SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

JULY 24, 2023

A new paper in Biology Methods & Protocols, published by Oxford University Press, shows it may be possible to design vaccines that will induce a stronger immune response to infecting pathogens, such as the virus causing COVID-19.

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MARCH 26, 2024

DGG: At Osivax, we’re working on a new class of vaccines that target invariant parts of mutating viruses; this approach is disruptive and very different from conventional vaccines. DGG: Vaccines are experiencing a revolution in the post-COVID era with the emergence of mRNA technology.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Canadian biopharmaceutical company Medicago has announced that its investigational COVID-19 vaccine generated “significant antibody and cellular immune responses” after two doses in all subjects in an early-stage clinical trial. microgram or 15-microgram doses of the vaccine candidate, either alone or with an adjuvant.

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MAY 16, 2021

Adjuvanted recombinant COVID-19 vaccine candidate triggered strong neutralizing antibody responses in all adult age groups. High immune response after a single dose in patients with prior infection shows strong booster potential. Global Phase 3 study expected to start in the coming weeks. 1.351 (South African) variants.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

These neoantigens are identified by T cells of the immune system as foreign proteins and thus trigger an immune response. Recognition of bacteria, viruses and fungal invaders as ‘foreign’ makes sense, but how does the immune system recognise cancer cells as a threat?

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

7, 2020 — Scientists say they may be getting closer to creating a universal flu vaccine. In an early-stage clinical trial with 65 volunteers in the United States, an experimental vaccine triggered strong immune responses to a wide range of flu virus strains and subtypes. MONDAY, Dec.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 15, 2021

Even as several safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines are being administered to people worldwide, scientists are still hard at work developing different vaccine strategies that could provide even stronger or longer-lasting immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 29, 2021

A sub-analysis from the Oxford-led COV001 and COV002 trials with Vaxzevria induced strong immune responses following either a prolonged second dose interval of up to 45 weeks or following a third boosting dose. There is an excellent response to a second dose, even after a 10 month delay from the first.”.

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MARCH 13, 2022

People who gained immunity – either through vaccination or exposure – against the original strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, also are likely to have some protection against the pathogen’s omicron variant. Singapore biotechnology company. population.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

They say genome sequencing shows the two strains of the virus are “clearly different”, making it the world’s first proven case of reinfection. Those infected develop an immune response as their bodies fight off the virus which helps to protect them against it returning.

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Drug Target Review

JUNE 1, 2023

La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), US, scientists demonstrated how antibodies obtained from a clinical study participant attach to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and neutralise the virus. In the new study, antibodies were obtained from a clinical studies volunteer who received two doses of the Moderna SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

16, 2020 — Scientists are reporting early success with an experimental herpes vaccine that uses a genetically modified version of the virus. The gene edit prevents the virus from performing its normal evasive maneuver: hiding out in nervous system cells in order to elude the immune system. MONDAY, Nov.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

. AstraZeneca has confirmed that clinical trials assessing its Oxford University partnered coronavirus vaccine AZD1222 have resumed in the UK, following a green light by the Medicines Health Regulatory Authority (MHRA). Source link. Source link.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 7, 2020

New Phase 1/2 on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate NVX?CoV2373 CoV2373 has shown that the therapy generated “robust antibody responses” when used with or without the company’s Matrix?M tolerated COVID-19 vaccine with a robust immunogenicity profile,” explained Dr Gregory Glenn, President of Research and Development at Novavax.

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The Pharma Data

JULY 15, 2021

Antibody and T-cell immune responses strong and stable at eight months after immunization Demonstrated neutralizing antibody activity against the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center suggest maturation of B-cell response without further boosting. 1.1.7), Beta (B.1.351), 1.351), Gamma (P.1),

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Vaccine development to cure coronavirus is at an all-time high after Pfizer and BioNTech announced they had success with a possible vaccine candidate. UK firm develops solution for identifying whether patients are actually infectious from a virus or not. Read on to for the full insight.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The findings have validated confidence in the experimental vaccine, the firm noted. Janssen’s lead SARS-CoV-2 investigational vaccine candidate, Ad26.COV2.S, S, prevented severe clinical disease in Syrian golden hamsters when challenged with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in people.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

Research by Lancaster University scientists to create a COVID-19 vaccine which can be administered through the nose has taken a significant step forward. The pre-clinical animal trials of the intranasal vaccine showed a reduction in both the impact of the disease itself and transmission of the virus.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Because the new COVID-19 vaccines should still work on these viral interlopers. Luckily, the new variants still rely on the coronavirus’ “spike protein” to infect cells, and the two COVID vaccines now on the U.S. This is a possibility why this virus seems to transmit more easily.” FRIDAY, Jan.

