pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

A trial of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has shown the jab produces an immune response, although the study was too small to produce conclusive findings, particularly on safety. The vaccine also produced a T-cell response within 28 days, a secondary outcome.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

When you or your child get a vaccine, it’s natural to wonder about possible side effects. The meningitis vaccine is recommended for pre-teens , teens, and specific high-risk individuals with certain health conditions. As with most vaccines, mild side effects are common after the meningitis vaccine.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The first patients are now being treated as part of a first-in-human trial of a vaccine, administered as a nasal spray, that aims to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Meanwhile researchers in Japan are also running preclinical studies of an intranasal tau vaccine.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A trial of booster vaccinations to protect against COVID-19 has shown that the jab significantly strengthens the body’s T-cell immunity against the disease. Several COVID-19 vaccines were used in the trial – all were administered via intramuscular injection into the upper arm.

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Digital Pharmacist

OCTOBER 26, 2022

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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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

JANUARY 25, 2023

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised offering Covid booster vaccinations in spring and autumn 2023 for patients deemed to be at high risk. That is why we have advised planning for further booster vaccines for persons at higher risk of serious illness through an autumn booster programme later this year.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

APRIL 11, 2024

When the immune system gets weakened by age or emotional or physical stressors, the virus can reactivate and cause shingles. Shingrix is an injectable vaccine that helps prevent shingles. Recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , it’s the only available vaccine of its kind still in use. ml vaccine.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 24, 2022

As regulatory agencies gear up for another round of Covid-19 vaccine deliberations centered on emerging variants, Moderna has released data on its booster’s efficacy against Omicron subvariants. The mRNA-1273.214 booster contains the original Spikevax vaccine and a candidate targeting Omicron BA.1 1 variant of concern.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Trials of a fifth COVID-19 vaccine have begun in the UK, as IT issues threaten to delay the roll-out of the shot from Pfizer/BioNTech. France’s Valneva begun the phase 1/2 clinical study of the inactivated vaccine candidate VLA2001 in sites across the UK, supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

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BuzzRx

OCTOBER 20, 2022

A varicella vaccine (chickenpox vaccine) is available. Please continue reading to find out at what age children should get the chickenpox vaccine. The varicella vaccine became available in the US in 1995. The chickenpox vaccine now prevents approximately 3.5 Who needs chickenpox vaccination?

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

DECEMBER 14, 2022

mRNA-4157/V940 which represents a personalised cancer vaccine has been found effective when combined with pembrolizumab in advanced melanoma. mRNA-4157/V940 is designed to stimulate an immune response by generating a specific T cell action based on the unique mutational signature of a patient’s tumour.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Reviewers from the FDA have given their blessing to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine ahead of a key meeting tomorrow – but the regulator noted that there are still uncertainties about whether the shot can stop the disease from spreading. The post FDA reviewers back Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine ahead of panel appeared first on.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 31, 2022

It is becoming increasingly important for people all over the world to understand the importance of vaccines and to have access to the vaccines they need – especially with digital innovation driving new vaccine development. Pfizer’s Josh Raysman, Saad Saeed, and Shanaya Deboo discuss vaccine awareness, access, and innovation.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

A fentanyl vaccine induced significant antibody levels and reduced brain levels of the drug and could be of value in opiate use disorder. The principle is simple: a conjugate vaccine is designed to elicit an immune response to the abused opioid (e.g., Fentanyl vaccine effectiveness. Citation Haile CN et al.

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STAT

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

This year’s flu shot generated relatively robust levels of protection, new data show, with the vaccine’s effectiveness ranging between about 45% and 55%, depending on the age group and the metric studied, such as whether there was protection against any infection or infection that was severe enough to require hospitalization.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 25, 2021

Merck & Co is to axe development of two COVID-19 vaccine candidates, focusing on development of two therapies instead following disappointing results in early trials. US-based Merck & Co said the decision followed findings from phase 1 clinical studies of the vaccines codenamed V590 and V591.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

COVID-19 vaccines had an enormous impact on hospitalisations and mortality due to infection with the virus yet is has become recognised that induced antibody levels reduce over time. Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 outcomes A total of 68 studies were included in the final analysis. Citation Wu N et al.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 10, 2023

Influenza vaccine 2 is under clinical development by Shanghai Institute of Biological Products and currently in Phase I for Pandemic Influenza. GlobalData uses proprietary data and analytics to create drugs-specific PTSR and LoA in the Influenza vaccine 2 LoA Report. The vaccine works by inducing the body's immune response.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 10, 2023

Influenza vaccine 2 is under clinical development by Shanghai Institute of Biological Products and currently in Phase I for Pandemic Influenza. GlobalData uses proprietary data and analytics to create drugs-specific PTSR and LoA in the Influenza vaccine 2 LoA Report. The vaccine works by inducing the body's immune response.

