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MARCH 22, 2024

Studies of interactions between two lab-generated monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and an essential Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) protein have uncovered targets that could be exploited in designing treatments and vaccines for the virus. There is no vaccine to prevent EBV infection nor a specific treatment.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted marketing authorisation for Takeda’s vaccine candidate Qdenga for active immunisation against dengue infection from four years of age. The post UK approval for dengue virus vaccine candidate appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The University of Queensland’s re-engineered clamp platform has produced a vaccine that is equally safe and virus-neutralising as an approved Covid vaccine considered among the best in its class. The Clamp2 trial group showed a 2.5-fold fold boost in neutralising ‘titres’ and it was 2.1 in the Novavax group.

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JUNE 12, 2024

In clinical trials, Moderna’s combination vaccine elicited higher immune responses against influenza (flu) virus and SARS-CoV-2 than licensed flu and Covid-19 vaccines in adults 50 years and older. The Phase III trial investigated mRNA-1083, an investigational combination vaccine against influenza and Covid-19.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The University of Oxford has revealed that researchers are currently in the advanced stages of preparing for a clinical trial of a Nipah vaccine using the ChAdOx1 vector. Severe Nipah virus is fatal in up to 75% of cases and survivors can be left with long-term neurological complications.

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MAY 13, 2024

Reece Armstrong speaks to Melanie Adams-Cioaba , Senior Director and General Manager of pharma (cryo-EM), Thermo Fisher Scientific about advances in vaccine design. Using structural biology as central to vaccine design and development, and to drug discovery more generally, is what we mean by “rational design.”

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JUNE 10, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved mRESVIA (mRNA-1345), an mRNA respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, to protect adults aged 60 years and older from lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV infection. This approval is also the first time an mRNA vaccine has been approved for a disease other than Covid-19.”

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

The scientists say the tool can help inform the development of vaccines and therapies for SARS-CoV-2 and other rapidly mutating viruses. The University has also launched a new global consortium to research and develop next-generation Covid-19 and flu vaccines, backed by £8 ($9.8) million funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

10, 2023 (Healthday News) -- The first vaccine to prevent infection with the chikungunya virus was approved by the U.S. FRIDAY, Nov. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. The single-dose shot, known as Ixchiq, is approved for adults who are at.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Ixchiq, Valneva’s single-dose, live-attenuated vaccine for the prevention of disease caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV). The vaccine is indicated in individuals 18 years of age and older who are at increased risk of exposure to CHIKV.

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MAY 15, 2024

Researchers have developed a new vaccine technology that can provide protection against a broad range of coronaviruses with potential for future disease outbreaks – including ones we don’t know about yet. By training the immune system to attack these regions, it gives protection against other coronaviruses not represented in the vaccine.

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MAY 21, 2024

TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 -- Powerful COVID vaccines could be setting people’s immune systems up to successfully fight off not just future COVID variants, but other types of coronaviruses as well, a new study shows.People repeatedly vaccinated for.

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MAY 2, 2024

A study led by the University of Oxford has successfully investigated human immunity against Covid-19 in people who already have antibodies, with the aim of advancing future vaccines and treatments. The results suggest that previous infection, together with vaccination, offers strong protection against the original Covid-19 strain.

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JUNE 6, 2024

Cancer vaccine mRNA-4157 (V940) in combination with Keytruda reduced the risk of recurrence or death by 49% in patients with resected high-risk melanoma, according to follow-up data presented at ASCO 2024. Ultimately it will contribute to survival rates improving continually over the next decades and more.” .

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Replicate Bioscience has shared positive results from the Phase I trial of RBI-4000, its srRNA-based rabies vaccine. In this clinical trial, evaluating safety and immunogenicity of RBI-4000 , participants received one or two doses of srRNA vaccine at low doses (0.1mcg, 1mcg or 10mcg).

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MARCH 13, 2024

UK researchers have highlighted the importance of continued surveillance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants and vaccine performance as the virus continues to evolve. The researchers found that both vaccines generated neutralising antibodies against the most recent strain of Omicron, BA.2.86. strains after their booster vaccination.

