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In Depth 19 Apr 2023

How Vaccine Platforms Can Prepare Us for Future Pandemics

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the weaknesses in our defenses. Vaccine platforms will be powerful tools for reacting faster to future pandemics. Multiple COVID-19 vaccines became available across the world to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, signaling a historic moment for vaccine development due to the speed at which they were created. And with scientists believing that […]

April 19, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat

Expert Advice 18 Apr 2023

Pharmacovigilance – how to deal with the data

By Axel Hagel, practice leader, PV & RM services, IQVIA Life science data, especially safety data, is exploding. It is estimated that pharmaceutical data is increasing at a rate of 36% annually. This is more than other data-driven industries including finance (26% YoY) and manufacturing (30% YoY). This increase is in part due to digital […]

April 18, 2023 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 17 Apr 2023

Ghana becomes first country to approve University of Oxford malaria vaccine

Ghana has granted full national licensure for the University of Oxford’s R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine, marking the first regulatory clearance for the vaccine for use in any country. Developed by the University of Oxford, leveraging Novavax’s adjuvant technology, and manufactured and scaled up by the Serum Institute of India PvT Ltd (SIIPL), the vaccine has been […]

April 17, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

In Depth 14 Apr 2023

mRNA vaccines: a promising future

In 1978, nearly two decades after the discovery of messenger RNA (mRNA), the concept of a vaccine made from mRNA was materialized. Like its name suggests, mRNAs are messengers that aid in decoding genetic information from DNA to synthesize proteins, a key cellular function. Previous attempts at developing a vaccine using mRNA failed because mRNA […]

April 14, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

News and Trends 13 Apr 2023

Parkinson’s cure ‘inevitable’ after biomarker breakthrough

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) has announced what it says is the ‘most significant breakthrough yet’ in the search for a Parkinson’s biomarker: a biological test for Parkinson’s disease. The test demonstrates high diagnostic accuracy, differentiates molecular subtypes and detects disease in individuals before cardinal movement symptoms arise. A paper on […]

April 13, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Vaccines for difficult-to-treat diseases

Best in Biotech 12 Apr 2023

6 new vaccines being developed for difficult-to-treat diseases

There are several promising new vaccine candidates being developed for complex diseases that historically have been extremely difficult to find treatments and cures for. The development of these new vaccines could eventually lead to breakthrough treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, HIV, Parkinson’s disease, Lyme disease, and breast cancer. According to the World Health […]

April 12, 2023 - 10 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

In Depth 11 Apr 2023

Is a vaccine for Parkinson’s disease possible?

Finding a truly effective treatment for Parkinson’s disease – that goes beyond simply managing symptoms – has long been a challenging task and, to this day, there are no available therapeutic options that can effectively slow or stop the underlying disease. However, research and trials to find treatments are ongoing and, as World Parkinson’s Day […]

April 11, 2023 - 9 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

News and Trends 4 Apr 2023

Alzamend pushing ahead with Alzheimer’s vaccine trial

Alzamend Neuro, Inc. has announced the initiation of a phase I/IIA clinical trial for its immunotherapy vaccine (ALZN002) to treat mild to moderate dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. The purpose of the trial is to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of multiple ascending doses of Alzamend Neuro’s ALZN002 compared with that of placebo in […]

April 4, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 24 Mar 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 39: World Tuberculosis Day

March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day. To mark the occasion, we have conversations with Christopher Fox, senior vice president, formulations, at the Access to Advanced Health Institute; TB Alliance CEO Mel Spigelman; and Jane Theaker, CEO of PBD Biotech. This episode of the podcast is sponsored by Samplix. World Tuberculosis Day Tuberculosis is a leading […]

March 24, 2023

News and Trends 21 Mar 2023

Etana secures funding for oncology pipeline

PT Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia (Etana), an Indonesian biopharmaceutical company, has secured a new round of investment led by DEG followed by Yunfeng Capital, HighLight Capital and East Ventures. The round of financing will be used for further strengthening PT Etana Biotechnologies’ pipeline and portfolio especially in oncology. Currently, PT Etana Biotechnologies focuses on local biopharmaceutical production […]

March 21, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Best in Biotech 21 Mar 2023

5 advancements in Down syndrome research over the past year

It was in 1959 when an extra chromosome on the 21st pair in the human cell was discovered by French geneticist Jerome Jean Louis Marie Lejeune. This was followed by research in the discipline of cytogenetics – the study of chromosomes. This chromosomal aberration which affects around one in 1000 live births worldwide, is called […]

March 21, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

News and Trends 20 Mar 2023

SpyBiotech receives more than $4 million to develop vaccine platform

UK-based SpyBiotech has received a grant of more than $4 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to build its SpyVector platform for the development of a cross-protective coronavirus vaccine. The platform, which is based on recombinant adenovirus – a viral vector which can induce cellular immunity – enables a covalent decoration with the […]

March 20, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

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How Vaccine Platforms Can Prepare Us for Future Pandemics

Pharmacovigilance – how to deal with the data

Ghana becomes first country to approve University of Oxford malaria vaccine

mRNA vaccines: a promising future

Parkinson’s cure ‘inevitable’ after biomarker breakthrough

6 new vaccines being developed for difficult-to-treat diseases

Is a vaccine for Parkinson’s disease possible?

Alzamend pushing ahead with Alzheimer’s vaccine trial

Beyond Biotech podcast 39: World Tuberculosis Day

Etana secures funding for oncology pipeline

5 advancements in Down syndrome research over the past year

SpyBiotech receives more than $4 million to develop vaccine platform

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