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MHRA approve Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine booster doses
The UK regulator confirmed that the Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines can be used as safe and effective booster doses.
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Embedding inclusion in pharmaceutical design
In this article, Included’s Raafi-Karim Alidina explores biases in product design, outlining how they impact pharmaceuticals as well as technologies, and practical steps to enhance diversity and ensure inclusion.
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Roche to acquire TIB Molbiol Group to expand PCR-test portfolio
Roche signs a definitive share purchase agreement with TIB Molbiol Group to expand PCR-test portfolio against infectious diseases.
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EMA evaluates data on Comirnaty® COVID-19 vaccine booster dose
EMA begins evaluating the application for a booster dose of Comirnaty® in adults to be given six months after the second dose.
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Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) meeting highlights, September 2021
The EMA’s drug safety committee (PRAC) reviewed COVID-19 vaccine risks and issued a new safety signal for Imbruvica with rituximab.
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Fostamatinib reduces COVID-19 risks by 50 percent in Phase II study
Fostamatinib significantly reduced serious adverse effects and risk of death in hospitalised COVID-19 patients, shows Phase II study.
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Falsified Covishield vaccine identified in Africa and Asia
WHO urges supply chain stakeholders to be vigilant, after falsified Covishield COVID-19 vaccines were identified in Uganda, India and Myanmar.
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CPI launches RNA Centre of Excellence and training academy
CPI have launched an RNA Centre of Excellence in Darlington to boost development, scale-up and manufacture of RNA therapies and vaccines.
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‘Magic bullets’ for all: democratising biologics by rethinking antibody development, manufacturing and delivery
Antibody therapeutics revolutionised how diseases like cancer are treated in the developed world, but their high manufacturing cost and cumbersome distribution and administration leave them out of reach for most. In this guest article, Lumen Bioscience’s CEO, Brian Finrow, and EVP of Production & Development, Craig Behnke, discuss how new…
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UK life sciences sector: do you have the Vision for innovation?
Here, EPR explores some highlights of the UK’s new Life Sciences Vision for the pharma, biopharma and biotech industries, covering topics from funding to regulatory reviews and clinical trial innovation.
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FDA application to be submitted for Comirnaty® booster dose
Pfizer and BioNTech will submit a supplemental biologics licence application to the FDA for booster dose of COVID-19 Vaccine Comirnaty.
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The research-based industry response to COVID-19; collaboration and innovation
Nathalie Moll, Director General of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) gives her take on the industry response to the pandemic; highlighting the benefits of focused effort and what can be achieved through unified collaboration.
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Achieving sustainable innovation with value-added medicines
The COVID-19 pandemic spotlighted drug repurposing as a key strategy to support traditional novel chemical entity development; yet repurposing is just one example of how off-patent molecules can be further developed to provide patients with more treatment options. Here, Arun Narayan, Chairman of the Value Added Medicines Sector Group at…
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UK at the forefront of advanced therapies
Advanced therapies are a ground-breaking new class of medicines that use gene therapy, cell therapy or tissue engineering to treat disease and injury. Rachel Bell, Trainee Patent Attorney at Marks & Clerk, and Ceri Roberts, Scientific Training Manager – Cellular and Molecular Therapies at NHS Blood and Transplant, discuss some…
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Taking cell and gene therapies from idea to commercialisation
David Vincent, Process Development Lead at eXmoor Pharma, details some of the critical steps that form the manufacturing strategy for providers of cell and gene therapies.
