The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) authorized GSK’s shot, called Arexvy, for active immunization to prevent lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV in adults 60 years and older.
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Germany’s BioNTech said it was on track to introduce a COVID-19 shot by the early fall in the northern hemisphere that is adapted to currently dominant virus variants in line with recommendations by the World Health Organization.
Ghana has become the first country in the world to approve a new malaria vaccine from Oxford University, a potential step forward in fighting a disease that kills hundreds of thousands of children each year.
“We plan to continue investing in our transformation with a focus on building commercial capabilities in oncology and working towards registrational trials,” said CEO and Co-Founder Ugur Sahin.
On February 28, Novavax issued a candid warning to investors: it may not be able to continue operations beyond February 2024.
The meeting is also a chance to discuss the risk of animal viruses spilling over to humans and causing a pandemic.
The decision could delay the time to approval of a vaccine that Valneva expects could become a blockbuster shot as infections rise globally due to a burgeoning population of ticks, which usually cause Lyme disease.
BioNTech on Friday initiated an early-stage study to evaluate its experimental malaria vaccine in humans, the German drugmaker said.
The facility, which is expected to start producing shots in 2025, will provide patients in Britain access to domestically manufactured mRNA respiratory shots, including the company’s COVID vaccine that can protect against multiple variants.
Indonesian authorities aim to give the shots to 1.4 million girls next year, the company said, adding it aimed to produce 2.8 million doses given the two-shot regime recommended to inoculate against HPV-linked cervical cancer.