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As its cancer vaccine moves through the clinic, Transgene sets sights on manufacturing

PharmaVoice

The company’s myvac platform creates individualized immunotherapies that stimulate and “educate” a patient’s immune system to destroy cancer tumors. We use AI to select the targets most likely to induce a strong immune response and incorporate these neoantigens into our viral vector.”

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Osivax publishes phase 2a results supporting dual flu vaccine approach

Pharma Times

The results, now published in Vaccines , show that the combination was well-tolerated with no serious adverse events, and generated strong immune responses. Robust NP-specific humoral and cell-mediated immune responses were observed in all participants given OVX836, whether alone or with Fluarix Tetra.

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The MEK effect on cancer — a slow and steady approach to drug resistance

PharmaVoice

You just want to slash it, rip it out or attack it like an enemy target,” said Benjamin Zeskind, co-founder, CEO and president of Immuneering Corporation. To overcome that hurdle, Immuneering is testing an approach that slows cancer down rather than rushing to destroy it.

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Drug Allergy

RX Note

The main questions that arise in such situations include: Is the adverse event related to a drug? Is the reaction due to an immune response to the drug (i.e. Collectively, drug allergy, intolerance and nonimmune drug hypersensitivity reactions have been estimated to comprise 25% of all adverse drug events.

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Flu Vaccines Are a Go

Pharmacy Times

That was the question on the minds of a lot of health care professionals, public policy leaders, public health officials, and select politicians going into the first meeting of the new Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in June 2025.

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Implications of RFK Jr.’s CDC Vaccine Committee Overhaul for the Pharmaceutical Industry

PharmaTech

s CDC Vaccine Committee Overhaul for the Pharmaceutical Industry June 10, 2025 By Christopher Cole News Article The dismissal of all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has far-reaching impacts for the industry and beyond. ACIP plays a foundational role in shaping immunization policy in the US. Kennedy Jr.

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UK enacts law to decentralise manufacture of personalised treatments

Pharmaceutical Technology

The legislation also supports the use of mobile manufacturing units, offering close-to-home treatment for patients too unwell to travel, or whose weakened immune systems mean hospital visits carry extra risk.