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NHS England launches country-wide cancer vaccine trials

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Thousands of cancer patients in England are set to gain fast-tracked access to trials of mRNA personalised cancer vaccines following the launch of an NHS trial ‘matchmaking’ service to help find new life-saving treatments.

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UK government invests £39 million in AMR research

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The UK government will invest up to £39 ($48) million in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research through the Global AMR Innovation Fund (GAMRIF). million awarded to support the early development of new antibiotics, vaccines, rapid diagnostics and other products to combat life-threatening drug-resistant infections.

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Cancer research to get £22.5 million share of UK government fund

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The UK government has promised that patients will benefit from cutting-edge new treatments with the introduction of a Vaccine Taskforce style approach to tackling health challenges. . million share of UK government fund appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW). How the money will be spent: Cancer: £22.5

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How structural biology is informing vaccine design

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Reece Armstrong speaks to Melanie Adams-Cioaba , Senior Director and General Manager of pharma (cryo-EM), Thermo Fisher Scientific about advances in vaccine design. Using structural biology as central to vaccine design and development, and to drug discovery more generally, is what we mean by “rational design.”

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Fortifying vaccines through disease surveillance and data reporting  

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Shelley McLendon , SVP of Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Program Management at ICON, attended the World Vaccine Congress Europe from 16-19 October 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. Key learnings by countries and governments from Covid-19 . Some countries do seem to have learned the importance of disease surveillance.

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New UK partnership to accelerate mRNA research

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It is hoped that a new partnership between the UK government and BioNTech will help accelerate clinical trials of personalised immunotherapies for cancer and infectious disease vaccines. . The agreement means cancer patients will get early access to trials exploring personalised mRNA therapies, like cancer vaccines. .

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Johnson & Johnson Announces Agreement in Principle with Government of Canada to Supply its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

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Johnson & Johnson Announces Agreement in Principle with Government of Canada to Supply its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate. Johnson & Johnson Announces Agreement in Principle with Government of Canada to Supply its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate. S vaccine candidate on a not-for-profit basis for emergency pandemic use.