Advarra

JANUARY 11, 2024

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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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 22, 2024

It states: ” An integrated appreciation of the physiological consequences of DUB modulation in relevant cancer models will eventually lead to the identification of patient populations that will most likely benefit from DUB-targeted therapies” 1.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong looks at the cell and gene therapy landscape, examining the challenges facing developers and the trends we can expect to see throughout the year. . There’s no doubt that cell and gene therapies present some of the most exciting opportunities for emerging drugs. million price point per dose.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a global health problem with complications that place a significant economic burden on national health systems. DAAs and other HCV therapies in the primary stage of infection can lead to good patient outcomes, provided infection is diagnosed early.

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 15, 2022

NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced positive results from a Phase 2/3 clinical trial evaluating the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of a 10-µg booster (third) dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in healthy children 5 through 11 years of age. About Pfizer: Breakthroughs That Change Patients’ Lives.

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Drug Target Review

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In most cancers, the tumour evolves by acquiring mutations that confer growth advantages or resistance to therapies. These neoantigens are identified by T cells of the immune system as foreign proteins and thus trigger an immune response. Neoantigens are recognised as non-self and trigger an immune response.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

The Phase 1 trial was a randomized, observer-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of the adjuvanted COVID-19 S-Trimer vaccine candidates formulated with different antigen levels. No serious adverse events related to the vaccine candidates studied were reported.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

–( BUSINESS WIRE )– ImmunityBio , a privately-held immunotherapy company, today announced its COVID-19 vaccine candidate protected nasal and lung airways of non-human primates against coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in a challenge study. 11, 2020 02:48 UTC. CULVER CITY, Calif.–( This press release features multimedia.

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JANUARY 31, 2021

Adjuvanted S-Trimer COVID-19 vaccine candidates demonstrated favorable safety and tolerability profiles and strong neutralizing immune responses in a phase 1 trial. The candidate vaccines were given in two doses, three weeks apart. CHENGDU, China , Feb. CHENGDU, China , Feb.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Genome engineering and gene therapies that manipulate DNA sequences in cells have driven a biotechnological revolution over the past decade. 1 Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are the leading platform for in vivo gene delivery for the treatment of various human diseases.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Results from the trial, published in Nature Communications by researchers from King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, found that MOv18 IgE was well-tolerated in the majority of patients and was able to shrink the tumour of a patient with ovarian cancer who had not responded to conventional therapy.

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JANUARY 31, 2021

Clover plans to initiate a global Phase 2/3 efficacy trial of its protein-based S-Trimer COVID-19 vaccine candidate adjuvanted with Dynavax’s CpG 1018 plus alum in the first half of 2021 with an interim analysis for vaccine efficacy potentially in the middle of 2021. EMERYVILLE, Calif. and CHENGDU, China , Feb.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 15, 2023

BDC-3042 is an agonistic antibody targeting Dectin-2, an immune-activating receptor expressed by TAMs. Sunday, April 16, 2023, 1:30-5:00pm ET MDSC-targeted TFF2-MSA synergizes with PD-1 blockade therapy in diffuse-type gastric cancer – Jin Qian, et al. wt murine colorectal cancer models – Bruce L Daugherty, et al.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Australian biotech Ena Respiratory has revealed new data demonstrating that its novel nasal spray almost halted replication of the SARS-CoV-2 in animals when used as a prophylactic, showing potential to improve immune response when used alongside COVID-19 vaccines. .

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 8, 2022

SARS-CoV-2 viruses can hide from recognition by the immune system. However, the antiviral immune receptor RIG-I can be stimulated, which improves protection against lethal SARS-CoV-2 infections. The study was published online in advance in the journal Molecular Therapy – Nucleic Acids and is now available in the final version.

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JUNE 24, 2021

This follows the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) positive opinion to authorize the vaccine in this age group. COMIRNATY was the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive authorization in the EU and is the first to have its CMA extended to adolescents. g doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The new Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S test can quantitatively measure the level of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in patients who have been exposed to the virus. This is the focus of vaccines in development and convalescent plasma therapy. The test targets antibodies against the spike protein.

