Science Daily: Pharmacology News

MAY 15, 2025

A decades-long scientific challenge in HIV vaccine development has been finding a way to train the immune system to produce antibodies that can target many variants of the virus. Traditional approaches haven't worked -- largely because HIV mutates rapidly and hides key parts of itself from the immune system.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Researchers report that all nine patients in a clinical trial being treated for stage III or IV clear cell renal cell carcinoma (a form of kidney cancer), generated a successful anti-cancer immune response after initiation of a personalized cancer vaccine.

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Drug Discovery Today

APRIL 15, 2021

First subjects dosed with AKS-452, COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the Netherlands trial the vaccine is shelf-stable for 4 months at 25 degrees Celsius (77° Fahrenheit). 176 volunteers will participate in the clinical trial the safety and immune response read-outs expected in Q2 2021

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DrugBank

MARCH 12, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic brought mRNA to global prominence by developing highly effective vaccines by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. In recognition of this groundbreaking advancement, the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their pioneering work on mRNA modifications that enabled its clinical use.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 27, 2020

Moderna has announced that its coronavirus vaccine candidate has shown promise in generating an immune response in elderly patients in an early-stage clinical trial. . Each patient was given two 100 microgram doses of the vaccine 28 days apart. Conor Kavanagh. Source link.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 16, 2021

The study assessed cynomolgus macaques vaccinated with 12µg of either the first or second-generation vaccine candidate. During challenge with the original SARS-CoV-2 virus, animals vaccinated with CV2CoV were found to be better protected based on highly effective clearance of the virus in the lungs and nasal passages.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 26, 2021

Sanofi and Translate Bio initiate Phase 1 clinical trial of mRNA influenza vaccine. The trial will evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a monovalent flu vaccine candidate coding for the hemagglutinin protein of the A/H3N2 strain of the influenza virus. JUNE 22 , 2021.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 20, 2020

UK drug developer Scancell said it has chosen a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, SN14, from more than a dozen potential products to advance to a clinical trial. . SN14 works by targeting the coronavirus’ nucleocapsid and spike proteins to prevent viral replication using the company’s ImmunoBody DNA vaccine technology.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Johnson & Johnson Posts Interim Results from Phase 1/2a Clinical Trial of its Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate. Johnson & Johnson Posts Interim Results from Phase 1/2a Clinical Trial of its Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate. Immune Response Data.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 11, 2021

Clinical trial to assess safety, immune response and reactogenicity, after preclinical data showed high neutralizing antibody levels. The Companies expect interim results from this trial in the third quarter of 2021. “Our About the Phase 1/2 clinical trial.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Canadian biopharmaceutical company Medicago has announced that its investigational COVID-19 vaccine generated “significant antibody and cellular immune responses” after two doses in all subjects in an early-stage clinical trial. microgram, 7.5-microgram Martin Berman-Gorvine. Source link.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 16, 2021

Adjuvanted recombinant COVID-19 vaccine candidate triggered strong neutralizing antibody responses in all adult age groups. High immune response after a single dose in patients with prior infection shows strong booster potential. Global Phase 3 study expected to start in the coming weeks. 1.351 (South African) variants.

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 3, 2021

Johnson & Johnson (the Company) has begun vaccinating adolescent participants in the ongoing Phase 2a clinical trial for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. Janssen’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 31, 2021

Adjuvanted S-Trimer COVID-19 vaccine candidates demonstrated favorable safety and tolerability profiles and strong neutralizing immune responses in a phase 1 trial. The phase 1 clinical trial was a randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled study in 150 adult and elderly participants.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 25, 2020

German drugmaker CureVac said preclinical studies of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV, showed the vaccination prompted a successful immune response. The vaccine is currently being evaluated in phase 1 and 2 human clinical trials. Source link.

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 15, 2022

NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced positive results from a Phase 2/3 clinical trial evaluating the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of a 10-µg booster (third) dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in healthy children 5 through 11 years of age. Pfizer Inc.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

. AstraZeneca has confirmed that clinical trials assessing its Oxford University partnered coronavirus vaccine AZD1222 have resumed in the UK, following a green light by the Medicines Health Regulatory Authority (MHRA). Source link.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for NVX-CoV2373, the Company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate. GAITHERSBURG, Md., Glenn, M.D., and globally.”.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today provided an update on its COVID-19 vaccine program. pivotal Phase 3 trial update. Novavax completed enrollment of 15,000 participants in a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial being conducted in the U.K.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

