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JANUARY 12, 2024

The first clinical trial participants have received doses of the ChAdOx1 NipahB vaccine at the University of Oxford. Despite the first outbreaks occurring 25 years ago in Malaysia and Singapore, there are currently no approved vaccines or treatments.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Enrolment in a Phase I trial of a new investigational universal influenza vaccine candidate has begun at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, US. An ideal universal influenza vaccine could be taken less frequently than once a year and protect against multiple strains of influenza virus.

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

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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MAY 18, 2023

A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC) has begun enrolling volunteers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The first 20 participants have been enrolled in a multicentre trial to test whether ImmunityBio’s Nant Cancer Vaccine (NCV) could potentially prevent colon and other cancers in individuals with Lynch syndrome. The vaccine comprises a tri-valent Adenovirus (Tri-Ad5) in combination with the company’s IL-15 superagonist N-803.

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JUNE 24, 2024

In the realm of vaccine development, mega trials — studies enrolling 5,000 subjects or more — have been instrumental in the fight against many pathogens, including influenza, rotavirus, malaria, RSV and most recently in the rapid development of vaccines against COVID-19.

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APRIL 24, 2023

Danish biotech MinervaX has launched the first Phase I clinical study in older adults of its novel Group B Streptococcus (GBS) vaccine, at CEVAC (Centre for Vaccinology) in Ghent, Belgium. There is currently no vaccine available. GBS is a global unmet medical burden and can cause serious illness in people of all ages, worldwide.

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MAY 30, 2024

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong speaks to Dr Katrina Pollock from the Oxford Vaccine Group at the University of Oxford. Dr Pollock is the Chief Investigator of the LEGACY03 clinical trial, a study aiming to investigate lymph nodes and vaccination responses across age groups. RA: Could you tell us about the LEGACY03 trial?

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MARCH 30, 2023

Likang Life Sciences has been granted implied approval by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for the clinical trial of its innovative personalised neoantigen-targeted vaccine LK101 Injection for advanced solid tumours. Vaccines predicated on neoantigens therefore elicit truly tumour-specific T cell responses.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Vaxcyte’s infant Investigational New Drug (IND) application for VAX-24, its 24-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) candidate designed to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD).

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

While scientists have struggled in the past to create an effective vaccine against HIV, a novel vaccine design strategy shows new promise, according to data from a first-in-human clinical trial. . The Phase I trial (IAVI G001) tested the first stage in a multi-stage HIV vaccine regimen the researchers are developing.

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JUNE 10, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved mRESVIA (mRNA-1345), an mRNA respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, to protect adults aged 60 years and older from lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV infection. This approval is also the first time an mRNA vaccine has been approved for a disease other than Covid-19.”

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APRIL 13, 2023

The R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine has received regulatory clearance for use in Ghana by the country’s Food and Drugs Authority, making it the first country to approve the vaccine. The vaccine has been approved for use in children aged five to 36 months, the age group at highest risk of death from malaria.

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APRIL 18, 2024

For the first time, a controlled human infection model for tuberculosis (TB) has been developed and could help with the future development of TB vaccines. The team states that it’s the first step towards establishing a challenge model that can be used to test new vaccines for TB.

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JUNE 6, 2024

Cancer vaccine mRNA-4157 (V940) in combination with Keytruda reduced the risk of recurrence or death by 49% in patients with resected high-risk melanoma, according to follow-up data presented at ASCO 2024. Ultimately it will contribute to survival rates improving continually over the next decades and more.” months after initial treatment.

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MAY 15, 2024

Researchers have developed a new vaccine technology that can provide protection against a broad range of coronaviruses with potential for future disease outbreaks – including ones we don’t know about yet. Building protective vaccines before a pandemic emerges “We don’t have to wait for new coronaviruses to emerge.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

UK-based Barinthus Biotherapeutics, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the University of Oxford are working together to fast-track the development of a vaccine candidate for the prevention of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Replicate Bioscience has shared positive results from the Phase I trial of RBI-4000, its srRNA-based rabies vaccine. In this clinical trial, evaluating safety and immunogenicity of RBI-4000 , participants received one or two doses of srRNA vaccine at low doses (0.1mcg, 1mcg or 10mcg).

