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STAT+: Chasing CAR-T, biotech finds its next gold rush in autoimmune disease

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Companies that are developing new medicines for autoimmune conditions, as well as other immune system disorders, have brought in more money and closed more deals so far this year than most other areas, including the cardiometabolic field, data from investment bank Oppenheimer show. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Global childhood vaccinations edge closer to pre-pandemic levels: WHO report

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Global childhood immunization coverage has nearly rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report, with 4 million more children receiving full immunization in 2022 compared to 2021. million children who missed at least one dose in 2021. million children who missed at least one dose in 2021. Overall, 20.5

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Can the world still invent an HIV vaccine? Progress in one area creates new problem

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The last shot they tested, in 2021, didn’t do much of anything, and the 66-year-old worries that if this fails, he might not get another chance to redesign it.    Truthfully, though, Picker isn’t sure his HIV vaccine stands much of a chance.

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The Febrile Infant: Incorporating the 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines

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In the most recent 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) aims to provide guidance with 3 separate age-based algorithms for the evaluation and management of the well-appearing febrile infant [4]. 2021 Apr;231:94-101.e2. Unfortunately, delayed or missed diagnosis can be devastating [1-3]. 2020.10.033.

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STAT+: Fate Therapeutics plans mass layoffs, after early end to cell therapy deal with Janssen

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According to Pitchbook, Fate had 545 employees in 2022, up from 449 recorded in the company’s 2021 annual report. The firm is also dropping one of its experimental drugs, FT596, a cell-based cancer therapy that uses a class of immune cells known as natural killer cells. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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OCTAVE study reveals vaccine response in patients with impaired immune systems

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Preliminary data from the OCTAVE study in August 2021 showed that a significant proportion of clinically at-risk patients with immunocompromised or immunosuppressed conditions, mounted a low, or undetectable, immune response after two doses of the same SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.

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Purdue bankruptcy court hands immunity to Sackler family

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A US federal judge has approved a bankruptcy settlement for Purdue Pharma that grants the Sackler family that owned the business immunity from any further civil lawsuits accusing them of contributing to opioid epidemic – to the consternation of campaigners. — Washington State Attorney General (@AGOWA) September 1, 2021.

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