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U.S. FDA APPROVES TICOVAC™, PFIZER’S TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS (TBE) VACCINE

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TICOVAC (tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine) for active immunization to prevent TBE in individuals 1 year of age and older. 1 TICOVAC is the only FDA-approved vaccine to help protect U.S. Following today’s FDA approval, the U.S. in 1-15 year olds and 98.7-100%

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Recon: FDA approves Heron’s non-opioid anesthetic; Poll suggests low public trust in US health insti

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Biogen licenses a stroke drug from Japanese drugmaker TMS ( BioPharmaDive ). ICER, Accelerated Approval And The Payer Voice At The US FDA ( Pink Sheet ). ‘Imminent’ Generic Approvals Expected To Help US FDA Meet On-Time Review Metric Retroactively ( Pink Sheet ).

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What FDA’s Newest Gene Therapy Approval Tells Us About Durability: How Long is Long Enough?

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Valentine — On November 22, 2022, FDA approved CSL Behring’s BLA for Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), an AAV-based gene therapy for the treatment of adults with Hemophilia B who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes.

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Lilly accelerating baricitinib’s availability in India following receipt of permission for restricted emergency use as a COVID-19 therapy via donations and licensing agreements | Eli Lilly and Company

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Lilly is offering donations of baricitinib to the Indian government through Direct Relief while simultaneously working with local Indian pharmaceutical companies to execute royalty-free voluntary licensing agreements to accelerate the manufacturing and distribution of the medicine in India during the pandemic. It is approved in the U.S.

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Regeneron’s COVID-19 Outpatient Trial Prospectively Demonstrates that REGN-COV2 Antibody Cocktail Significantly Reduced Virus Levels and Need for Further Medical Attention

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In the overall patient group with detectable virus at baseline, the average daily reduction in viral load through day 7 was a 0.36 About REGN-COV2 REGN-COV2 is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies (REGN10933 and REGN10987) and was designed specifically to block infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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Codon Digest: Injected Gene Editors

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Therapeutic neutralizing monoclonal antibody administration protects against lethal yellow fever virus infection. Read A really simple way to isolate AAVs, which are a type of virus often used to deliver gene therapies into cells. Only about 15% of antibodies actually neutralize the new variants. Ricciardi M.J. Gene Therapy.

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Regeneron’s Casirivimab and Imdevimab Antibody Cocktail for COVID-19 is First Combination Therapy to Receive FDA Emergency Use Authorization

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“The casirivimab and imdevimab antibody cocktail is designed to mimic what a well-functioning immune system does by using very potent antibodies to neutralize the virus,” said George D. The EUA is temporary and does not take the place of a formal biologics license application (BLA) submission review and approval process.