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FDA approves first vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus

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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. The post FDA approves first vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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FDA approves first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl), an adeno-associated virus (AAV) based gene therapy for the treatment of DMD. The post FDA approves first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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FDA approves RSV vaccine to protect babies from birth

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first vaccine for pregnant individuals to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants. The FDA approved Abrysvo in May for the prevention of LRTD caused by RSV in individuals 60 years of age and older.

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This week in drug discovery (5-9 August) 

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First engineered cell therapy for a solid tumour gets US approval Adaptimmune Therapeutics’ Tecelra (afamitresgene autoleucel) has become the first engineered cell therapy for a solid tumour cancer approved in the US.

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Potentially ‘regenerative’ osteoarthritis drug moves to clinical trial

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The findings indicate that a drug compound, R805/CX-011, may modulate an important cell receptor in the body’s immune system, GP130, that signals when antibodies should attack a virus or infection. The post Potentially ‘regenerative’ osteoarthritis drug moves to clinical trial appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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This week in drug discovery (12-16 June)  

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Regulatory approvals and industry guidelines are key to the continued development and discovery of drugs, which is a common theme throughout this week’s news highlights, including an FDA approval for Pfizer, a NICE recommendation for AstraZeneca UK, and an update to the HER2 Breast Cancer Testing Guidelines.

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US approves first mRNA vaccine since Covid-19

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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. The primary analysis with 3.7

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