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STAT

JULY 17, 2023

1 cause of hospitalization of babies in this country. Use of the antibody treatment, the brand name for which is Beyfortus, still needs to be recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, an independent expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read the rest…

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Is a century-old vaccine a ‘game-changer’ for COVID-19? This is especially true in the search for effective therapies to fight COVID-19, and a vaccine. In a worst-case scenario, misplaced hype could lead to a sudden rush to buy doses of the BCG vaccine. Understanding the link between COVID-19 and the BCG vaccine.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MARCH 9, 2023

Findings from research on the nasal monoclonal antibody “Based on our studies, we expect that Foralumab may work on all variants as it acts on immune effects,” Dr Weiner continued. Foralumab’s immune modulating response In 2020, Moreira researched how Foralumab modulates the immune response to reduce inflammation.

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BuzzRx

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

When someone recovers from infectious diseases like the flu or COVID-19, they retain some natural immunity that protects them from future infections. The COVID mitigation measures in 2020, therefore, led to less natural immunity. As a result of this reduced population immunity, 2021 was a more severe flu season.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The mRNA-1273 vaccine has been shown to generate an antibody response in children from 6 months which is non-inferior to that of young adults. However, whether the vaccine remains safe and able to elicit a satisfactory antibody response in children from 6 months of age is uncertain and was the purpose of the present study.

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The Infectious Pharmacist

MAY 19, 2021

Many of my friends are concerned about starting “normal activities” after vaccination, the possibility of breakthrough infections, and the recent CDC guidance that fully vaccinated persons can go “maskless” in most situations. What is a person’s risk of COVID-19 infection if they have been fully vaccinated? This is a long post.

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The Infectious Pharmacist

MAY 25, 2021

In the midst of the firestorm over the CDC’s “guidance” (sarcastic quotes deliberately inserted) about unvaccinated persons being safe without masks in most situations, the most common question I’ve received is, “What do I do with my kids who are too young to get vaccinated?”. My kids are too young to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 4, 2022

After children five and above began to receive the vaccine, doctors found that some kids had vaccine-associated myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscles) or pericarditis (inflammation of the heart’s outer lining). It’s one of the few California hospitals with a programme dedicated to studying long COVID cases.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 3, 2021

ISA106 is an immunotherapy agent that is intended to treat patients with SARS-CoV2 infections and prevent progressive pneumonia and further complications – thereby avoiding admission to hospital and intensive care.

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STAT

MAY 19, 2023

Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended the agency approve a Pfizer RSV vaccine, although the panelists expressed some safety concerns , STAT writes. The But on a second question — whether the available data support the safety of immunization with this vaccine — the committee voted 10-4.

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The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

AUGUST 16, 2022

As with Covid, corporate interests are taking priority over getting vaccines to people and areas that most need them Two weeks ago I queued for more than five hours outside a London hospital to receive a monkeypox vaccination. This matters because it’s a race against time to prevent monkeypox becoming an endemic disease.

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The Infectious Pharmacist

AUGUST 21, 2021

Pfizer vs. Moderna and a note on vaccine dosing and timing. You probably have read news reports about a preprint article stating that the Moderna vaccine appeared more effective than the Pfizer vaccine, at least several months after vaccination. Should I stick with the same mRNA vaccine I got for the first two doses?

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Digital Pharmacist

JANUARY 16, 2023

World Immunization Week: April 24-30. National Immunization Awareness Month. National Influenza Vaccination Week: December 6-12. Cervical Health Awareness Month | S hare downloadable content from the NCCC and advocate for HPV vaccinations. National Cancer Prevention Month. National Children’s Dental Health Month.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 3, 2021

The UK government is talking to AstraZeneca about ordering additional doses of its COVID-19 vaccine that will target the beta variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus first identified in South Africa, according to Health Secretary Matt Hancock. 1.351 – which is estimated to be around 50% more transmissible than earlier strains.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The UK should think twice before backing widespread use of COVID-19 booster vaccinations, as to do so could place unnecessary burden on the NHS over the winter, according to AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot. It has already said that at-risk people, such as those with weakened immune systems, will be in line for a third dose.

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The Infectious Pharmacist

AUGUST 19, 2021

Anyway, today’s “Booster Doses – Part 1” will go over some of the basics of booster doses and review the use of additional doses (not boosters) in patients with compromised immune systems. After all, the original vaccine has maintained high rates of effectiveness against the variants that have emerged. What are booster doses?

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STAT

MARCH 6, 2023

Still, when doctors told her last year that the cancer was growing despite two operations, radiation therapy, and a fifth regimen of chemotherapy, the retired business-meeting facilitator decided to do something unorthodox: spend $83,000 out of pocket on an unproven experimental cancer vaccine.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 1, 2022

The technology behind virtual reality is rapidly advancing, allowing developers to create entire 3D hospitals for training purposes. The positive feedback that has been generated by VR in training has also led to the creation of a ‘virtual hospital’ by Cardiff University. The training challenge. The more you know.

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