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News and Trends 22 Jun 2022

US Toddlers and children to receive Covid-19 vaccine after emergency approval granted

Emergency authorization was granted for the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines on children from six months old to under five years of age. The US Food and Drug Administration made the authorization on Friday (June 17). All children ages 6 months and up are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, following the US […]

June 22, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 22 Jun 2022

From mugwort allergy to an effective vaccine?

A research team at MedUni Vienna in Austria says it has discovered key mechanisms of allergy to pollen from the common weed mugwort, which could lay the foundation for the development of the world’s first vaccine. Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) poses a serious problem for some people with allergies in places where the plant is common […]

June 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 15 Jun 2022

Eurocine Vaccines expands portfolio to develop HSV-2 vaccine

Swedish company Vaccines AB (Eurocine Vaccines) has entered into a research and collaboration agreement with Redbiotec AG. The agreement gives Eurocine Vaccines the exclusive global rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize vaccine candidates against Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2), based on technologies developed by Swiss biotech company Redbiotec. The agreement covers both an mRNA […]

June 15, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 13 Jun 2022

GSK positive on RSV vaccine for older adults

GSK plc has announced positive headline results from its AReSVi 006 phase III trial. AReSVi 006 is a phase III trial investigating GSK’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate for adults aged 60 years and above. GSK said no unexpected safety concerns were observed. Dr Hal Barron, chief scientific officer and president, R&D, GSK, said, […]

June 13, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Jun 2022

Ziphius Vaccines and University of Antwerp to work on RNA-based delivery methods

Belgian biopharma firm Ziphius Vaccines is set to collaborate with the University of Antwerp to research and develop a lipid library for optimized delivery systems of self-amplifying RNA-based drugs (saRNA) and therapeutics. Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines deliver genetic instructions to cells to create proteins that then train the immune system against a pathogen, such as […]

June 9, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Jun 2022

Cancer vaccine biotech CimCure raises €5M

Dutch biotech company CimCure, which is focusing on the development of vaccine-based cancer immunotherapy, has raised more than €5M ($5.3M) in a financing seed round led by Dutch company Positron Ventures. CimCure, a spin-off of the Amsterdam UMC medical center, is set to use the funds to advance its vaccine up to phase 1-2 clinical […]

June 7, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 May 2022

Blue Lake Biotechnology RSV vaccine gets FDA fast track

U.S. company Blue Lake Biotechnology, Inc. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Fast Track designation for its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) intranasal vaccine. The biopharma company, a subsidiary of CyanVac LLC, develops vaccines using a parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5)-based vector. The FDA Fast Track designation applies to BLB-201, a vaccine for the prevention […]

May 27, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 24 May 2022

Vaccines mobilized to control monkeypox outbreak

An unusual outbreak of monkeypox is causing concern worldwide in the shadow of the destructive Covid-19 pandemic. Both old and emerging vaccine technology could aid the fight against the outbreak. In the wake of the world-changing Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) is voicing alarm over another unusual outbreak, this time of the viral […]

May 24, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

In Depth 9 May 2022

Exosome Therapy: Borrowing from Nature’s Toolbox

In just a few years, exosomes have started gaining recognition as a solution to deliver treatments safely and effectively, and as a new approach to regenerative medicine. For hundreds of millions of years, multicellular organisms have faced many of the same challenges that biotechnology is grappling with today: how best to shuttle biomolecules to and […]

May 9, 2022 - 11 minutesmins - By Farhan Mitha

News and Trends 20 Apr 2022

Valneva’s Covid-19 Vaccine Reaches UK Market with EU In Sights

A Covid-19 vaccine developed by the French company Valneva has received the green light from the UK’s drug regulator. The EMA, meanwhile, is proving harder to convince. The UK’s relationship with the French vaccine developer Valneva has run hot and cold over the past two years. In 2020, the UK government invested in Valneva’s manufacturing […]

April 20, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 1 Apr 2022

Europe Shuns Russian Covid-19 Vaccines as Ukraine War Continues

In the last two years, Russian Covid-19 vaccine makers had a tough time penetrating the European market with their flagship vaccine, Sputnik V. This year, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has likely dashed Sputnik V’s chances of reaching Europe anytime soon. Just months after the Covid-19 pandemic began, Russia was the first country to approve a […]

April 1, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Best in Biotech 22 Dec 2021

The Biggest European Biotech News of 2021

In spite of the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the European biotech industry has emerged stronger than ever this year. These were the key moments for the sector in 2021. The year 2021 has seen skyrocketing fortunes for many European biotech players. Investment firms, for instance, raised far more funding than in 2020, which […]

December 22, 2021 - 10 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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US Toddlers and children to receive Covid-19 vaccine after emergency approval granted

From mugwort allergy to an effective vaccine?

Eurocine Vaccines expands portfolio to develop HSV-2 vaccine

GSK positive on RSV vaccine for older adults

Ziphius Vaccines and University of Antwerp to work on RNA-based delivery methods

Cancer vaccine biotech CimCure raises €5M

Blue Lake Biotechnology RSV vaccine gets FDA fast track

Vaccines mobilized to control monkeypox outbreak

Exosome Therapy: Borrowing from Nature’s Toolbox

Valneva’s Covid-19 Vaccine Reaches UK Market with EU In Sights

Europe Shuns Russian Covid-19 Vaccines as Ukraine War Continues

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