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MSD’s experimental vaccine to be used in fight against Congo Ebola outbreak

August 8, 2018
Research 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 …

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Vical terminates genital herpes vaccine after trial failure

June 12, 2018
Manufacturing 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 …

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World’s first synthetic, non-biologic vaccine developed

March 14, 2018
Research 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 …

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UK govt report looks to reduce vaccination spending

February 27, 2018
Manufacturing 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 …

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CDC U-turns previous decision on AZ’s flu vaccine

February 22, 2018
Sales 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 …

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Low flu vaccine efficacy may be due to previous immune history, study finds

February 20, 2018
Manufacturing 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, …

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New vaccine provides universal protection against influenza A, study finds

January 24, 2018
Research 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 …

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Universal flu vaccine receives Google’s financial backing

January 15, 2018
Sales 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 …

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Single, high-dose vaccine could provide better protection against cholera outbreaks, new research shows

December 12, 2017
Manufacturing 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 …

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Seqirus announces £40m UK fill-and-finish flu vaccine facility

November 9, 2017
Manufacturing 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 …

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Lilly teams up with CureVac in $1.8 billion cancer vaccine partnership

October 19, 2017
Research 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 …

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‘Universal flu vaccine’ to be trialed this winter

October 3, 2017
Manufacturing 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 …

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Sanofi backs out of controversial Zika vaccine project

September 4, 2017
Research 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 …

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Reversal of type 1 diabetes possible through century-old vaccine

June 14, 2017
Research 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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Inovio posts “exceptional” results for HIV vaccine

May 25, 2017
Research and Development AIDS, HIV, HIV vaccine, Vaccine

Inovio Pharmaceuticals has been working on HIV vaccines for a long time and, eight years after signing a $25 million …

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