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The Pharma Data

JULY 21, 2021

(NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced the signing of a letter of intent with The Biovac Institute (Pty) Ltd, known as “Biovac,” a Cape Town-based, South African biopharmaceutical company, to manufacture the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for distribution within the African Union. This press release features multimedia.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 22, 2022

Although immunotherapy has revolutionised cancer therapy, the effectiveness of currently available immunotherapies varies significantly across patients and treatment types. As a result, researchers are striving to continually improve immuno-oncology approaches using the patient’s own immune cells to combat tumours.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 29, 2024

Marc Hummersone, Senior Director of Research and Development (R&D) at Astrea Bioseparations, shares insight on the challenges and opportunities in cell and gene therapy (CGT) with DDW’s Megan Thomas. AAV purification The question of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors, according to Hummersone, is interesting for several reasons.

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MAY 7, 2021

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine is currently available in the U.S. Since then, the companies have delivered more than 170 million doses of the vaccine across the U.S. We are proud of the tremendous progress we’ve made since December in delivering vaccines to millions of Americans, in collaboration with the U.S.

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MAY 6, 2021

Under the MoU, the companies and the IOC will coordinate with National Olympic Committees (NOCs) around the world to understand and work to help address the local need for vaccine doses for national delegations’ participation in the Games. We are proud to play a role in providing vaccines to athletes and national Olympic delegations.”.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 11, 2020

FDA authorizes COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use; companies are prepared to deliver first doses in the U.S. In collaboration with Operation Warp Speed, Pfizer and BioNTech, as well as other vaccine companies are expected to deliver hundreds of millions of vaccine doses to Americans by the end of 2021.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The vaccine supply for the EU would be produced by BioNTech’s manufacturing sites in Germany and Pfizer’s manufacturing site in Belgium. The proposed supply agreement with the European Commission would represent the largest initial order of vaccine doses for Pfizer and BioNTech to date. billion doses by the end of 2021.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

times the GMT of a panel of 38 sera of SARS-CoV-2 convalescent patients, and in older adults (65-85 years of age) the vaccine candidate elicited a neutralizing GMT 1.6 study of the BNT162 mRNA-based vaccine program against SARS-CoV-2, which has advanced into Phase 2/3 evaluation. and Germany. Jansen, Ph.D.,

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 20, 2023

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. Given the numbers involved, these persistent symptoms likely represent great future challenges for healthcare systems.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

An experimental vaccine against Marburg virus (MARV) was proved to be safe and induced an immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial. No approved vaccines or specific therapies are available for MARV disease, aside from supportive care.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

Testing Therapies, Antivirals and Vaccines. By the end of January, Johnson & Johnson is expected to deliver preliminary trial results for its one-dose COVID-19 vaccine candidate. . One of the open questions about the various vaccines against COVID-19 has been how long the protection offered will last.

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NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The NIH continues to support the development of some very innovative therapies to control SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Though more study is needed, the researchers say the decoy therapy could potentially be delivered directly to the lungs through an inhaler and used alone or in combination with other COVID-19 treatments.

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MAY 21, 2020

B38 blocks SARS-CoV-2 from binding to the ACE2 receptor (light pink) of a human cell, ACE2 is what the virus uses to infect cells. Just one infusion of this combination antibody therapy lowered the amount of viral genetic material in the animals’ lungs by as much as 30 percent compared to the amount in untreated animals.

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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. Observed CMV-neutralizing antibody responses and tolerability profile are consistent with previous interim results.

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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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JANUARY 11, 2021

a San Diego-based biotechnology company with an array of technology platforms for antibody discovery and optimization, and novel NK and T cell engager generation, today announced licensing of a panel of its anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody clones to IGM Biosciences for COVID-19 therapy development.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

. Data from 43,448 participants, half of whom received BNT162b2 and half of whom received placebo, showed that the vaccine candidate was well tolerated and demonstrated 95% efficacy in preventing COVID-19 in those without prior infection 7 days or more after the second dose. Jansen, Ph.D.,

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NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

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. ACTIV was founded last April to accelerate drug research that typically requires more than a decade of clinical ups and downs to develop a safe, effective therapy.

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MARCH 16, 2021

The cobas SARS-CoV-2 Variant Set 1 Test is designed to detect key spike mutations in virus variants associated with increased human-to-human transmission. Among them, mutations E484K, N501Y and del 69-70 are located in the spike protein, the region that enables the virus to attach to and enter the human cell. 1.1.7), South Africa (B.1.351),

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Broad Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The immune system can carry out many biological processes, from killing viruses to fighting cancer, thanks in large part to approximately 100 key cell-signaling proteins called cytokines, which instruct immune cells what to do. For many immune-mediated diseases, there's no cure or treatment. Did any results surprise you?

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