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2nd Annual Next Generation Pharmaceutical Cleanrooms Conference

5 - 6 October 2022, London, United Kingdom.
SAE Media Group are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Next Generation Pharmaceutical Cleanroom Conference. An event that focuses on cleanroom technology in the pharmaceutical industry, the conference will serve to bridge that gap between the two areas while simultaneously providing a unique selling point.

Pfizer to supply Global Fund up to 6 million PAXLOVID™ treatment courses for low-and-middle-income countries

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today an agreement to supply up to six million treatment courses of its COVID-19 oral treatment, PAXLOVID™ (nirmatrelvir [PF-07321332] tablets and ritonavir tablets) to Global Fund as part of its COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM). The C19RM has been the primary channel for providing grant support to low- and middle-income countries to purchase COVID-19 tests, treatments, personal protective equipment and critical elements of health systems strengthening.

WHO strongly advises against antibody treatments for COVID-19 patients

The antibody drugs sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab are not recommended for patients with COVID-19, says a WHO Guideline Development Group of international experts in The BMJ.

These drugs work by binding to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, neutralising the virus's ability to infect cells.

Mucosal antibodies in the airways protect against omicron infection

High levels of mucosal antibodies in the airways reduce the risk of being infected by omicron, but many do not receive detectable antibodies in the airways despite three doses of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. These are the findings of a study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine, led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Danderyd Hospital in Sweden.

Pfizer and BioNTech receive positive CHMP opinion for Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster in European Union

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced a 30-µg booster dose of their Omicron BA.4/BA.5 bivalent-adapted COVID-19 vaccine (COMIRNATY® Original/Omicron BA.4/BA.5 15/15 µg) has been recommended for conditional marketing authorization (cMA) by the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for individuals ages 12 years and older.

Drug turns cancer gene into "eat me" flag for immune system

Tumor cells are notoriously good at evading the human immune system; they put up physical walls, wear disguises and handcuff the immune system with molecular tricks. Now, UC San Francisco researchers have developed a drug that overcomes some of these barriers, marking cancer cells for destruction by the immune system.

Novartis invests in early technical development capabilities for next-generation biotherapeutics

Novartis today announced it is investing in next-generation biotherapeutics with the creation of a fully integrated, dedicated USD 300m scientific environment that will bolster its capacity and capabilities for early technical development of biologics. Spanning both drug substance and drug product development, the multi-year investment will be implemented across existing Novartis locations in Switzerland, Slovenia and Austria,

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2nd Annual Next Generation Pharmaceutical Cleanrooms Conference

Pfizer to supply Global Fund up to 6 million PAXLOVID™ treatment courses for low-and-middle-income countries

WHO strongly advises against antibody treatments for COVID-19 patients

Mucosal antibodies in the airways protect against omicron infection

Pfizer and BioNTech receive positive CHMP opinion for Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster in European Union

Drug turns cancer gene into "eat me" flag for immune system

Novartis invests in early technical development capabilities for next-generation biotherapeutics

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