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JANUARY 10, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation for VAX-24, Vaxcyte’s 24-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease. . The post Breakthrough Therapy designation for pneumococcal disease vaccine appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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MARCH 27, 2024

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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DECEMBER 18, 2023

An effective HIV vaccine may need to prompt strong responses from CD8+ T cells to protect people from acquiring HIV, according to a study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The post Study suggests ways to improve future HIV vaccine candidates appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

Merck (MSD) and Moderna have revealed plans to work together on the development and commercialisation of an investigational personalised cancer vaccine. The companies will report data from the ongoing Phase II trial of mRNA-4157/V940 in combination with KEYTRUDA in high-risk melanoma later this year. “We

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MARCH 27, 2023

The first subjects have been dosed in a Phase I clinical trial of VXX-401, an investigational vaccine designed to lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, a known factor in heart disease. We’re excited to get this first-in-human trial of VXX-401 started.

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

The R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine has been recommended for use by the World Health Organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) and the Malaria Policy Advisory Group (MPAG). The developers expect additional regulatory approvals will follow shortly and R21/Matrix-M vaccine doses could be ready to begin wider roll-out next year.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Valneva Scotland is focused on vaccines for infectious diseases with significant unmet medical needs. The company’s vaccine for Chikungunya virus (IXCHIQ) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in November 2023 and is the world’s first and only vaccine for Chikungunya.

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JUNE 28, 2023

MinervaX, a Danish biotechnology company developing a novel, prophylactic vaccine against Group B Streptococcus (GBS), has completed enrolment and initial dosing in its Phase I clinical vaccine trial in older adults. The trial is taking place at CEVAC (Centre for Vaccinology), Ghent University, Belgium.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

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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AUGUST 7, 2023

A new Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre (VDEC) has been unveiled in the UK, with the aim of building on the UK’s pandemic legacy and helping develop life-saving new vaccines that will fight ‘ Disease X ‘, a term used because what might trigger the next pandemic is unknown.

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JUNE 6, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pfizer’s bivalent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prefusion F (RSVpreF) vaccine Abrysvo in individuals 60 years and older. A vaccine to help prevent RSV had been an elusive public health goal for more than half a century.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Jonathan Riess, lead investigator of the trial at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, presented encouraging early clinical and biomarker data supporting the combination treatment for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). These data were presented at the IASLC 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC).

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JULY 27, 2023

Five of eight patients treated (62.5%) had a best response of immune-related stable disease, and three (37.5%) demonstrated immune-related progressive disease. The post Topline results support allogeneic cell vaccine in lung cancer appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted marketing authorisation for Takeda’s vaccine candidate Qdenga for active immunisation against dengue infection from four years of age. The post UK approval for dengue virus vaccine candidate appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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APRIL 16, 2023

Personalised mRNA-based cancer vaccine mRNA-4157/V940, in combination with the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda) improved recurrence-free survival (RFS) compared with pembrolizumab alone in patients with high-risk melanoma. According to the results of the primary trial analysis, after 18 months, the RFS was 78.6%

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JULY 19, 2022

An early-stage clinical trial has been launched in the US investigating a vaccine against Nipah virus infection. . The clinical trial has been launched by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to evaluate an investigational vaccine to prevent infection with Nipah virus. Fauci, M.D.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first vaccine for pregnant individuals to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants. This approval provides an option for healthcare providers and pregnant individuals to protect infants from this potentially life-threatening disease.”

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JANUARY 11, 2024

Researchers have used messenger RNA (mRNA) to create an effective therapy for a rare liver disease in preclinical studies, demonstrating the technology’s potential therapeutic use in people. Patients affected by the disease are found to also experience an imbalance of glutathione regulation, which is important for liver detoxification.

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JULY 18, 2024

Vaccines have consistently demonstrated their efficacy in protecting people from infectious diseases. This led to the eradication of smallpox and polio – two debilitating diseases that historically caused global epidemics. Sugars, such as sucrose are common stabilizers in many vaccines.

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