Pharmafile

DECEMBER 12, 2023

AstraZeneca has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Icosavax for approximately $15 per share or an approximate total value of $1.1bn.

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The Infectious Pharmacist

AUGUST 19, 2021

Anyway, today’s “Booster Doses – Part 1” will go over some of the basics of booster doses and review the use of additional doses (not boosters) in patients with compromised immune systems. At the bottom of each part in this series you will find a link to some background posts that may be helpful, as well as a list of definitions.

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The Infectious Pharmacist

AUGUST 21, 2021

Pfizer vs. Moderna and a note on vaccine dosing and timing. You probably have read news reports about a preprint article stating that the Moderna vaccine appeared more effective than the Pfizer vaccine, at least several months after vaccination. Should I stick with the same mRNA vaccine I got for the first two doses?

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The Infectious Pharmacist

AUGUST 20, 2021

In Booster Doses – Part 1 I wrote about some of the basics of booster doses and the need for “additional” doses (not booster doses) in patients with compromised immune systems. Today I’m going to talk about some of the rationale behind booster doses in patients with healthy immune systems. The vaccines are still highly effective.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 23, 2022

With COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics developed in rapid time, Ben Hargreaves investigates why this has not been the case with the creation of a treatment for Long COVID. Once the scale of the threat was understood, the pharmaceutical industry reacted with a rapidity and agility that allowed vaccines to be developed at a record rate.

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The Infectious Pharmacist

MAY 19, 2021

Many of my friends are concerned about starting “normal activities” after vaccination, the possibility of breakthrough infections, and the recent CDC guidance that fully vaccinated persons can go “maskless” in most situations. What is a person’s risk of COVID-19 infection if they have been fully vaccinated? First, a definition.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

MAY 16, 2024

From a breakthrough drug to standard-of-care treatment, Remicade (infliximab) has a storied history of treating autoimmune disease —when the immune system mistakenly identifies healthy tissues as foreign and initiates an attack. You should not get live vaccines during treatment with Remicade, and other vaccines may be less effective.

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The FDA Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Most are new or revised definitions and administrative changes, but several proposals represent new policies that should be of concern to drug manufacturers. What is noteworthy about this proposed definition is that it adds a new requirement that “[a] manufacturer must make data available to CMS to support its finding.”

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 16, 2022

Following the success of LNP-mRNA vaccines, we have seen an influx of novel types of lipids based nanocarriers over the last 12 months, progress has been made to minimize immuno-toxicity challenges – from maximizing therapeutic window to fine-tuning the immune response. .

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 24, 2023

CohBar has entered into a definitive merger deal with Morphogenesis to advance a late-stage clinical immuno-oncology pipeline of therapies to overcome resistance to cancer immunotherapy. Morphogenesis’s technologies include Immune Fx (IFx) personalised cancer vaccines and tumour microenvironment (TME) modulators.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Liminatus Pharma has entered a definitive business combination agreement with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Iris Acquisition to create a business with a pro forma enterprise value of nearly $334m. The GCC Vaccine is being analysed in Phase II clinical trials.

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The Infectious Pharmacist

APRIL 6, 2021

Pfizer sent out a press release on March 31 with results from a small study of their mRNA vaccine in patients 12 through 15 years of age. The study enrolled about 2,200 patients with half getting the mRNA vaccine and half getting placebo. What about the Moderna vaccine? What about the vaccines in kids younger than 12 years old?

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 26, 2008

We are now one of the ten largest biopharma companies in the world with a rich armoury of new technology, comprising a full suite of technologies, small molecules, antibodies and vaccines to create new human medicines.” Biotechnology’s place in the pharmaceutical industry is assured, that much is clear.

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PharmaShots

MARCH 14, 2023

Rare diseases have distinct definitions across geography. The act includes drugs, vaccines, and therapeutics that are intended to treat a disease affecting <200,000 American citizens. While accrediting the term rare to a particular disease, the prevalence of the disease is examined first.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 2, 2023

Merck overview Merck is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of prescription medicines, biologic therapies, vaccines and animal health products. The company provides animal health products such as vaccines, poultry products, livestock products and aquaculture products.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 2, 2020

In the midst of the jubilation about the UK’s emergency approval of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 shot in the UK came the depressingly inevitable round of anti-vaccine social media activity and lobbying.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 30, 2021

In a time when much of the media’s focus is on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the differences in vaccination rates between various regions, countries, and socioeconomic groups, improving health literacy has never been more important. Again, vaccine hesitancy is probably the most obvious example here.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

DECEMBER 5, 2022

If you receive an unexpected charge in the mail—long after having received treatment—it’s most definitely an unpleasant surprise. The CDC recommends an influenza vaccine to everyone older than six months—unless they have a health condition that prevents them from getting it. There are benefits to getting immunized even in December.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Vidofludimus calcium (IMU-838), a drug developed by Immunic Therapeutics, is a prime example of this. Although effective, this approach often results in significant side effects, including increased susceptibility to viral reactivation, infections, and, in some cases, a heightened risk of cancer due to reduced immune surveillance.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Risk factors for developing colitis symptoms include if you are white, of Jewish ethnicity, increasing age, undergoing abdominal radiation treatment, taking antibiotics, consuming contaminated water or food, or have food allergies, sickle cell anemia, a family member with inflammatory bowel disease, or a weakened immune system.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Risk factors of pneumonia are age older than 65, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder ( COPD ), HIV infection , weakened immune system and smoking. The early signs of pneumonia vary based on the cause, but they are all due to the immune system ramping up to fight the infection. Bacterial, viral, or fungal infections cause pneumonia.

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The Thyroid Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

It is a comprehensive stool-based test that addresses a wide range of microbial targets (bacteria, opportunistic organisms, viruses, parasites, fungi, and normal flora), as well as immune and digestive markers. This can allow the body’s immune system to attack the thyroid (or elsewhere) versus the infection. [17]

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The FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Referencing an interview with Kennedy from 2023, the Post says that his views on health “were a head-scratching spaghetti of what we can only call warped conspiracy theories, and not just on vaccines.” He has equated vaccination to the Holocaust and argued that COVID-19 was “ethnically targeted” to spare Ashkenazi Jews and the Chinese.

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