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Successful clinical trial for re-engineered Covid vaccine 

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The University of Queensland’s re-engineered clamp platform has produced a vaccine that is equally safe and virus-neutralising as an approved Covid vaccine considered among the best in its class. million to continue development for use in the global response to future disease outbreaks. The Clamp2 trial group showed a 2.5-fold

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How structural biology is informing vaccine design

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Reece Armstrong speaks to Melanie Adams-Cioaba , Senior Director and General Manager of pharma (cryo-EM), Thermo Fisher Scientific about advances in vaccine design. Using structural biology as central to vaccine design and development, and to drug discovery more generally, is what we mean by “rational design.”

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Fortifying vaccines through disease surveillance and data reporting  

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Shelley McLendon , SVP of Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Program Management at ICON, attended the World Vaccine Congress Europe from 16-19 October 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. Disease surveillance and reporting . Disease surveillance is the collection and monitoring of data on disease within a population.

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World Tuberculosis Day 2024: New vaccines offer hope

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The vaccines currently in late-stage development hold promise in tackling the disease burden of tuberculosis (TB), says data and analytics company GlobalData on World Tuberculosis Day 2024. The day aims to raise awareness about the devastating health, social, and economic consequences of the disease.

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UK government invests £39 million in AMR research

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The UK government will invest up to £39 ($48) million in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research through the Global AMR Innovation Fund (GAMRIF). million awarded to support the early development of new antibiotics, vaccines, rapid diagnostics and other products to combat life-threatening drug-resistant infections.

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McKesson Fills Initial Government Orders for Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

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government’s public-private partnership to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to Americans, and under the direction of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , McKesson began distributing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines and the ancillary supply kits needed to administer them. government. Photo: Business Wire).

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New UK partnership to accelerate mRNA research

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It is hoped that a new partnership between the UK government and BioNTech will help accelerate clinical trials of personalised immunotherapies for cancer and infectious disease vaccines. . The agreement means cancer patients will get early access to trials exploring personalised mRNA therapies, like cancer vaccines. .

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