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Steep drop for UK industry clinical trials between 2017 and 2021

European Pharmaceutical Review

The number of industry clinical trials initiated in the UK, per year, fell by 41 percent from 2017 to 2021, according to the latest annual report on clinical research from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry ( ABPI ). million people living with rare diseases in the UK.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Post-Vaccination Rash

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A 42-year old Bengali man with a history of hyperlipidemia presented to the Emergency Department with facial swelling, diffuse rash, renal insufficiency and proteinuria after receiving his COVID-19 vaccine (Moderna) booster dose. Erythema multiforme has been reported as a cutaneous reaction after the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine.

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STAT+: Foundation charges cancer patients $83,000 for unproven but promising experimental drug

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Still, when doctors told her last year that the cancer was growing despite two operations, radiation therapy, and a fifth regimen of chemotherapy, the retired business-meeting facilitator decided to do something unorthodox: spend $83,000 out of pocket on an unproven experimental cancer vaccine.

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Key vaccine adjuvant biosynthesised

European Pharmaceutical Review

A paper, published in Nature Chemical Biology has reported the first ‘free-from ‘tree’ production of a key vaccine ingredient sourced from the soapbark tree. Bioengineering vaccine adjuvants The paper explained: “QS-21 is a potent vaccine adjuvant currently sourced by extraction from the Chilean soapbark tree.

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Vaxxas announces CEPI partnership to advance needle-free mRNA vaccine patches

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Biotech Vaxxas has announced a partnership agreement with the 2017-established Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), in order to advance the development of Vaxxas’ needle-free vaccine-patch delivery technology with preclinical testing of an mRNA vaccine patch. The agreement, worth $4.3

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Towards ‘smart’ vaccine development and manufacturing

European Pharmaceutical Review

THE GLOBAL outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered an urgent need to protect people’s lives and livelihoods and the healthcare community recognised quite early that vaccines were the best solution to this crisis. Novel biotechnology platforms for vaccine development.

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Microparticles could form self-boosting vaccines

European Pharmaceutical Review

According to the authors, the technology could enable the creation of “self-boosting” vaccines that only need to be administered once, which could be particularly beneficial for childhood vaccinations in regions with limited access to medical care. The lid- and cup-shaped particles are formed using an array of silicon moulds.

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