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JANUARY 11, 2024

Researchers have used messenger RNA (mRNA) to create an effective therapy for a rare liver disease in preclinical studies, demonstrating the technology’s potential therapeutic use in people. Successful industry/academia collaboration Fewer than 5% of rare diseases have approved therapies and most of these treatments use gene therapy.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Harvard investigators have developed a new cell therapy approach to eliminate established tumours and induce long-term immunity. . This dual-action cell therapy was safe, applicable, and efficacious in these models. . The findings are published in Science Translational Medicine. .

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MAY 24, 2023

IB Communications’ CEO Michelle Boxall explains why there are two sides to the cell and gene therapy coin. While this has increased scientific breakthroughs and therapies in development, it has also catalysed an influx of solutions providers entering the market.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

Vaccinations against tumour antigens that are shared between tumours, or tumour antigens that arise from mutations unique to individual tumours, represent promising strategies. Cell-based therapies, such as tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy, have also drawn significant attention following promising results in a melanoma trial.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A Phase III clinical trial has produced promising results for a cancer vaccine targeting patients with a new or recurrent glioblastoma. Trial data show that 13% of patients receiving the vaccine survived the five years, compared to 5.7% receiving existing treatments. Published online November 17, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.5370

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

27% of patients with non-vaccinal SARS-COV-2 positive serology corresponded to the previously described psychotic disorder subgroup associating HERV-W expression. times more than the control group.

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JUNE 17, 2022

In a Phase 2/3 clinical trial, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine elicited a strong immune response in this age group Three 3-µg doses had favorable safety profile similar to placebo in young children ages 6 months through 4 years in Phase 2/3 clinical trial Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine now authorized in the U.S. Ugur Sahin, M.D.,

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MARCH 14, 2023

QDENGA is the only dengue vaccine approved in Brazil for use in individuals regardless of previous exposure to dengue and without the need for pre-vaccination testing. QDENGA is the only dengue vaccine approved in Brazil for use in individuals regardless of previous exposure to dengue and without the need for pre-vaccination testing.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As one among the leading global vaccines companies, we still bring options which help protect people’s health round the world,” said Michael Greenberg, MD, MPH, Medical Head, Sanofi Pasteur North America. “We A study conducted from 2014 to 2015 showed 72% of infants hospitalized for RSV were previously healthy with no underlying conditions.3.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

In most cancers, the tumour evolves by acquiring mutations that confer growth advantages or resistance to therapies. Involving more than 250 investigators based at 19 hospital sites across the UK, the study has analysed genetic signatures in lung tumours, tracking how they have evolved over the past nine years in more than 815 patients.

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JUNE 1, 2022

has been appointed Senior Vice President and Head of the Company’s Vaccine Research & Development (R&D) organization effective August 1, succeeding Kathrin U. Anderson most recently served as Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer for Bacterial Research and Hospital within the Vaccine R&D organization.

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MARCH 5, 2021

Novartis announced today that it has signed an initial agreement to manufacture the mRNA and bulk drug product for the COVID-19 vaccine candidate CVnCoV from CureVac to aid in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Preparations for the start of production, technology transfer and test runs are already underway.

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MAY 7, 2021

Pfizer-BioNTech files for US approval of COVID-19 vaccine ( Reuters ) ( NYTimes ) ( Politico ) ( Press ). Covid-19 Vaccines Are Wasted as Special Syringes Run Short ( WSJ ). The US opened pandora’s box on IP waivers for Covid-19 vaccines. . In Focus: US. What happens now?

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JULY 29, 2021

The EUA now provides for the use of baricitinib for treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adults and pediatric patients two years of age or older requiring supplemental oxygen, non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). percent (24/515) for baricitinib plus remdesivir versus 7.1

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NOVEMBER 22, 2020

As the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine goes to regulators and the Moderna vaccine approaches the end of its Phase III trials, AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford announced high-level results from an interim analysis of their COVID-19 vaccine, AZD1222. The combined analysis showed average efficacy of 70%.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

This week Pharma IQ looks at how the pharma industry is expanding its vaccine manufacturing and testing protocols to ensure the deadly Covid-19 outbreak yields in its spread around the globe. . BioNTech acquires Novartis GMP manufacturing site to expand Covid-19 vaccine production.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

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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MARCH 13, 2024

In May 2023, Prof Wee Joo Chng and his team published a paper showing that TOX2 is aberrantly increased in patients with Natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (NKTL), highlighting the potential of a proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) targeting TOX2 as a NKTL therapy option. We are small and integrated.

