Vaccines

At the World Vaccine Congress, antimicrobial resistance as a global health crisis grabbed top billing.
At the World Vaccine Congress this week, Novavax presented data suggesting that its protein nanoparticle booster generated immune responses that could protect against severe infection.
The RSV race has lost one high-profile contender as Janssen announced it is discontinuing the Phase III EVERGREEN trial studying its RSV vaccine candidate.
Moderna may seek the FDA’s accelerated approval for its personalized cancer vaccine, president Stephen Hoge said Monday.
Wednesday, the FDA’s VRBPAC agreed that GSK’s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate is safe and effective in older adults.
Moderna announced mixed interim results Thursday from a Phase III trial of mRNA seasonal flu vaccine candidate, mRNA-1010.
Phase I/II data showed AC Immune’s anti-amyloid-beta vaccine candidate could safely elicit an antibody response in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Now, it will expand to Down Syndrome patients.
Johnson & Johnson discontinued the Phase III trial of an investigational HIV vaccine regimen Wednesday after an independent review showed it was ineffective at preventing disease.
The FDA granted Moderna’s RSV vaccine candidate Breakthrough Therapy Designation Monday.
An investigational mRNA cancer vaccine developed by Moderna and Merck reached its primary efficacy endpoint, inducing a clinically meaningful improvement in recurrence-free survival.
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