Drug Topics

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The combination vaccine produced robust immune responses from vaccine candidates in a phase 1/2 clinical trial.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

The CDC has approved RSV vaccines for patients over the age of 60 and those who are pregnant. We provide an RSV vaccine comparison table below to help you recognize the differences between these vaccines and who may benefit from vaccination.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Texas attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing Pfizer of “unlawfully” and “intentionally” misrepresenting the effectiveness of its Covid-19 vaccine and attempting to censor its critics. Pfizer did not tell the truth about their Covid-19 vaccines.” “The facts are clear.

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized Novavax’s updated Covid-19 vaccine, giving Americans seeking to update their protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus another option. based company, which has struggled to claim a share of the now dwindling Covid vaccine market — globally and within the United States.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

6 months and older receive an updated Covid vaccine targeting the XBB.1.5 Since then, some notable voices, including Paul Offit , have publicly questioned whether the updated vaccine is needed for those who are not in a high-risk group. Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that everyone in the U.S.

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Drug Topics

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The first part of the series features HCP education on key facts about vaccine hesitancy. A simulated pharmacist/patient encounter is also included which highlights key methods for HCPs to get patients to overcome vaccine hesitancy.

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Drug Topics

MAY 19, 2023

Seasonal influenza kills hundreds of thousands of people every year due to a constantly changing virus and highly inefficient vaccine production. A universal flu vaccine could deal with the first problem, and mRNA technology with the second.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Vaccines work well to prevent cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). The study randomly divided them into three groups based on their cities’ HPV vaccination strategies: gender-neutral HPV vaccination, girls-only vaccination, and no vaccination.

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Drug Topics

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Based on data from an ongoing clinical trial and other studies, the R21 vaccine has been shown to have a high degree of efficacy when administered just before the high transmission season, with data showing a 75% reduction in cases of malaria in the 12 months following the 3-dose series.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In July 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its inaugural report on the pipeline of vaccines currently in development to prevent infections caused by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) bacterial pathogens. WHO referred to 61 bacterial vaccine candidates in diverse stages of clinical development. 1 WHO’s analysis was stark.

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Fierce Pharma

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As the pandemic eased earlier this year, officials in Poland became vocal critics of the financial obligations laid down by Pfizer’s large vaccine supply pact with the European Union. | Now, months after the country asked for a reprieve from the costs imposed by the 2021 agreement, Pfizer is targeting Poland in court.

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Drug Topics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The updated vaccine schedule includes vaccinations for influenza, pneumococcal disease, measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) and COVID-19.

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Drug Topics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines by both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech are no longer authorized for use in the United States.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

People eligible to use the only needle-free flu vaccine available in the United States may be able, next year, to give it to themselves or to eligible children at home. FluMist is only licensed for use in children and adults from the age of 2 to 49 years old. Read the rest…

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Drug Topics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Vaxart’s VP1-based bivalent oral tablet vaccine was developed to target the norovirus GI.1 1 Norwalk and GII.4 4 Sydney strains, which are the predominant strains affecting humans.

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Drug Topics

OCTOBER 7, 2023

During a podcast hosted by Permanente Medicine, Sandra Fryhofer, MD, chair-elect of the Board of Trustees for the American Medical Association and a liaison to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, discussed the importance of vaccines for the fall and winter seasons.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

An expert panel that advises the United Kingdom on vaccine policy has recommended using a meningitis B vaccine to try to bring down spiking rates of gonorrhea. would be the first country to use the meningitis B vaccine for this purpose. If adopted, the U.K.

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Drug Topics

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Katalin Karikó, PhD, and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, were cited "for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19."

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 5, 2023

Welch, PharmD, MBA, FAPhA, and Chad Worz, PharmD BCGP, FASCP, discusse the development of recombinant and cell-based vaccines and the new types of flu vaccines being explored.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration’s expert vaccine advisory panel on Thursday unanimously endorsed the idea of taking a strain of influenza viruses that no longer appears to circulate out of flu shots as quickly as possible, pressing the FDA and manufacturers to try to get the work done on an expedited timeline. Read the rest…

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The latest rollout of Covid-19 vaccines has been messy, with people facing more challenges getting one of the updated shots than they may have experienced since the frantic start of the very first vaccination campaign in late 2020 and the first half of 2021.

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Pharmacy Times

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Regardless of which of these vaccines patients receive, as long as they receive them according to the prescribed schedules, they can protect themselves and their community against the COVID-19 virus.

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Drug Topics

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

With nearly 250,000 kindergarten age children not receiving their recommended vaccines, pediatric health care providers search for solutions.

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Drug Topics

AUGUST 22, 2023

The respiratory syncytial virus vaccine (Abrysvo) is the first and only maternal RSV vaccine used to help protect infants from the virus.

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Drug Topics

JULY 14, 2023

A Western Australian study found the influenza vaccine has a possible protective effect against hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

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Drug Topics

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Adults who receive influenza and pneumococcal vaccines may be more likely to receive COVID-19 vaccines and boosters.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The recently approved RSV vaccines have been celebrated as key public health tools, but some vaccine experts have lamented one aspect of the trials that led to their approval — namely, that older adults were largely left out of them. People who are immunocompromised and those who live in nursing homes were also not included.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, to prevent malaria in children. The R21 vaccine is the second malaria vaccine recommended by WHO. This follows the WHO’s recommendation of the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine for the disease in 2021.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Friday that it is investing in three potential vaccines and a range of new technologies aimed at staying ahead of Covid-19. The Health and Human Services Department this summer channeled $1.4 billion to similar goals. Friday’s announcement includes $8.5

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Drug Topics

AUGUST 30, 2023

Resources with pertinent information are essential in motivating individuals to comply with vaccine recommendations.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

Alison Buttenheim was floored by a sign she saw in her doctor’s office when she went to get the first jab of the two-dose shingles vaccine to protect her against painful flare-ups of varicella zoster. “Medicare patients cannot receive Tdap or zoster vaccines here. They need to obtain [them] at their pharmacy.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The World Health Organization has recommended dropping a component of many flu vaccines because the viruses it protects against appear to have been driven into extinction in the Covid-19 pandemic.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

OCTOBER 24, 2023

PENBRAYA (meningococcal groups A, B, C, W and Y vaccine), the first and only pentavalent vaccine that provides the broadest serogroup coverage of any meningococcal vaccine available in the US for meningococcal disease in individuals aged 10 to 25 years old, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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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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The Checkup by Singlecare

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This year, there are new vaccines to help at-risk populations ward off severe sickness, including that caused by RSV. Here’s what you need to know about the new FDA-approved RSV vaccine. Is there a vaccine for RSV? Not all vaccines work via the same science. Is there an RSV vaccine for children? What is RSV?

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Fierce Pharma

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

With litigation spanning many countries, the COVID-19 vaccine giants remain engaged in a heated patent war. Moderna pledged to appeal after the European Patent Office ruled one of its patents invalid in the intellectual property battle that spans multiple countries.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

adapted COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Novavax for this autumn and winter season. The vaccine, known as Nuvaxovid XBB.1.5, In its decision to recommend the authorisation, the EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) assessed laboratory data showing that the adapted vaccine is able to trigger an adequate immune response against XBB.1.5.

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