article thumbnail

First FDA pregnancy-approved Pertussis vaccine to protect newborns

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals’ Boostrix vaccine for use in pregnant woman in their third trimester, to prevent against whooping cough (pertussis) in infants up to two months of age. Since 2012, the CDC has recommended the vaccine series during the third trimester of each pregnancy.

Vaccines 105
article thumbnail

US FDA approves GSK’s pertussis vaccine to protect newborn

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GlaxoSmithKline ’s (GSK) Boostrix (tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed [Tdap]) for pregnant women during their third trimester to prevent pertussis (whooping cough) in newborn infants.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Integrating personalised colorectal cancer vaccines into the evolving treatment landscape

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

The idea of cancer vaccines is not new, but Dr Victoria Kunene, consultant medical oncologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK, is leading the charge in their latest iteration: personalised preventative and therapeutic mRNA vaccines against colorectal cancer.

article thumbnail

The imperative of fridge-free vaccines

European Pharmaceutical Review

Many of today’s vaccines are produced in ready-to-inject liquid formulations that must be kept cold to maintain stability. However, this greatly complicates both the worldwide distribution and stockpiling of vaccines and other drugs. A requisite cold chain has been designed and implemented to be uninterrupted from factory to patient.

Vaccines 111
article thumbnail

How can evidence-based medicine (EBM) methodology support drug withdrawals?

European Pharmaceutical Review

Our research looked at products that were voluntarily withdrawn, or had their licence revoked or suspended within the EU for a safety reason between 2012 and 2016. Researchers also study the long-term effects of medicines and vaccines, as well as the safety of new and advanced products. Study focus. almitrine – a respiratory stimulant.

article thumbnail

UK biotech investment at record levels amid COVID-19

pharmaphorum

billion in 2018, according to the latest BioIndustry Association (BIA) and Clarivate report, and represents a 1,000% increase on 2012. That makes 2020 a new record year for the sector, exceeding the previous investment high of £2.2

Vaccines 111
article thumbnail

Government urged to ‘resource and enable pharmacists’ as NHS England abolished

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

The Government said the move would reduce complex bureaucracy and undo the damage caused by 2012 reorganisation, led by then-health secretary Andrew Lansley and which saw the formation of NHS England as an arms-length body in 2013. When money is so tight, we cant justify such a complex bureaucracy with two organisations doing the same jobs.