to treat the world’s most rampant infectious disease with methods such as these. But even now, more than a century later, TB remains the deadliest infectious disease on Earth, killing about 1.2 million people every year. tuberculosis.

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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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Where's the Synthetic Blood?

Codon

In contrast, people with sickle cell disease commonly receive red blood cell transfusions to alleviate vaso-occlusive pain crises. 2 And while transfusions are among the safest procedures in medicine, there is still a very slight risk of transmission of infectious diseases and adverse immune reactions. In the U.S.,