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Merck wins FDA OK for vaccine rival to Pfizer’s pneumococcal shot
18 Jun 2024 16:22 GMT
Dive Brief:
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a … two pneumococcal vaccines. One, dubbed Pneumovax 23, is for adults at …
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FDA says yes to MSD’s 21-valent adult pneumococcal jab
18 Jun 2024 12:13 GMT
… up a notch with the FDA approval of MSD’s new … sells an older shot called Pneumovax 23, which covers 23 serotypes …
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FDA Approves Merck's Pneumococcal Vaccine As First Shot Designed For Adults
18 Jun 2024 12:34 GMT
… six weeks or older.
Pneumovax 23 for adults 50 years … pivotal Phase 3 STRIDE-3 trial, which evaluated CAPVAXIVE compared … STRIDE-5 and STRIDE-6 trials evaluating Capvaxive in vaccine- … ’s advisers.
Concurrently, the FDA also approved Merck’s Keytruda …
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DR. PETER CHOW: ‘No family doctor! Bye-Bye! Die! Die!’
31 May 2024 20:42 GMT
… medicine is to deny the existence of any crisis outright, stating … for shingles and Pneumovax for pneumococcal pneumonia. … medical students are picking family medicine, a large number of baby-boomer doctors … new drugs and therapeutics and medical technology …
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Merck touts updated 21-valent pneumococcal data weeks ahead of FDA decision: Corrected
29 Apr 2024 20:25 GMT
Merck bolstered its pneumococcal vaccine data on Monday, as the company looks to one-up Pfizer’s Prevnar 20 shot.
Merck said that its new conjugate vaccine, called V116, proved noninferior to its much older Pneumovax 23 vaccine for …
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Merck reports positive data from STRIDE─10 phase 3 trial of V116, an investigational, 21─valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine specifically designed for adults
02 May 2024 07:18 GMT
… in Barcelona, Spain. The trial evaluated the immunogenicity, tolerability … build upon phase 3 trial results that were … Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA). … and STRIDE-10 (NCT05569954).
Pneumovax 23 is a vaccine indicated …
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Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Prevenar 20 (previously Apexxnar), pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine (20-valent, adsorbed), Date of authorisation: 14/02/2022, Revision: 7, Status: Authorised
12 Mar 2024 17:08 GMT
Studies in adults
In 2 main studies, Prevenar 20 was shown to trigger immune responses that were comparable to those triggered by two other authorised pneumococcal vaccines (Prevenar 13, a vaccine that protects against 13 types of S. pneumoniae; Pneumovax …
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The biotech $100-billion Club: Meet the 14 most valuable drug makers
05 Mar 2024 23:47 GMT
… Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of one- … drug conjugates for cancer, among others.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals – $112 billion
The American biotech … 1 trials; VX-548, a non-opioid medicine for acute … as Gardasil and Pneumovax 23.
Merck has …
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GPN vaccines announces positive safety and immunogenicity data from its phase 1 trial of Gamma─PN
05 Jan 2024 08:56 GMT
… a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a Streptococcus … of licensed pneumococcal vaccine (Pneumovax-23 or Prevenar 13 … , GPN Vaccines’ chief medical officer commented “I would … Phase 2 clinical trials”.
This trial was generously supported …
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GPN Vaccines Reports Positive Safety and Immunogenicity Data from its Phase 1 Trial of Gamma-PN
04 Jan 2024 02:10 GMT
… , a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a Streptococcus … of licensed pneumococcal vaccine (Pneumovax-23® or Prevenar 13®, … GPN Vaccines' Chief Medical Officer commented "I … Phase 2 clinical trials". This trial was generously supported …