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Budget 2021: Sunak focuses on vaccine development to restart economy

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UK chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a budget loaded with initiatives designed to kick-start the UK’s economy as it recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, with vaccine development, pharma and life sciences playing a key role. The post Budget 2021: Sunak focuses on vaccine development to restart economy appeared first on.

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Pioneering malaria vaccine gains regulatory clearance

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The R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford , has been approved for use in Ghana (13 April 2023) and was authorised for use in Nigeria on 17 April. Granted full national licensure by the country’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA Ghana), it is authorised for children aged 5 to 36 months.

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FDA Approval of Whooping Cough Vaccine for Infants Less Than 2 Months of Age

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its approval of the Boostrix vaccine, commonly known as Tdap (combination of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis) for immunization administration during the third trimester of pregnancy to prevent pertussis in infants younger than two months of age.

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Ghana becomes first country to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine

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Ghana’s Food and Drug Authority (FDA) has approved R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine in children aged 5 to 36 months, marking the first regulatory clearance for the University of Oxford-developed vaccine in any country in the world. Children between the ages of five and 36 months are at highest risk of death from malaria.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Illumina will divest Grail after court finds deal was anti-competitive; FDA found problems at Moderna facility

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and Europe in August 2021 , STAT writes. The Food and Drug Administration found quality control lapses at Moderna’s main factory, including with equipment used to manufacture drug substance for its Covid-19 vaccine , Reuters reports. The September 2021 inspection took place at Moderna’s facility in Norwood, Mass.,

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Ultimovacs bags orphan drug tag for mesothelioma vaccine

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The FDA decision follows a similar designation for the vaccine UV1 against malignant melanoma in December 2021.

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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is second for US after FDA green light

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As expected, the FDA has moved swiftly ahead with emergency approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine after a positive assessment at its vaccines advisory committee. The biotech now expects to have between 100 and 125 million doses available in the first quarter of 2021, of which 85 to 100 million have been claimed by the US.