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Immuno-oncology innovations redefining cancer treatment in 2024

Drug Target Review

What innovative approaches and technologies are anticipated to reshape immuno-oncology treatments in 2024? Immuno-oncology, notably through checkpoint inhibitors, has significantly reshaped cancer treatment over the past decade.

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Operation Warp Speed’s top doctor says coronavirus vaccine likely won’t be approved until after November

The Pharma Data

Dr Moncef Slaoui, the leading doctor involved with Operation Warp Speed, has said it is unlikely a vaccine for the US will be ready by November. . But Slaoui did say that he believes a vaccine will be available by the end of the year, and could possibly vaccinate between 20 and 25 million people.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Developers Adjust Phase 3 Trial Protocols to Allow Authorized Vaccines | 2020-12-17

The Pharma Data

COVID-19 vaccine developers are faced with an ethical quandary — whether to let phase 3 trial participants become “unblinded” and to receive authorized vaccines as they become available, which could hinder the collection of meaningful trial data. Pfizer, which has received emergency approvals in the U.S.

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Grifols begins clinical trial of a new treatment that would provide immediate immunity against COVID-19

The Pharma Data

The treatment could be administered in primary care centers to people who test positive for COVID-19, avoiding hospitalization due to the progression of the disease and complementing the vaccine in the early phase after vaccination. BARCELONA, Spain , Jan. BARCELONA, Spain , Jan.

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Deliberate Dysentery

Codon

Today, refined versions of these human challenge studies have become standard practice in testing vaccines for vector-borne diseases (e.g., yellow fever, malaria, and dengue), evaluating new drugs or treatments, and studying pathogenesis, the process by which a disease develops. Why are challenge trials becoming more popular?

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FDA Set to Approve Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve emergency use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine as early as Saturday after its advisory panel cleared the way for the start of a national campaign to inoculate Americans and stem the spread of COVID-19. Who is first in line? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Phases of Clinical Research: A Detailed Overview

Advarra

Clinical trials are studies involving human volunteers to research ways to prevent, detect, and treat various medical conditions. A clinical trial investigating a drug or therapy is typically divided into four phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase III, and Phase IV.