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Sanofi and Translate Bio initiate Phase 1/2 clinical trial of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate

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Clinical trial to assess safety, immune response and reactogenicity, after preclinical data showed high neutralizing antibody levels. The Companies expect interim results from this trial in the third quarter of 2021. “Our MRT5500 is being developed under a collaboration and license agreement between Sanofi Pasteur and Translate Bio.

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Moderna sues Pfizer/BioNTech over Covid patent

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Biotechnology company Moderna has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech in relation to the use of its messenger RNA (mRNA) technology and Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 Comirnaty vaccine. Moderna first started developing this chemical modification in 2010 and validated it in human trials in 2015.

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U.S. CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommends Vaccination with Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Persons 18 Years and Older

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Nasdaq: MRNA) a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines today announced that the U.S. 11 ACIP members voted in favor of the vaccine and 0 members voted against. We look forward to vaccinations of this important population starting this week.”. Under Operation Warp Speed, the U.S.

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Keeping tabs on Covid-19: UK firm tests oral delivery of Covid-19 vaccine and Novavax aims to distribute 51 million vaccines to Australia

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As research developments into RNA vaccines help scientists accelerate drug candidates to arm the immune system against coronavirus, Pharma IQ ’s Keeping tabs on Covid-19 update returns with news from some of the biotechnology innovators leading the fight against the global pandemic.

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Conversations from Cancer Research Horizons’ Innovation Summit 2023 

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More significantly, she says, with the boost from what we have learned from Covid, cancer vaccines will become a reality. She believes we might start to see a combination of vaccines with other immunotherapies or classical therapies out there, and that this will become more and more prevalent because of the nature of cancer.

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Sanofi to acquire Translate Bio; advances deployment of mRNA technology across vaccines and therapeutics development

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Accelerates development of current Sanofi licensed programs in vaccines and potential to explore other therapeutic areas Fast tracks establishment of Sanofi’s recently announced mRNA Center of Excellence Full integration upgrades drug formulation capabilities and enhances US talent in a promising new technology.

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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

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She has over 15 years’ experience in corporate finance and restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and intellectual property licensing. In 2023, the company revealed data from a Phase III trial which showed that its vaccine candidate DCVax-L more than doubled overall survival in glioblastoma patients.