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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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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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Q&A: How a partnership between physicians and researchers aims to make cancer drugs safer

Broad Institute

Kerry Reynolds: The first immune checkpoint inhibitor was FDA-approved in 2011 to treat melanoma, with nearly a dozen more ICIs approved for various cancers since then. That gives us a lot of hope, because we can think about targeting the inflamed organ that is failing without halting the immune response to the tumor.

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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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U.S. FDA Approves PREVNAR 20™, Pfizer’s Pneumococcal 20-valent Conjugate Vaccine for Adults Ages 18 Years or Older

The Pharma Data

First approval of a conjugate vaccine that helps protect against 20 serotypes responsible for the majority of invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 including seven responsible for 40% of pneumococcal disease cases and deaths in the U.S. Following today’s FDA approval, the U.S.

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