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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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Global crisis of antibiotic resistance is “inevitable”

Drug Discovery World

It means the pharmaceutical company is less interested in sales volume and more likely to invest in developing novel treatments. It also discourages doctors from overprescribing antibiotics which leads to resistance.” The researchers said there was also hope from non-antibiotic approaches to combat infection.

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Where is the Ignite Theater tech leading us?

Drug Discovery World

For the patient as well as for doctors, this means creating more time to make decisions, as the company believes: “Patients – and their quality of life – shouldn’t have to wait for a broken system to provide an answer six months too late.

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Annaliesa Anderson, Ph.D., Will Lead Pfizer’s Vaccine Research & Development 

The Pharma Data

has been appointed Senior Vice President and Head of the Company’s Vaccine Research & Development (R&D) organization effective August 1, succeeding Kathrin U. Annaliesa is a world-class scientist with a track record of delivering both vaccines and therapeutics in pioneering new areas of science and where there is urgent unmet need.

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Facebook Posts Big Drivers in Vaccine Resistance, Study Finds

The Pharma Data

8, 2021 — As Americans await their COVID-19 shot, a new study of a different vaccine shows the power of Facebook posts in fueling “anti-vax” resistance to immunization. The study included more than 10 years of public Facebook posts on the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. FRIDAY, Jan.

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Women in STEM with Delphine Guyon-Gellin

Drug Target Review

DGG: At Osivax, we’re working on a new class of vaccines that target invariant parts of mutating viruses; this approach is disruptive and very different from conventional vaccines. DGG: Vaccines are experiencing a revolution in the post-COVID era with the emergence of mRNA technology.

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