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MARCH 3, 2022

The FDA decision is informed by the results of the Phase 2b proof-of-concept study of RSVpreF (NCT04032093), a global, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study that assessed the safety and immunogenicity of RSVpreF in healthy pregnant women ages 18 through 49 years old, who were vaccinated between 28- and 36-weeks gestation, and their infants.

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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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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

A trial of a new vaccine that appears to train the immune system to fight coronavirus has begun in the UK. Early tests showed the jab, developed by US biotechnology company Novavax, leads to high levels of virus-fighting antibodies being produced. The vaccine has been tested in animals and small numbers of people already.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

18, 2020 — Children should be included in clinical trials for a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine at the earliest stages, according to a letter from the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), on behalf of more than 67,000 pediatricians and pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

That’s how easy it’s for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to enter your nose. Anderson Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and his colleagues, are reporting in iScience the event of an intranasal subunit vaccine that gives durable local immunity against inhaled pathogens.

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PLOS: DNA Science

MAY 16, 2024

Had we grown complacent in a world freed from a list of once-deadly infectious diseases, thanks largely to vaccines and other public health measures? A Novel Virus Appears In retrospect, everything unfolded with astonishing speed. Work on vaccines ensued too. COVID clearly caught us off guard.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

The COVID-19 vaccine under development by China’s Sinopharm is showing efficacy of 86%, health authorities from the United Arab Emirates reported this morning. In August, the company reported the vaccine candidate triggered antibody-based immune responses in early and mid-stage trials. Source link.

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JULY 6, 2021

If a virus is disease-causing, the right mutation can allow the virus to escape the immune response by changing the viral pieces the immune system uses to recognize the virus as a threat, pieces scientists call epitopes.

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JUNE 25, 2021

In the unprecedented context of at least 13 variants circulating within the study population subset assessed at this interim analysis, CVnCoV demonstrated an interim vaccine efficacy of 47% against COVID-19 disease of any severity and did not meet prespecified statistical success criteria. 37, first identified in Peru (21%) and B.1.621,

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for NVX-CoV2373, the Company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate. GAITHERSBURG, Md., Glenn, M.D., and globally.”.

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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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JUNE 26, 2021

Sanofi and Translate Bio initiate Phase 1 clinical trial of mRNA influenza vaccine. The trial will evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a monovalent flu vaccine candidate coding for the hemagglutinin protein of the A/H3N2 strain of the influenza virus. JUNE 22 , 2021.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

officials ramped up efforts to vaccinate more Americans, scientists around the world wrestled with whether it would make sense to delay the second doses everyone will need so more people can be vaccinated more quickly. Each vaccine would still be delivered in two doses given four weeks apart. MONDAY, Jan. 4, 2021 — As U.S.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

As the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is being evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Moderna vaccine is soon to follow, here’s a look at several of the top COVID-19 vaccine candidates and where they stand as of today. The prices for the vaccines are moving targets, dependent upon the amount ordered.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Johnson & Johnson Announces that Janssen’s COVID-19 Investigational Vaccine Candidate Prevents Severe Clinical Disease in Pre-clinical Studies. Johnson & Johnson Announces that Janssen’s COVID-19 Investigational Vaccine Candidate Prevents Severe Clinical Disease in Pre-clinical Studies.

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AUGUST 15, 2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TICOVAC (tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine) for active immunization to prevent TBE in individuals 1 year of age and older. 1 TICOVAC is the only FDA-approved vaccine to help protect U.S. adults and children against the TBE virus when visiting or living in TBE endemic areas.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Johnson & Johnson Posts Interim Results from Phase 1/2a Clinical Trial of its Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate. Johnson & Johnson Posts Interim Results from Phase 1/2a Clinical Trial of its Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate. Immune responses were similar across the age groups studied, including older adults.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

(Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced an Advance Purchase Agreement with the government of New Zealand for the purchase of 10.7 million doses of NVX-CoV2373, Novavax’ candidate vaccine against COVID-19. About Novavax. Novavax, Inc.?(Nasdaq:

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