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Eyam Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics Reaches Agreement to License Next-Generation COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates from the University of British Columbia

The Pharma Data

This License Agreement represents an important corporate milestone. The License provides EYAM with the exclusive right to develop several proprietary COVID-19 vaccine candidates in a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine platform. EYAM anticipates rapid commencement of animal trials for these COVID-19 vaccine candidates.

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Covid researchers launch Monkeypox study  

Drug Discovery World

It will also assess the time taken until throat and lesion swabs test negative for monkeypox virus and the proportion of patients who require hospitalisation due to complications from the disease. . Tecovirimat prevents the Monkeypox virus from leaving infected cells, helping stop its spread within the body.

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GSK’s respiratory syncytial virus

The Pharma Data

This is the first time an RSV vaccine candidate for adults has gained a positive opinion, one of the final steps in the marketing authorisation procedure prior to approval by the European Commission. There are no RSV vaccines or specific treatments currently available for older adults. Efficacy was 94.6% (95% CI, 65.9–99.9,

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New target for COVID-19 vaccines identified

The Pharma Data

Next generation vaccines for COVID-19 should aim to induce an immune response against ‘replication proteins’, essential for the very earliest stages of the viral cycle, concludes new research carried out by UCL scientists. ” Discovering the T cell response to replication proteins. .”

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PFIZER AND BIONTECH ANNOUNCE SUBMISSION OF INITIAL DATA TO U.S. FDA TO SUPPORT BOOSTER DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support the evaluation of a third, or booster, dose of the companies’ COVID-19 vaccine (BNT162b2) for future licensure. Vaccination is our most effective means of preventing COVID-19 infection – especially severe disease and hospitalization – and its profound impact on protecting lives is indisputable.

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Deliberate Dysentery

Codon

Today, refined versions of these human challenge studies have become standard practice in testing vaccines for vector-borne diseases (e.g., Human challenge trials were an indispensable part of the development of the malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, endorsed by the World Health Organization last October.

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Post-COVID-19 cognitive impairment: a new target for drug development?

Drug Discovery World

To date, it seems that the likely mechanism of post- Covid-19 cognitive impairment is neuroinflammation triggered by the peripheral / systemic inflammation caused by the virus. Acute and persistent symptoms in non-hospitalized PCR- confirmed COVID-19 patients,” Sci Rep, vol. F Ceban et al., Academic Press Inc., 93–135, Mar.