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Novartis signs initial agreement with CureVac to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine candidate

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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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AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Boasts Strong Results with Up to 90% Efficacy

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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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Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Children 6 Months through 4 Years of Age

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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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Pfizer and BioNTech Submit for U.S. Emergency Use Authorization of an Additional Booster Dose of their COVID-19 Vaccine for Older Adults

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• Submission based on real-world safety and efficacy data from Israel • Data showed rates of confirmed infections were 2 times lower and rates of severe illness were 4 times lower among individuals who received an additional booster dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine compared to individuals who received only an initial booster.

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OBI Pharma Announces Presentations at ESMO Asia 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting for OBI-833, a Novel Anti-Globo H Targeted Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine

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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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Ultimovacs ASA Initiates FOCUS Phase II Trial for Universal Cancer Vaccine, UV1, in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Receiving Pembrolizumab

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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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Annaliesa Anderson, Ph.D., Will Lead Pfizer’s Vaccine Research & Development 

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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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