Drug Topics

MARCH 27, 2024

mRNA-1283 generated a stronger immune response against both the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 5 and the original virus strains of SARS-CoV-2 compared with Spikevax, Moderna’s licensed COVID-19 vaccine.

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Drug Topics

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Vaccine approvals included two immunizations for RSV and a new pentavalent meningococcal shot.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 23, 2022

Francesca Ceddia, MD, senior vice president of respiratory vaccines at Moderna, said the company is in early stages of development for a combined mRNA vaccine for influenza, COVID-19, and RSV.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 2, 2023

A panel of experts review the criteria used to select a specific high-dose flu vaccine formulation for immunization.

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STAT

JUNE 10, 2024

Moderna announced Monday that, in a Phase 3 clinical trial, its combination Covid-19 and influenza vaccine generated stronger immune responses in older adults than individual vaccines that target those viruses. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Drug Topics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Catch up on important immunization news from the month of September.

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Drug Topics

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The combination vaccine produced robust immune responses from vaccine candidates in a phase 1/2 clinical trial.

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Drug Topics

JANUARY 17, 2023

The updates include new recommendations for COVID-19 and pneumococcal vaccines.

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Drug Topics

APRIL 24, 2024

In response to historically low flu vaccine coverage rates, Kristen Thorson, PharmD, urges pharmacists to think back to their pandemic immunization efforts and “know the power of their recommendation,” to boost public protection from influenza.

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Pharmacy Times

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Fractional COVID-19 dosing resulted in fewer adverse effects and costs while producing similar immune responses compared to a full dose vaccine.

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Drug Topics

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Researchers explored the overall efficacy of various pediatric vaccines and their effects on antibiotic use, while also addressing vaccine hesitancy among parents.

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Drug Topics

AUGUST 30, 2022

This National Immunization Awareness Month, prepare your pharmacy to offer important vaccines.

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Pharmacy Times

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For community pharmacists, cooler temperatures, school buses on the roads and Friday night football are not just signs of a changing season – they are indicators that patients will soon be seeking vaccinations for the 2023-2024 respiratory illness season.

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Drug Topics

MAY 21, 2024

Research presented at DDW 2024 found there was no significant association between immune response and hepatitis B vaccine types in patients with Hepatitis C.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 15, 2024

RSV and influenza vaccines demonstrated hemagglutination inhibition titers that were noninferior to those with sequential administration.

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Vaccines Immunization 145

Pharmacy Times

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Individuals who refused a pneumococcal vaccine were associated with low collective responsibility and confidence in vaccine efficacy and safety.

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Drug Topics

OCTOBER 7, 2023

During a podcast hosted by Permanente Medicine, Sandra Fryhofer, MD, chair-elect of the Board of Trustees for the American Medical Association and a liaison to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, discussed the importance of vaccines for the fall and winter seasons.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JUNE 13, 2023

If approved, VLA1553 could become the first licensed chikungunya vaccine” A single vaccination of VLA1553 has been shown to produce neutralising antibody levels, thought to protect against chikungunya disease in 99 percent of Phase III trial participants. What did the chikungunya vaccine study results show?

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Pharmacy Times

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Despite evidence of a higher risk of myocarditis or pericarditis with COVID-19 vaccination, immunization should still be recommended because the benefits likely outweigh the harms, study shows.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 9, 2023

Chad Worz, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP, discusses how vaccine hesitancy and misinformation about flu vaccines create barriers to annual flu immunizations.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 3, 2022

Increasing population immunity decreased transmission of COVID-19 and allowed for reductions in quarantine and testing, encouraging 2-dose vaccine and booster uptake.

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Immunization Vaccines 123

Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Findings are encouraging for individuals with cancer who are receiving immune checkpoint inhibition treatment and want to get a third vaccine dose, investigators said.

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Immunization Vaccines 123

Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A researcher suggests that novel immune modulating cancer therapies like cancer vaccines can be more effective and safer alternative to previous cancer immunotherapies.

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Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Jeremy Graff, chief scientific officer at IMV, discusses why the development of viable cancer vaccines is a bit more slow-going in comparison to the fast-paced development of COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic.

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Pharmacy Times

MAY 24, 2023

Reporting vaccination data to Immunization Information Systems databases can support public health surveillance activities.

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STAT

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Alison Buttenheim was floored by a sign she saw in her doctor’s office when she went to get the first jab of the two-dose shingles vaccine to protect her against painful flare-ups of varicella zoster. “Medicare patients cannot receive Tdap or zoster vaccines here. They need to obtain [them] at their pharmacy.

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Drug Topics

JUNE 28, 2024

The updates follow the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practice meeting held June 26 to 28, 2024.

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Drug Topics

AUGUST 2, 2024

The technology from Diakonos Oncology initiates a natural immune response that targets and eliminates cancer cells by activating cytotoxic TH1 cell signaling pathways.

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STAT

MAY 13, 2024

The number of children who received their routine vaccinations declined during the pandemic, so public health officials have been focusing on getting kids back up to date. They should also be paying attention to adults as a new, first-of-its-kind report quantifying the economic impact of adult immunizations makes clear.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 22, 2024

The schedule includes RSV vaccination, along with updated versions of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Drug Topics

APRIL 30, 2024

Recent research on COVID-19 vaccination shows that vaccines help fight variants, led to lower cases among children in California, and that boosters provide longer lasting protection.

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Vaccines Immunization 112

STAT

AUGUST 16, 2024

Pfizer and BioNTech said Friday that their combined mRNA vaccine candidate against influenza and Covid-19 showed a lower immune response against one type of influenza, influenza B, in a Phase 3 trial, a setback for the vaccine. ” Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The risks of severe neonatal morbidity, neonatal death, and admission to the neonatal intensive care unit were all significantly lower during the first month of birth in infants whose mothers were vaccinated against Covid-19, and protection against the virus continued for up to six months after birth, according to a new study published Monday in JAMA (..)

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STAT

MARCH 28, 2024

His former student Ali Ellebedy was gnawed by frustration as Covid shutdowns stalled his influenza research; it took until the summer, when mass vaccination planning hit his radar, before the same realization kicked in.

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Immunization Vaccines 145

Pharmacy Times

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The findings suggest that 6 months after vaccination with ARCT-154, individuals had a longer immune response.

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Vaccines Immunization 139

Drug Topics

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Researchers suggest that vaccine champion programs could be a promising avenue to increasing immunization rates.

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STAT

OCTOBER 6, 2023

If the Covid-19 pandemic has shown us one thing, it is how little we really know about how the human immune system works. Decoding and harnessing the power of the human immune system is one of the great frontiers of biomedicine. Read the rest…

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