The current coronavirus vaccines focus on the spike protein but the UK's Scancell believes it has a candidate that also targets the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein which could help tackle existing and future variants.
Shares in Scancell are soaring on the hope that the UK biotech's second-generation 'universal' vaccine could be prove effective against all variants of the coronavirus.
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Kostaive is the first self-amplifying mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to receive approval from the European Commission and could provide serious competition to Pfizer/BioNTech's Comirnaty and Moderna's Spikevax.
A week after a downbeat forecast at J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, the US mRNA specialist has pocketed another sizeable sum from the US Department of Health and Human Services to accelerate development of an H5N1 mRNA pandemic influenza vaccine.
Pfizer’s and Moderna’s quarterly pandemic-related product sales could not mask other weaknesses while GSK’s quarter was marred by unimpressive non-pandemic vaccines sales.
Japanese distributor Meiji Seika Pharma is considering possible legal action against what it views as online slander around COVID-19 vaccine Kostaive, which received its global-first approval in Japan last year and has now been launched for regular vaccination in the country.
DIA Korea hears how multiple domestic and global factors are affecting the environment for clinical trials in South Korea, and what actions may be taken to address this.
Biogen expects little impact from existing tariffs and any that may apply if the US exemption of pharma products is lifted, since 75% of its manufacturing is in the US and 55% of sales are ex-US.
MariTide could give Amgen a big boost if successful in obesity, but the drug just entered Phase III. Even so, Q1 revenue rose 9% to $8.15bn and more growth is expected in 2025.
