Vaccine
Pfizer partners up with BioNTech for $425m to pursue mRNA flu vaccines
August 16, 2018Research and Development BioNTech, Pfizer, Vaccine, flu, influenza, pharma
Pfizer has announced a partnership with German biotech firm BioNTech after signing a multi-year deal worth $425 million to develop …
MSD’s experimental vaccine to be used in fight against Congo Ebola outbreak
August 8, 2018Research and Development Congo, Ebola, MSD, Merck, Vaccine, pharma
MSD’s experimental drug rVSV-ZEBOV will be used in tackling the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after …
Vical terminates genital herpes vaccine after trial failure
June 12, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Vaccine, Vical, herpes, pharma
San Diego-based biopharma firm Vical has announced the disappointing, if unsurprising, news that it has taken the decision to terminate …
World’s first synthetic, non-biologic vaccine developed
March 14, 2018Research and Development Vaccine, biotech, drugs, influenza, pharma, pharmaceutical
One of the major challenges in delivering vaccinations to all parts of the globe is the need to keep the …
UK govt report looks to reduce vaccination spending
February 27, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Vaccine, biotech, drugs, meningitis, pharma, pharmaceutical
One of the largest petitions ever to have gone before UK parliament, after it attracted 823,349 signatures, brought about the …
CDC U-turns previous decision on AZ’s flu vaccine
February 22, 2018Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Vaccine, biotech, drugs, flu, influenza, pharma, pharmaceutical
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now recommended AstraZeneca’s FluMist as an option for doctors for …
Low flu vaccine efficacy may be due to previous immune history, study finds
February 20, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development H3N2, Vaccine, flu, flue vaccine, influenza, pharma
The sometimes poor efficacy of influenza vaccines may be due to poor immune response and a patient’s wider immune history, …
New vaccine provides universal protection against influenza A, study finds
January 24, 2018Research and Development Georgia State University, Vaccine, flu, influenza, pharma
Research led by Georgia State University has enabled the development of a universal vaccine for influenza A viruses, proven to …
Universal flu vaccine receives Google’s financial backing
January 15, 2018Sales and Marketing Vaccine, biotech, drugs, flu, pharma, pharmaceutical
Vaccitech, a spin-out company from the University of Oxford, recently launched a Series A financing round and had some fairly …
Single, high-dose vaccine could provide better protection against cholera outbreaks, new research shows
December 12, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Cholera, Vaccine, paxvax, pharma
A team of researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has been assessing the effectiveness of a …
Seqirus announces £40m UK fill-and-finish flu vaccine facility
November 9, 2017Manufacturing and Production Liverppol, Novartis, UK, Vaccine, flu, influenza, pharma, seqirus
Seqirus, an influenza vaccine specialist subsidiary of global biotech firm CSL, has announced a £40 million investment into a new …
Lilly teams up with CureVac in $1.8 billion cancer vaccine partnership
October 19, 2017Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, CureVac, Eli Lilly, Vaccine
Eli Lilly has announced it is to partner up with CureVac to leverage its proprietary RNActive technology in order to …
‘Universal flu vaccine’ to be trialed this winter
October 3, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Flu virus, Vaccine, biotech, drugs, influenza, pharma, pharmaceutical
Researchers are enrolling 500 participants for the trial of a flu vaccine to protect the population against all strains of …
Sanofi backs out of controversial Zika vaccine project
September 4, 2017Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, US, Vaccine, Zika, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Sanofi’s development of a Zika vaccine, alongside the US’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), has hit the headlines …
Reversal of type 1 diabetes possible through century-old vaccine
June 14, 2017Research and Development BCG, Type 1 diabetes, Vaccine, diabetes
The American Diabetes Association 77th Scientific Sessions closed yesterday and one of the most interesting pieces of research to emerge …
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