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EpiVax Progresses on a Vaccine to Address SARS-CoV-2 Variants
prnasia
December 01, 2021
Today EpiVax, Inc. ("EpiVax") confirmed that the company's EPV-CoV-19 vaccine epitopes are 98.2% conserved in the new Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant. EpiVax and EpiVax Therapeutics, Inc. ("EVT")...
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HPV Vaccine Is Reducing Cervical Cancers in Teens, Young Women
Drugs
December 01, 2021
The first wave of girls to receive the HPV vaccine are much less likely to contract or die from cervical cancer than women just a few years older, a new study reports.
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Omicron Unlikely to Cause Severe Illness in Vaccinated People, BioNTech Founder Says
FirstWordPharma
December 01, 2021
Several scientists said the new Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 could lead to more infections among vaccinated people, but some suggested there were reasons to believe the shots would protect against severe disease...
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Omicron variant minimally impacts Gritstone’s Covid-19 vaccines
Pharmaceutical-Technology
December 01, 2021
Gritstone bio has reported that the mutations seen within the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus does not affect the viruses’ T cell epitopes (TCEs) delivered along with its self-amplifying...
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GreenLight Biosciences, Samsung Biologics Partner to Advance New RNA Covid Vax
ContractPharma
November 30, 2021
GreenLight Biosciences, a Biotechnology company dedicated to making ribonucleic acid ( RNA ) products affordable and accessible for human health and agriculture, and Samsung Biologics...
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Valneva, IDT Biologika Enter COVID Vax Mfg. Pact
ContractPharma
November 30, 2021
Valneva SE, a specialty Vaccine company, and IDT Biologika have entered a collaboration for the production of Valneva’s inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate VLA2001. This follows last week’s announcement...
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Dr Reddy’s eyes Sputnik vaccine exports after domestic struggle
ExpressPharma
November 30, 2021
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories is in talks with partners to export domestically-made doses of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik, after New Delhi recently approved shipments of other shots, the firm said yesterday.
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Vaccine Makers Already Testing Their Shots Against Omicron Variant
Drugs
November 30, 2021
As concerns about the new omicron variant grow, vaccine makers say they are already working on ways to protect people against the potential new threat.
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Biden Pushes Vaccines, Masks as Best Defense Against Omicron Variant
Drugs
November 30, 2021
Vaccines and masks will be the United States' first line of defense against the new omicron variant, not lockdowns or border closures, President Joe Biden told the nation Monday.
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Russia says Sputnik vaccine should work against Omicron, can produce boosters
FirstWordPharma
November 30, 2021
Russia on Monday said it would be ready to provide booster shots to protect against the Omicron coronavirus variant if needed, as reported in the National Post.