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“Game-changing” personalised cancer vaccine enters UK clinical trials   

Drug Discovery World

A clinical trial of a personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma patients has been launched in the UK. The vaccines are personalised to each patient after a tumour sample is removed during surgery and then analysed using DNA sequencing. in the combination arm and 62.2%

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Breakthrough Therapy designation for pneumococcal disease vaccine

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation for VAX-24, Vaxcyte’s 24-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease. . The post Breakthrough Therapy designation for pneumococcal disease vaccine appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Personalised mRNA cancer vaccine prolongs survival in melanoma

Drug Discovery World

Personalised mRNA-based cancer vaccine mRNA-4157/V940, in combination with the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda) improved recurrence-free survival (RFS) compared with pembrolizumab alone in patients with high-risk melanoma. According to the results of the primary trial analysis, after 18 months, the RFS was 78.6%

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Preclinical data supports arenaviral therapeutic vaccine for hepatitis B

Drug Discovery World

HB-400, a novel arenaviral therapeutic vaccine developed by HOOKIPA Pharma and Gilead Sciences, has been shown to generate robust T cell responses specific to hepatitis B virus with high antibody levels in a preclinical setting. A Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability of HB‑400 in humans is ongoing.

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LDL cholesterol vaccine ‘could be a game-changer’

Drug Discovery World

The first subjects have been dosed in a Phase I clinical trial of VXX-401, an investigational vaccine designed to lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, a known factor in heart disease. We’re excited to get this first-in-human trial of VXX-401 started.

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HIV combination regimen could lead to viral remission

Drug Discovery World

AELIX Therapeutics has announced positive results from its randomised, placebo-controlled Phase IIa therapeutic HIV vaccine and immune modulator combination clinical trial. The trial also evaluated the efficacy of HTI vaccines in combination with VES to avoid, delay or contain viral rebound compared to a placebo group.

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mRNA Cancer Vaccines and Therapies: An Overview

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The applications of mRNA-based therapies in cancer research represent one of the next groundbreaking steps toward improved cancer treatments. While mRNA usage has played several roles in clinical research , oncology researchers in particular are eager to explore the possibilities of mRNA-based cancer vaccines.

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