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EU to support novel antibiotics with €20 million funding
BioVersys will receive €20 million in funding to support its development of new treatments for antimicrobial resistant infections.
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What strains should be in this year’s seasonal influenza vaccines?
The European Medicines Agency has published its recommendations for 2021-2022 seasonal influenza vaccine composition.
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WHO issues alert for falsified COVID-19 vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that a falsified COVID-19 vaccine, identified as Pfizer’s BNT162b2, could still be in circulation in the Americas.
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WHO lists Janssen vaccine for emergency use against COVID-19
The Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine is the first single-dose vaccine regimen to ever be granted WHO emergency use listing and is now eligible for distribution via COVAX.
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COVID-19 treatments update: hydroxychloroquine and tocilizumab
Find out what the WHO has to say about the use of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 prevention and the results of a severe COVID-19 pneumonia trial with tocilizumab.
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AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines listed for emergency use by WHO
The Emergency Use Listing will allow doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to be distributed through COVAX, the WHO’s vaccine allocation facility.
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UK conditionally approves new treatment for HER2 positive breast cancer
The UK has conditionally approved Enhertu® (trastuzumab deruxtecan) as a monotherapy for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic HER2 positive breast cancer based on Phase II trial results.
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Therapeutic proteins and oral vaccines market to surpass $300,000mn by 2027
The market is expected to grow at a 6.7 percent CAGR, driven by the increasing prevalence of cancer and cardiovascular diseases, as well as growing interest in biologics.
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The global smart syringe market should surpass $15,500mn by 2027, finds report
The smart syringe market should grow due to increasing public awareness surrounding vaccination and the increasing popularity of safety injection devices with manufacturers and healthcare professionals.
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Africa to receive first COVID-19 vaccine doses in February
COVAX has allocated 90 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and 320,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to African countries.
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AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine prevents severe disease and hospitalisation in Phase III trials
A preliminary analysis suggests the COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca was 74 percent effective after the first dose and 82 percent effective with a 12-week inter-dose interval.
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COVAX to purchase up to 40 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer and BioNTech
Through COVAX, doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be provided at a not-for-profit price for 92 low- and lower-middle-income countries.
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Gavi to make 500,000 doses of Ebola vaccine available for outbreak response
The global stockpile will provide developing countries responding to Ebola outbreaks with doses of the approved single-dose Ebola vaccine, rVSV∆G-ZEBOV-GP, live, free of charge.
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President Biden announces intention for US to remain member of WHO
The President of the US, Joe Biden, has written a letter to the UN announcing his intention for the country to remain a part of the WHO.
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Computational approach shows antibiotic resistance may spread more easily than expected
A novel algorithm shows that there is a robust network for transferring plasmids between bacteria which may be causing the rapid spread of antibiotic resistance.