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GSK faces RSV vaccine threat from rival Pfizer  

Drug Discovery World

An FDA approval for Pfizer’s Abrysvo respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine is likely to threaten GSK’s current hold on the market, according to GlobalData. It is currently the only vaccine candidate in late-stage development that targets multiple patient segments.”

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Drug discovery quarterly review: Second quarter 2023  

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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% Chris Boshoff, M.D., As a result of these moves, William Pao, M.D.,

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Repurposing FDA-approved drugs may help combat COVID-19

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Several FDA-approved drugs – including for type 2 diabetes, hepatitis C and HIV – significantly reduce the ability of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 to replicate in human cells, according to new research led by scientists at Penn State. Pfizer’s COVID-19 therapy Paxlovid, for example, targets Mpro.

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The evolution of the RNA therapeutics landscape 

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Beard Distinguished Professor of Experimental Surgery and the Founding Director of the Translational Research Institute at Duke University, explores the rise of RNA therapeutics. However, the RNA landscape has drastically changed in recent years and we now know that the molecule is more than just a transient, linear carrier of information.

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FDA Approves First Rapid COVID Test for Home Use

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Lab tests that look for the coronavirus’s genetic material using a technique called polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are still considered the gold standard for detecting the virus. ” COVID Vaccines Move Closer to Emergency Use Approval. announced earlier this week that early results show its coronavirus vaccine is 94.5

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Clover Biopharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Phase 1 Clinical Trial Data for its Adjuvanted COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates in The Lancet

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Adjuvanted S-Trimer COVID-19 vaccine candidates demonstrated favorable safety and tolerability profiles and strong neutralizing immune responses in a phase 1 trial. Clover plans to initiate a global phase 2/3 trial in the first half of 2021 with an interim analysis for vaccine efficacy potentially in the middle of 2021.

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Months of Work Hang in the Balance as Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Awaits AdComm Vote

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel in regard to the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna. The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will be determining whether the product should be authorized for emergency use, according to CNBC. The vote itself is not slated to take place until after 3 p.m.

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