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APRIL 15, 2024

Naobios has signed a partnership agreement with Sumagen, a Korean-Canadian biotechnology company developing an HIV-1 vaccine candidate, to manage the manufacturing process during its Phase II clinical trials. At the end of 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that approximately 39 million people were living with HIV.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Viruses have different proteins on their surfaces that are often the targets of therapeutics like monoclonal antibodies and vaccines. Ideally, new antivirals won’t be specific to one virus or protein, so they will be ready to treat new viruses that emerge without delay and will be able to overcome the development of resistance. “We

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Enrolment in a Phase I trial of a new investigational universal influenza vaccine candidate has begun at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, US. An ideal universal influenza vaccine could be taken less frequently than once a year and protect against multiple strains of influenza virus.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Vaccination responses need to be rapid, efficacious and cost-effective if they are to outpace new viral threats emerging across the globe, says Jian He (Jason) , Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) Head, WuXi Vaccines. This would give more people much faster access to more effective vaccines.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Naobios, a CDMO providing bioprocess development and GMP production of clinical batches of virus-based products, has received a $1.87 The viral challenge agent, an Omicron variant SARS-CoV-2 virus manufactured by Naobios for the foundation, will be used to conduct a Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) study.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In the eighth eBook of the Hamilton series, ‘Assessing the Efficacy of Vaccines through Laboratory Assays’, we discuss: Vaccine development: Key milestones and impact of Covid-19 Laboratory tests commonly used to assess vaccines’ efficacy and the benefits of automating them Hamilton standardised and customised solutions for workflows (..)

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

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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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In ‘ Assessing the Efficacy of Vaccines through Laboratory Assays ‘, the authors discuss the key milestones achieved throughout the history of vaccine development, the laboratory tests commonly used to assess vaccines’ efficacy, and we describe how the latter can be automated using Hamilton solutions.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Valneva Scotland is focused on vaccines for infectious diseases with significant unmet medical needs. The company’s vaccine for Chikungunya virus (IXCHIQ) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in November 2023 and is the world’s first and only vaccine for Chikungunya.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Replicate Bioscience has dosed the first participant in a Phase I trial of its RBI-4000 vaccine for the prevention of rabies. A next-generation rabies vaccine with improved immunogenicity and simpler manufacturing represents an opportunity to establish wider accessibility to rabies prevention worldwide.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

A study has revealed that Covid-19 vaccines are effective in preventing long Covid, but the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine provided better protection than ChAdOx1, developed by Oxford University/AstraZeneca. We encourage continued efforts to understand and approach treatments for long Covid.”

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MAY 18, 2023

A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC) has begun enrolling volunteers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

An effective HIV vaccine may need to prompt strong responses from CD8+ T cells to protect people from acquiring HIV, according to a study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Further tests revealed that this dampened response was due to reduced sensitivity to HIV of vaccine recipients’ T-cell receptors.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

A new Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre (VDEC) has been unveiled in the UK, with the aim of building on the UK’s pandemic legacy and helping develop life-saving new vaccines that will fight ‘ Disease X ‘, a term used because what might trigger the next pandemic is unknown.

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JUNE 14, 2023

An FDA approval for Pfizer’s Abrysvo respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine is likely to threaten GSK’s current hold on the market, according to GlobalData. ” Jaser added: “ Abrysvo will likely be the first approved RSV vaccine to protect infants worldwide, potentially leading to a higher market share than its competitors.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A five-year contract totalling up to $31 million including programme options has been awarded to Ginkgo Bioworks to discover and develop next-generation vaccine adjuvants. The post Ginkgo Bioworks to discover and develop novel vaccine adjuvants appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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MAY 24, 2024

FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 -- Development and uptake of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine has been crucial in reducing rates of virus-linked cervical cancers in women. Now, the accumulated data suggests the vaccine is saving men from fatal cancers.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Next generation Covid-19 vaccines could have the potential to expand the breadth of coverage against existing and future variants of the virus, extend the duration of protection, and offer better protection in the prevention of illness and transmission over the current state of vaccine technologies.

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MARCH 30, 2023

Likang Life Sciences has been granted implied approval by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for the clinical trial of its innovative personalised neoantigen-targeted vaccine LK101 Injection for advanced solid tumours. Vaccines predicated on neoantigens therefore elicit truly tumour-specific T cell responses.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

A new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate has achieved positive safety and immunogenicity results in a Phase I clinical study of RSV-naïve participants between the ages of six and 36 months. MV-012-968 is being developed by Meissa Vaccines as a needle-free, adjuvant-free vaccine to protect infants and toddlers from RSV.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

It becomes the ninth Covid-19 vaccine to be authorised by the UK’s independent medicines regulator. Bimervax combines a part of the SARS-CoV-2 virus spike protein with an adjuvant. The vaccine demonstrated a strong immune response, and the most common side effects were mild, and self-resolved within a few days of vaccination.

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