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mRNA COVID-19 vaccines safe for pregnant women, finds EMA review
A review of studies involving 65,000 pregnancies suggests mRNA COVID-19 vaccines do not increase the risk of pregnancy complications.
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Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) meeting highlights, January 2022
The EMA’s pharmacovigilance committee (PRAC) began reviewing terlipressin containing medicines and recommended updates to COVID-19 vaccine safety information.
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Promising results for COVID-19 and pneumococcal vaccine co-administration
Pfizer reveals co-administering its Prevnar 20™ pneumococcal vaccine and a booster dose of Comirnaty® COVID-19 vaccine was safe and immunogenic.
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Article: Evolving into an international biotech market driver
In 20 years BIOCAD grew from a pharma startup outside of Moscow to an international company producing both biosimilars and original products.
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Takeda to acquire Adaptate for novel T-cell engager technology
Takeda’s acquisition of Adaptate Biotherapeutics will enhance efforts to develop cell engager therapies for solid tumours.
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Keytruda® promising in adjuvant treatment of lung cancer
MSD/Merck reveals Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) significantly improved disease-free survival in adjuvant treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
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Graft engineering sees potential to reduce GVHD risk in leukemia patients
New study shows risk of developing graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in leukaemia patients reduced by removing naïve T cells from donor blood used for stem cell grafts.
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New year, new cell and gene therapy collaborations
Here we run down four new research collaborations in the cell and gene therapy sector, announced by Bayer, BMS, Pfizer and Moderna.
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Pfizer and BioNTech to develop mRNA shingles vaccine
New collaboration between Pfizer and BioNTech will develop an mRNA vaccine to combat shingles (herpes zoster virus).
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mRNA vaccine for Epstein-Barr Virus enters Phase I trial
The first patient dosed in Phase I study of Moderna’s mRNA-1189, a vaccine candidate for Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV).
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On-demand webinar: Risk mitigation for single-use cold chain distribution
This webinar shares study data, research experience and best practices to mitigate the risks of single-use bags in the frozen distribution steps.
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Dystrogen begins trial for Duchenne muscular dystrophy cell therapy
The first patient has been infused in the Phase I pilot study of DT-DEC01, a chimeric cell therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Nearly two years on, how are European pharma supply chains coping with COVID-19?
When the pandemic broke out in 2020, pharmaceutical supply chains showed signs of potential failure across the continent. Now, with COVID-19 cases rising once more, and an end to the problem not yet in sight, we discuss with Medicines for Europe how these supply chains are faring, almost two years…
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Technical note: System precision in HPLC analysis of APIs and impurities
HPLC users expect robust, reliable systems with equivalent performance and reproducibility between systems that greatly facilitates method transfer.
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Event review: The Future of QA/QC for Complex Biologics
On 30 November and 1 December 2021, European Pharmaceutical Review hosted its first ever event – The Future of QA/QC for Complex Biologics Online Summit. Bringing together more than 600 attendees, 15 expert speakers and Thermo Fisher Scientific and Merck as sponsors, the summit gave industry experts the chance to…