A trial of a new vaccine that appears to train the immune system to fight coronavirus has begun in the UK. The trial on 10,000 people will now see if the vaccine can prevent people getting ill. Some of the vaccines being developed for Covid-19 use either completely new or barely proven technologies.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 8, 2020

8, 2020 — AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, new data from late-stage trials shows. Overall, the vaccine protected against symptomatic disease in 70% of cases, according to a team led by researchers from Oxford University in England. TUESDAY, Dec. 8 in The Lancet.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Sanofi and GSK have begun a Phase I/II clinical trial testing their adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine in healthy adults. The vaccine candidate, developed in partnership by the firms, is based on the recombinant protein-based technology used in Sanofi’s seasonal influenza vaccines and GSK’s pandemic adjuvant technology.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The Phase 1 trial was a randomized, observer-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of the adjuvanted COVID-19 S-Trimer vaccine candidates formulated with different antigen levels. No serious adverse events related to the vaccine candidates studied were reported.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 7, 2020

China’s Clover Biopharmaceuticals has announced its COVID-19 S Trimer vaccine candidate delivered a “strong immune response” in 150 adult and elderly phase 1 trial participants, with pre-publication results to be released soon. based Dynavax Technologies to boost the vaccine’s efficacy. Jason Scott. Source link.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

November 15, 2020 — The Phase 3 ENSEMBLE study of the single-dose regimen of JNJ-78436735, the investigational vaccine candidate for the prevention of COVID-19 being developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, continues to enroll and vaccinate study participants. PHASE 3 ENSEMBLE 2 STUDY.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 3, 2021

reports that Scentech-Medical received approval from the Shamir Medical Center ( Asaf Harofe ) Review Board ( Helsinki committee) for a new clinical trial. As part of the research, Scentech-Medical will test subjects getting vaccinated to map biomarkers specifically related to antibodies of type IgM and IgG. .

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 17, 2022

In a Phase 2/3 clinical trial, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine elicited a strong immune response in this age group Three 3-µg doses had favorable safety profile similar to placebo in young children ages 6 months through 4 years in Phase 2/3 clinical trial Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine now authorized in the U.S.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 16, 2020

(Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced an Advance Purchase Agreement with the government of New Zealand for the purchase of 10.7 million doses of NVX-CoV2373, Novavax’ candidate vaccine against COVID-19. About Novavax. Novavax, Inc.?(Nasdaq:

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Sanofi and GSK initiate new Phase 2 study of their adjuvanted recombinant protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate. New Phase 2 study assesses potential for refined antigen formulation to achieve optimal immune response, including in older adults. Results of the Phase 2 trial will inform the Phase 3 protocol.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 25, 2021

25, 2021 — Giving melanoma patients a “personalized” vaccine can prompt an anti-tumor immune response that lasts for years, an early study finds. But it builds on earlier work showing it is possible to spur the immune system to respond to an individual’s unique tumor. MONDAY, Jan.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 24, 2021

The primary objective in the trial is to describe safety when both vaccines are co-administered, with follow up six months after vaccination. Secondary objectives are to describe immune responses produced by each of the vaccines. Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine booster plus placebo.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 15, 2021

Even as several safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines are being administered to people worldwide, scientists are still hard at work developing different vaccine strategies that could provide even stronger or longer-lasting immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 11, 2020

11, 2020 — More than 15 million Americans have been infected by the COVID-19 virus, and many may be questioning whether they need to receive one of the two coronavirus vaccines now on the verge of approval from U.S. A recent COVID-19 infection could put a person a bit farther back in line for the vaccine, however. FRIDAY, Dec.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 10, 2020

–( BUSINESS WIRE )– ImmunityBio , a privately-held immunotherapy company, today announced its COVID-19 vaccine candidate protected nasal and lung airways of non-human primates against coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in a challenge study. 11, 2020 02:48 UTC. CULVER CITY, Calif.–(

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 25, 2021

In the unprecedented context of at least 13 variants circulating within the study population subset assessed at this interim analysis, CVnCoV demonstrated an interim vaccine efficacy of 47% against COVID-19 disease of any severity and did not meet prespecified statistical success criteria.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 22, 2021

As research developments into RNA vaccines help scientists accelerate drug candidates to arm the immune system against coronavirus, Pharma IQ ’s Keeping tabs on Covid-19 update returns with news from some of the biotechnology innovators leading the fight against the global pandemic.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 24, 2021

This follows the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) positive opinion to authorize the vaccine in this age group. COMIRNATY was the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive authorization in the EU and is the first to have its CMA extended to adolescents. g doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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