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Successful clinical trial for re-engineered Covid vaccine 

Drug Discovery World

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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Preclinical data supports arenaviral therapeutic vaccine for hepatitis B

Drug Discovery World

HB-400, a novel arenaviral therapeutic vaccine developed by HOOKIPA Pharma and Gilead Sciences, has been shown to generate robust T cell responses specific to hepatitis B virus with high antibody levels in a preclinical setting. A Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability of HB‑400 in humans is ongoing.

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Scottish regulator approves first chronic hepatitis delta virus drug

Drug Discovery World

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has become the first UK health authority to permit routine NHS use of Gilead Sciences’ Hepcludex (bulevirtide) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection. HDV infection is rare, but the effects of chronic HDV infection are potentially extremely serious.

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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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Addressing the grand challenge of global access to vaccines

Drug Target Review

The mad scramble 1 for -80°C freezers during the COVID-19 pandemic is a vivid illustration that we remain unprepared to harness the global potential of vaccine therapeutics. 2 However, it is not just problematic cold chains that limit access to life-saving vaccines.

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GSK’s respiratory syncytial virus

The Pharma Data

This is the first time an RSV vaccine candidate for adults has gained a positive opinion, one of the final steps in the marketing authorisation procedure prior to approval by the European Commission. There are no RSV vaccines or specific treatments currently available for older adults. Efficacy was 94.6% (95% CI, 65.9–99.9,

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Drug discovery quarterly review: Second quarter 2023  

Drug Discovery World

Total revenue from oncology medicines increased 22%, CVRM 20%, R&I8 10%, and rare disease 12%. Vaccines were up 9.1% Moreover, in July 2023, AstraZeneca and Vaxess Technologies commenced a collaboration for the evaluation of a novel RNA-based pandemic influenza prototype vaccine in patch format. Specialty care grew 11.8%

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