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Category: Vaccines


Industry, Vaccines

WHO Experts Say Healthy Kids, Teens May Not Need More COVID Shots

March 29, 2023

Via: Drugs.com

New advice from the World Health Organization (WHO) says healthy children and teens may not need additional COVID-19 shots, though they may need to catch up on other routine vaccines. “The public health impact of vaccinating healthy children and adolescents […]


Clinical Trials, Industry, Research and Development, Vaccines

BioNTech Revenues Slide with Waning Demand for COVID-19 Vaccines

March 27, 2023

Via: Contract Pharma

4Q Revenues: €4.3 billion (-23%) 4Q Earnings: €2.3 billion (-28%) YTD Revenues: €17.3 billion (-9%) YTD Earnings: €9.3 billion (-8%) Comments: Results in the quarter and FY reflect lower demand for COVID-19 vaccines. Approximately 2 billion doses of COMIRNATY invoiced […]


Industry, Vaccines

Pfizer/BioNTech’s Omicron-adapted booster approved by FDA for young children

March 15, 2023

Via: PMLiVE

With this latest approval, children aged six months to four years who have completed their primary series with three doses of the companies’ original vaccine will be able to receive a 3µg booster dose of the bivalent vaccine after at […]


Industry, Mergers and Acquisitions, Vaccines

Merck signs $922m deal with Opko Health unit for Epstein-Barr vaccine candidate

March 9, 2023

Via: PMLiVE

The partnership will see both companies advance MDX-2201 to an Investigational New Drug application filing, after which Merck will be responsible for clinical and regulatory activities, as well as product commercialisation. In exchange, Opko will receive an upfront payment of […]


FDA, Industry, Regulations, Vaccines

FDA approves intramuscular administration of Merck’s MMRV vaccines

March 7, 2023

Via: PMLiVE

Despite having a long history in the US, the vaccines have previously only been administered via subcutaneous injection, which is given into the fatty tissue just under the skin. Now, healthcare professionals will have the option to choose to administer […]


Industry, Vaccines

Is an Allergy to a COVID Vaccine Always Real? Placebo Trial Casts Doubt

March 2, 2023

Via: Drugs.com

Allergic reactions to the Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccines are very rare, and a new study questions whether many of those that do occur are even real. In a small new study of 16 people who said they’d experienced an […]


Industry, Vaccines

WHO announces recommended 2023-24 flu vaccines for northern hemisphere

March 1, 2023

Via: PMLiVE

National vaccine regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical companies will now use this guidance to develop, produce and license influenza vaccines for the following season. WHO organises consultations with an advisory group of experts twice a year to analyse influenza virus surveillance […]


FDA, Industry, Regulations, Vaccines

Investigational Personalized mRNA Cancer Vaccine Gains Breakthrough Therapy Designation from FDA

February 28, 2023

Via: Biopharm International

Moderna and Merck announced on Feb. 22, 2023 that their investigational personalized messenger RNA (mRNA) cancer vaccine, mRNA-4157/V940, in combination with KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, has been granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by FDA for the adjuvant treatment of patients with […]


FDA, Industry, Regulations, Vaccines

Moderna/Merck’s skin cancer therapy given FDA breakthrough therapy designation

February 24, 2023

Via: PMLiVE

The vaccine, mRNA-4157/V940, is designed to stimulate an immune response by generating specific T-cell responses based on the unique mutational signature of a patient’s tumour, while Keytruda increases the ability of the body’s immune system to help detect and fight […]


Industry, Vaccines

Bavarian Nordic Acquires Travel Vaccines from Emergent Biosolutions

February 17, 2023

Via: Contract Pharma

Bavarian Nordic announced has entered into an agreement with Emergent BioSolutions, to acquire two marketed travel vaccines, Vivotif for the prevention of typhoid fever and Vaxchora against cholera as well as a Phase 3 vaccine candidate for the prevention of […]


Industry, Vaccines

Moderna Will Offer Free COVID Shots to Uninsured After Emergency Ends

February 16, 2023

Via: Drugs.com

American adults who have no health insurance or those who are underinsured will still be able to get free COVID vaccines from Moderna, even after government-purchased supplies run out, the company announced Monday. “Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines will continue to be […]


Industry, Vaccines

Two Vaccines May Soon Shield Seniors Against RSV

February 16, 2023

Via: Drugs.com

Older people have vaccines available to prevent severe influenza and COVID-19, but there’s been nothing to protect against the third respiratory virus that contributed to this season’s wretched “triple-demic.” Until now. Two major pharmaceutical companies published clinical trial results this […]


Industry, Vaccines

NHS to receive further COVID-19 vaccines from RMI   

February 13, 2023

Via: Pharma Times

RMI – a company which focuses on providing medical support to remote regions across the world – has provided over 2,000 COVID-19 vaccines throughout Dover. It is part of its ongoing partnership with NHS South, Central and West (SWC). The […]


Industry, Vaccines

U.S. To Test Vaccines in Poultry as Way to Curb Bird Flu Outbreak

February 10, 2023

Via: Drugs.com

U.S. health officials are considering using vaccines in poultry to stem an ongoing outbreak of bird flu. Scientists will begin testing the first vaccines for birds in years as the spread of avian influenza has killed about 58 million birds, […]


Industry, Vaccines

Era of ‘Free’ Covid Vaccines, Test Kits, and Treatments Is Ending. Who Will Pay the Tab Now?

February 10, 2023

Via: Kaiser Health News

Time is running out for free-to-consumer covid vaccines, at-home test kits, and even some treatments. The White House announced this month that the national public health emergency, first declared in early 2020 in response to the pandemic, is set to […]


Industry, Vaccines

In a First, COVID Vaccine Is Added to Adult Immunization Schedule

February 9, 2023

Via: Drugs.com

For the first time, COVID-19 vaccines have been added to the list of routine immunizations recommended for adults — a further sign the virus is here to stay. The addition is being made to the 2023 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, […]


Industry, Vaccines

Knowing Someone Who’s Been Ill or Died of COVID Pushes Folks to Get Vaccine: Study

February 7, 2023

Via: Drugs.com

A new study shows the importance of the messenger when trying to encourage people to get their COVID-19 vaccines. People who know someone who was sickened by the virus or who died from it were twice as likely to get […]


Industry, Vaccines

A Technicality Could Keep RSV Shots From Kids in Need

February 6, 2023

Via: Kaiser Health News

After more than five decades of trying, the drug industry is on the verge of providing effective immunizations against the respiratory syncytial virus, which has put an estimated 90,000 U.S. infants and small children in the hospital since the start […]


Clinical Trials, Industry, Research and Development, Vaccines

Transforming the way cancer vaccines are designed and made

February 3, 2023

Via: World Pharma News

A new way to significantly increase the potency of almost any vaccine has been developed by researchers from the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern University. The scientists used chemistry and nanotechnology to change the structural location of adjuvants […]


FDA, Industry, Regulations, Vaccines

FDA Seeks to Simplify COVID-19 Vaccination Program

January 30, 2023

Via: Biopharm International

A more harmonized formula and schedule for administering COVID-19 vaccines gained strong support from FDA’s expert advisory panel last week, with agreement on the need to reduce confusion over which shot to take and when in order to increase vaccination […]