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Genetic Vaccine Platforms Demonstrate Their Potential
Challener
For a vaccine to be effective, the components of the disease of interest that provide protection from disease (an antigen) must be incorporated or present in the candidate and i…
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Novel Vaccine Technologies Meet the Need for Pandemic and Therapeutic Solutions
Following the 2009 outbreak of the H1N1 pandemic flu and the numerous delays in producing vaccines against the virus, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recognized the need to invest…
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Can Vaccine Development Be Safely Accelerated?
Biopharma companies responding to the COVID-19 outbreak think accelerating the development of vaccines is safe.
By Cynthia A. Challener
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Vaccine Development Faces Urgency and Challenges
By Jill Wechsler
The Ebola outbreak in 2015 and the current stampede to develop a new vaccine to combat the Zika virus illustrate the increasingly important role of vaccines in advancing public he…
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Lessons Learned Accelerate Vaccine Development
The biopharmaceutical industry is focused on accelerating the development of new vaccines for such diseases and enabling the rapid response to unforeseen appearances of new viral threats. The successe…
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Vaccine Development and Production Challenges Manufacturers
Researchers are advancing new vaccines for Ebola and other devastating diseases, while manufacturers work with FDA to bring to market new products to combat dangerous infections and strategies to impr…
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Modern Manufacturing Key to More Effective Vaccines
By Jill Wechsler
A lethal influenza outbreak this past winter has spotlighted the importance of improving and accelerating vaccine discovery and production. Reports that this year…
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Ensuring Viral Safety of Viral Vaccines and Vectors
Viral vaccines rely on antigenic properties of a virus or virus-like particle (VLP) to trigger an immune response against an incipient viral infection. Because of the risks associated with live and in…
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Bioprocessing Advances in Vaccine Manufacture
The vaccine industry, particularly, in major Western markets, continues to be dominated by a few major, long-established players that primarily manufacture aging, long-marketed, non-recombinant (nonge…
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Novavax Reports on Two Vaccine Efficacy Studies
Novavax announced on June 14, 2021, results from two studies of is recombinant nanoparticle protein-based COVID-19 vaccine; in a large study, the vaccine candidate demonstrated 90.4% efficacy overall …