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WHO prequalifies meningitis conjugate vaccine

European Pharmaceutical Review

The first conjugate vaccine to protect against the five predominant causes of meningococcal meningitis in Africa, has been prequalified by the World Health Organization (WHO). MenFive ® has been developed through a 13-year collaboration between the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India Pvt.

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BREAKING NEWS: Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech over mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

European Pharmaceutical Review

Moderna has filed patent infringement lawsuits alleging that Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty ® infringes patents Moderna filed between 2010 and 2016 covering its foundational messenger RNA (mRNA) technology. ” But why sue now? .” ” But why sue now?

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New cancer vaccine method boosts potency and scope

World Pharma News

Vaccines to treat cancers have been around since 2010, the first being approved for prostate cancer, and another in 2015 for melanoma. Since then, many therapeutic - as opposed to preventive - cancer vaccines have been in development, but none approved.

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Vaxcyte trains its sight on a lucrative market with pneumococcal vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

On 24 October, American vaccine developer Vaxcyte shared positive topline data from a Phase I/II study of its multivalent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine VAX-24 , bringing the 24-valent pneumococcal jab one step closer to market. What’s more, VAX-24 achieved a higher immune response to 16 of the 20 serotypes it shares with Prevnar 20.

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Investment fuels AI-driven development of breakthrough genomic medicines

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Del Bourgo highlights that genomic treatments work in a similar way to mRNA, which has been used in COVID-19 vaccines. Similar to how we injected mRNA into people to trigger an immune response and train their immune system against COVID-19, genomic medicine repairs cellular or molecular mechanisms that are dysfunctional and cause disease.”.

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After a slow start for expensive CAR-T therapies, drug developers revisit oral therapies for blood cancer

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In the last few years, the first generation of cell therapies has offered a powerful new way of treating blood cancers, with CAR-T technology reprogramming patients’ immune system to fight cancer. The post After a slow start for expensive CAR-T therapies, drug developers revisit oral therapies for blood cancer appeared first on.

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Top 20 Radiopharma Companies Based on Market Cap

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Nordic is advancing the development of CD37-targeted therapies for hematological cancers and immune diseases. Under its cancer therapy products, the company develops low molecular drugs, antibody drugs, cancer peptide vaccines, and diagnostic medicines.

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