Category: Vaccines

April 19, 2024

CureVac and the University of Texas’s MD Anderson Cancer Center have announced a co-development and licensing agreement to develop novel messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based cancer vaccines. The strategic collaboration will focus on the development of differentiated cancer vaccine candidates in […]

April 18, 2024

A team of Montana researchers is playing a key role in the development of a more effective vaccine against tuberculosis, an infectious disease that has killed more people than any other. The BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin) vaccine, created in 1921, remains […]

April 10, 2024

RSV is a common contagious virus characterised by several mild, cold-like symptoms. Although most people recover within a week or two, the virus can cause severe illness in certain groups, including older adults, infants and those with certain underlying chronic […]

April 3, 2024

On Mar. 25, 2024 Univercells announced a collaboration with Altamira Therapeutics, a producer of nanoparticle-based technology, under which Univercells will use Altamira’s SemaPhore nanoparticle platform to deliver messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines. Also on Mar. 25, Andelyn Biosciences, a contract development […]

March 4, 2024

As new outbreaks of measles — a once nearly eliminated illness in the United States — continue to emerge, experts remind Americans that there’s an easy way to stop infection: Get vaccinated. “Measles spreads so easily that if one person […]

February 8, 2024

A doctor or nurse might be the only person capable of convincing a vaccine-hesitant person to get the COVID jab, a new study shows. Those who trust the medical profession are most likely to get vaccinated against COVID, despite their […]

February 6, 2024

When getting vaccines, switching arms for each dose may produce greater immunity than having the jabs delivered into the same arm. That’s the finding from a new study that looked at the first two doses of COVID vaccines. Those who […]

February 5, 2024

R21, which uses an adjuvant developed by Novavax to boost immune response, became the second malaria vaccine to be prequalified by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) in December 2023, following the organisation’s prequalification of the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine in July 2022. […]

January 22, 2024

The NHS has announced the launch of its new catch up campaign to get millions of children booked in for their missed measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. The new campaign aligns with the health services efforts to protect children […]

January 10, 2024

Barinthus Biotherapeutics has announced a new partnership with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the University of Oxford to advance a vaccine against Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). The partnership aims to fast-track the development of Barinthus Bios’ […]

December 29, 2023

Researchers appear to have discovered a new weapon in the war on a particularly difficult foe. They have identified a previously unrecognized class of antibodies that seem to be capable of neutralizing multiple strains of the flu virus. Their findings, […]

December 20, 2023

The validity of the patent is at the heart of patent litigation between CureVac and fellow German biotech BioNTech and its partner Pfizer, claiming infringement by their Comirnaty coronavirus shot. CureVac – which is developing mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 and […]

November 28, 2023

COVID vaccines saved the lives and health of countless babies by preventing their premature births, a new study shows. COVID-19 initially caused an alarming surge in premature birth rates, but those returned to pre-pandemic levels following the introduction of vaccines, […]

November 22, 2023

Moderna has lawsuits on the go against BioNTech in several jurisdictions, including the US, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Ireland, claiming that its Comirnaty vaccine infringes patents covering its own Spikevax shot, including EU patents EP3590949 (the ‘949 […]

November 14, 2023

The VVPs are a result of collaboration between several pathogen and vaccine experts. Led by the Product Development and Research (PDR) team in WHO’s immunisation, vaccines and biologicals department, the aim of the VVPs is to advance the development of […]

November 10, 2023

In a sign that suggests many American parents have become dubious about the safety of childhood vaccines, new government data shows that immunization exemptions for kindergartners have reached their highest levels ever. The latest statistics continue a decline in routine […]

November 10, 2023

The first vaccine to prevent infection with the chikungunya virus was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. The single-dose shot, known as Ixchiq, is approved for adults who are at increased risk of exposure to the […]

November 3, 2023

Waning demand for COVID vaccines has hit Moderna and Pfizer, which were previously earning tens of billions of dollars from their competing shots. Last month, Pfizer cut its financial guidance and revealed plans to lay off staff. Moderna’s vaccine sales […]

October 30, 2023

On Oct. 20, 2023 Pfizer announced that PENBRAYA, its vaccine for meningococcal groups A, B, C, W, and Y, has been approved by FDA. According to Pfizer, PENBRAYA is the first and only vaccine to protect against the five most […]

October 27, 2023

The world is entering a new era of vaccines. Following the success of covid-19 mRNA shots, scientists have a far greater capacity to tailor shots to a virus’s structure, putting a host of new vaccines on the horizon. The most […]