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Five Things For Pharmacists To Know About Measles in 2025

ID Stewardship

Although I have practiced in the area of infectious diseases pharmacy for quite a while now, measles has not been of much clinical relevance to me beyond MMR for routine vaccination. Vaccination is the best way to prevent measles This is an obvious one, but necessary to state right out the gate. MMR is given in 2 doses.

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IIL develops needle-free intranasal COVID-19 booster vaccine

Express Pharma

Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) has announced the development of a live-attenuated, needle-free intranasal booster vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine was created using codon deoptimization technology in collaboration with Griffith University, Australia. The danger due to COVID-19 is still not over.

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$260 million funding injection for Danish vaccines initiative

European Pharmaceutical Review

billion ($260 million) to establish a state-of-the-art research and vaccine development initiative in Denmark. Research at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity, or NIVI, will focus initially on creating new or improved vaccines for tuberculosis, influenza , and Group A Streptococcus (GAS).

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mRNA licensing agreements rise 800% in value as confidence grows beyond vaccines

Express Pharma

Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based innovator pharmaceuticals saw a staggering 800 per cent increase in licensing agreement deal values from 2019 to 2024YTD, driven by the remarkable success of mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. billion in July 2024. billion in 2030. Bristol Myers Squibb formed a multi-year, $1.87

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FDA awards record number of review designations to mRNA vaccines in 2023: GlobalData

Express Pharma

The success of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines highlighted the major advantages of utilising mRNA technology in vaccine development. Consequently, the FDA has awarded a rising number of review designations to mRNA vaccines in recent years. Implementation of these vaccines is estimated to have prevented 14.4

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Novel vaccine delivers significant survival in lung cancer trial

European Pharmaceutical Review

A T-cell epitope cancer vaccine significantly improved overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) compared to chemotherapy, Phase III data published in Annals of Oncology has shown. The cancer vaccine offered an overall survival of 11.1 The overall survival rate at one year with Tedopi was 44.4 percent versus 27.5

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The 2023-2024 Flu Season: What Pharmacists Need to Know

Digital Pharmacist

As we gear up for the upcoming flu season of 2023-2024, it’s important to reflect on the lessons of the previous year , and understand how the coming year may look different. The most effective preventive measure against the flu is getting an annual flu vaccine. According to the CDC, in the 2023-2024 season, the U.S.