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MAY 6, 2024

A more established Amsterdam-based enterprise is gene therapy company uniQure, developer of etranacogene dezaparvovec, the first gene therapy for haemophilia B, which was approved for use in the US in November 2022 and in the EU in February 2023. The rights for etranacogene dezaparvovec were subsequently sold to CSL Pharmaceuticals.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

These results will be presented by the lead investigators of OBI Pharma’s novel anti-Globo H therapeutic cancer vaccine, OBI-833. Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Department of Hematology and Oncology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Professor Binder and her team are well-recognized experts who will increase our understanding of UV1’s mechanism of action and contribute data on anti-tumor activity induced by UV1 vaccination.”. About UV1 UV1 is a peptide-based vaccine inducing a specific T cell response against the universal cancer antigen telomerase.

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MAY 4, 2021

INDIANAPOLIS , May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is donating COVID-19 therapies to Direct Relief, enabling the humanitarian organization to provide COVID-19 therapies at no cost to low- and lower-middle-income countries most heavily impacted by the pandemic. Ricks , Lilly chairman and CEO.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

The top 10 news stories this week are focused on coronavirus vaccines and treatments, as China is set to move ahead with human testing of a potential vaccine that has been created using insect cells, while AstraZeneca has started a clinical trial of its antibody treatment designed to prevent and also treat symptoms of coronavirus.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

hospitals are stretched to the limit trying to help people battling serious cases of COVID-19. This improvement stems from several factors, including the FDA’s emergency use authorization (EUA) of a number of therapies found to be safe and effective for COVID-19. Credit: NIH Right now, many U.S.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

has granted a temporary authorization for emergency use for their COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (BNT162b2), against COVID-19. This constitutes the first Emergency Use Authorization following a worldwide Phase 3 trial of a vaccine to help fight the pandemic. The distribution of the vaccine in the U.K. View the full release here: [link].

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NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Early interim data show Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-negative kidney transplant recipients vaccinated with three doses of HB-101 had reduced incidence of CMV viremia, reduced antiviral use and no CMV disease. Antiviral therapies are used to help control disease, but they are limited by toxicity and the emergence of viral resistance.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced findings from two additional Phase 3 studies evaluating the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of V114, the company’s investigational 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. among adults 65 years of age or older.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

women hospitalized for childbirth, the rates of death and certain adverse events are increased among those diagnosed with COVID-19, according to a research letter published online Jan. Data were included for 406,446 women hospitalized for childbirth; 1.6 WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2021 — Among U.S. 15 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Food and Drug Administration approved Jardiance (empagliflozin) to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in adults. Despite therapies in multiple drug classes, mortality remains high and treatment options for a broader range of patients are needed. Today, the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

This is the focus of vaccines in development and convalescent plasma therapy. The majority of current candidate vaccines aim to induce an antibody response against the spike protein. The majority of current candidate vaccines aim to induce an antibody response against the spike protein. “As

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Ground-breaking therapies . The company said: “As of the 28 September 2022, patients have been dosed with Auceliciclib, and dosing has completed for Cohorts 1 – 5 of the monotherapy dose escalation, and Cohorts 1a, 1b for the combination therapy arms with Temozolomide (TMZ). million from the Medical Research Future Fund.

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JANUARY 17, 2021

The treatment could be administered in primary care centers to people who test positive for COVID-19, avoiding hospitalization due to the progression of the disease and complementing the vaccine in the early phase after vaccination. BARCELONA, Spain , Jan. BARCELONA, Spain , Jan.

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MARCH 17, 2022

Spanning from translational to large, prospective, multi-centre, phase III clinical trials that evaluate new therapies and treatment strategies as well as patient quality of life, its activities are coordinated from EORTC Headquarters, a unique international clinical research infrastructure, based in Brussels, Belgium. About Merck.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a Phase I clinical trial of hAd5-COVID-19, the company’s novel COVID-19 vaccine candidate that targets both the inner nucleocapsid (N), engineered to activate T cells, and outer spike (S) protein, engineered to activate antibodies against the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Yet despite this, the biggest players in the global pharma sector are increasingly opening their doors to partnerships with AI and machine learning companies, cognisant of the potential benefits these could provide across broad therapy areas such as oncology, autoimmune and rare diseases. . How AI can streamline drug discovery .

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

FDA Approval: Last week the FDA approved Veklury (remdesivir) for the treatment of COVID-19 requiring hospitalization in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older). Testing Therapies, Antivirals and Vaccines. Eli Lilly halted a separate study of its LY-COV555 antibody against COVID-19 in hospitalized patients.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis. This means that protection is achieved 28 days after the initiation of the vaccination, which consists of a 2-dose schedule.

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