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Immunotherapy shows benefits for hospitalised COVID-19 patients
Apogenix’s asunercept demonstrates efficacy in Phase II trial for the treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients.
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£12 million given to Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre
The UK’s Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre has been awarded £12 million to help accelerate R&D of vaccines and treat conditions like HIV.
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Funding boost for CPI’s RNA vaccine innovation centre
The UK Government’s Vaccine Taskforce (VTF) has funded CPI’s innovative training academy and manufacturing facility to further the development of novel RNA therapies and vaccines.
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OSD contract manufacturing market valued at $54.7 billion by 2030
Outsourcing the production of oral solids is estimated to be the primary influencer for the contract manufacturing market in the next decade, using lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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mRNA vaccines protect pregnant women against severe COVID-19
Results from the first real-world clinical trial showed strong evidence that ensuring pregnant women are vaccinated and boosted with mRNA vaccines helps prevent severe COVID-19.
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EMA human medicines committee (CHMP) highlights, September 2022
In its latest meeting, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended 12 medicines for approval, including those for rare diseases, osteoporosis and cancer.
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Evusheld COVID-19 therapy approved in EU
Evusheld becomes first and only long-acting antibody combination available for both prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in Europe.
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Managing the next pandemic: the role of nasal vaccine administration
In this article, Recipharm’s Joe Neale explores how learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic can be applied in the future and asks how nasal administration could help our fight against tomorrow’s outbreaks.
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Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech over mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
Moderna alleges that Pfizer and BioNTech used its patented mRNA vaccine technologies in the Comirnaty® COVID-19 vaccine without its permission.
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Towards ‘smart’ vaccine development and manufacturing
The coronavirus pandemic encouraged biopharmaceutical companies to adopt smarter approaches to vaccine development. Here, Vishnu Kumar and Soundar Kumara from Pennsylvania State University, and Vijay Srinivasan from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), explore the emergence of platform-based vaccine technologies and their potential expansion to treat other life-threatening diseases.
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$6mn grant to advance purification membranes for viral vectors
With the grant, researchers will create a scalable, downstream purification platform that will replace the standard processes, accelerating viral vector production for vaccines.
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Formulation development outsourcing market to be worth over $60bn by 2030
Market research suggests the global formulation development outsourcing market will significantly expand in coming years, owing to disease burden and R&D expenditure.
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UK approves Moderna’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine
MHRA approves Moderna’s adapted COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax bivalent Original/Omicron, for use as a booster.
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Copper coated surfaces found to reduce COVID-19 transmission
While thin coatings of copper were found to reduce SARS-CoV-2 viral titers on surfaces, silver had a very limited effect.
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Is albumin the key to successful nasal vaccines?
A new method of mucosal vaccine delivery that uses albumin to help transport vaccine antigens could lead to better vaccines for HIV and COVID-19.
