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Eyam Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics Reaches Agreement to License Next-Generation COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates from the University of British Columbia

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This License Agreement represents an important corporate milestone. The License provides EYAM with the exclusive right to develop several proprietary COVID-19 vaccine candidates in a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine platform. EYAM anticipates rapid commencement of animal trials for these COVID-19 vaccine candidates.

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Coronavirus vaccine: UK signs deals for 90 million virus vaccine doses

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The UK government has signed deals for a further 90 million doses of coronavirus vaccine. The vaccines are being developed by the Belgian pharmaceutical company Janssen and the US biotech company Novavax. It means the UK has placed orders for six experimental vaccines, taking its potential stockpile to 340 million doses.

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Update on the safety of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca

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Following a recent concern raised around thrombotic events, AstraZeneca would like to offer its reassurance on the safety of its COVID-19 vaccine based on clear scientific evidence. Safety is of paramount importance and the Company is continually monitoring the safety of its vaccine. COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca , formerly AZD1222.

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First ever vaccine listed under WHO emergency use

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WHO today listed the nOPV2 vaccine (Bio Farma, Indonesia) for emergency use to address the rising cases of a vaccine-derived polio strain in a number of African and East Mediterranean countries. The emergency use listing, or EUL, is the first of its kind for a vaccine and paves the way for potential listing of COVID-19 vaccines.

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COVID-19 nasal vaccine candidate effective at preventing disease transmission

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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. But now, we’re one step closer.

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U.S. FDA APPROVES TICOVAC™, PFIZER’S TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS (TBE) VACCINE

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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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GSK’s respiratory syncytial virus

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This is the first time an RSV vaccine candidate for adults has gained a positive opinion, one of the final steps in the marketing authorisation procedure prior to approval by the European Commission. There are no RSV vaccines or specific treatments currently available for older adults. Efficacy was 94.6% (95% CI, 65.9–99.9,

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