Vaccines

The company has received breakthrough therapy designation for its prophylactic respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate for treating adults aged 60 years or older.

Valo Therapeutics has acquired a technology from Helsinki University that is expected to broaden its approach and expand the capability of its cancer vaccines platform, PeptiCRAd.

The new facility, located in Ness Ziona, Israel, will support clinical phage manufacturing and can be expanded in the future to support commercial-scale manufacturing.

The authors provide an introduction to aluminum adsorbed vaccines, review studies of antigen stability, and propose test methods for the analysis of aluminum vaccine release and stability analysis.

Medical researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney in Australia have managed to successfully develop and test a new vaccine targeting tuberculosis.

ABPI has issued a statement of support in response to the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister’s recent order of urgent action to boost the numbers of children receiving vaccinations.

The new facility will manufacture biopharmaceutical products under cGMP conditions.

As vaccines gain prominence within pharma, there is an expectation that specialized CDMO services will provide opportunities.

The Native Antigen Company has revealed its appointment of Biozol and Shanghai Bioleaf as its distributors in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and China

The Wellcome Global Monitor has demonstrated an overall positive trust in science but some concerns still remain on attitudes on vaccines.

The Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Vaccines Project have awarded three young scientists $150,000 for their novel approaches toward human immune system research.

The agency updated its list of recommended influenza virus strains that manufacturers should include in vaccines for the autumn 2019 season.

WHP has been awarded with the design contract for the United Kingdom’s first dedicated vaccines manufacturing innovation center (VMIC).

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded grants totaling $41.6 million to establish four cooperative research centers focused on developing vaccines to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Dyadic International has announced its collaboration agreement with Serum Institute of India for the development and manufacture of up to 12 antibodies and vaccines using Dyadic’s C1 gene expression system.

AbCellera, Niaid Vaccine Research Center, and Ichor Medical Systems have formed a partnership to develop an end-to-end platform capable of developing field-ready, nucleic acid-based countermeasures against a pandemic strain of influenza.

The Vaccine Development and Bioprocess Cell Culture Technology Day will take place on May 16, 2019 in Baltimore, MD.

Dengvaxia is the first FDA-approved vaccine for dengue disease caused by all dengue virus serotypes for individuals ages 9 through 16 who have laboratory-confirmed previous dengue infection and who live in endemic areas.

Pharma delivers a positive message with renewed efforts to eradicate malaria.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the launch of a malaria vaccine in a pilot program taking place in Malawi, Africa.

Seqirus has taken the decision to make its cell-based flu vaccine, FLUCELVAX TETRA, using a completely cell-based production process.

Patient-centric drug development is becoming more important in the bio/pharma industry.

The company received $4.8 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate global health research in the development of vaccines and antibody-based treatments for infectious diseases.

Procarta Biosystems has received investment from Novo Holdings REPAIR Impact Fund to the tune of €1.5 million, which will be used to develop a new class of antibiotics to tackle AMR.

The companies will use GeoVax’s vaccine technology to develop malaria vaccine candidates.

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and CureVac partner to develop a transportable mRNA vaccine manufacturing platform.

A project conducted by research institute CEA-Leti led to the development of a new HIV vaccine approach based on engineered lipid nanoparticles.

India’s Bharat Biotech is set to acquire GlaxoSmithKline’s Chiron Behring Vaccines, a World Health Organization-prequalified global manufacturer of rabies vaccines.

The companies will use a $4.4-million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to discover sustainable alternatives to shark squalene to use as vaccine adjuvants.

Researchers used magnesium particles as tiny motors to deliver an oral vaccine against the bacterial pathogen Staphylococcus aureus.