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Opinion: Close a regulatory loophole in the ACA to provide vaccine access for all Americans

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , (generally known as the ACA), was signed into law in 2010. It expanded access to affordable, quality health care, and today is helping 45 million people — the highest total on record — be covered by health insurance. Read the rest…

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WHO prequalifies meningitis conjugate vaccine

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The first conjugate vaccine to protect against the five predominant causes of meningococcal meningitis in Africa, has been prequalified by the World Health Organization (WHO). MenFive ® has been developed through a 13-year collaboration between the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India Pvt.

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BREAKING NEWS: Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech over mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

European Pharmaceutical Review

Moderna has filed patent infringement lawsuits alleging that Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty ® infringes patents Moderna filed between 2010 and 2016 covering its foundational messenger RNA (mRNA) technology. ” But why sue now? .” ” But why sue now?

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Does the pandemic mark a turning point in vaccine development?

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After a period where vaccine development had fallen away, suddenly it is back in the limelight. However, for those individuals working on vaccine development, the pandemic has proven to be a validation of the important work being carried out in the field. billion from its vaccine in 2021. The ‘poor relation’.

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Moderna files lawsuits against Pfizer and BioNTech over mRNA technology

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, is said to have infringed patents filed by Moderna between 2010 and 2016 for its mRNA technology. This technology was vital for developing Spikevax, an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine of Moderna. 5 Omicron-targeting bivalent booster vaccine for Covid-19, mRNA-1273.222.

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EMA accepts Moderna’s CMA submission for Covid-19 vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

The mRNA-1273.222 vaccine comprises 25µg doses of mRNA-1273 (Spikevax) and a vaccine candidate against the BA.4/BA.5 Moderna has so far obtained authorisations for Omicron-targeting bivalent booster vaccine in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, South Korea, Switzerland, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and the UK.

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mRNA researchers awarded 2023 Nobel Prize

European Pharmaceutical Review

The Nobel Assembly has awarded Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó and US immunologist Drew Weissman the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 for their breakthrough findings in RNA vaccine development. The discovery was critical for developing effective mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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