Search Results: "BioNTech"
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BioNTech and CEPI Team Up to Develop Mpox Vaccine That Meets 100-Day Goal
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, or CEPI, has pledged up to $90 million to BioNTech’s messenger RNA vaccine candidates for mpox. This research could help advance the scientific understanding of the application of mRNA technology to Orthopoxviruses, which includes mpox, formerly known as monkeypox.
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At ASCO, BioNTech Shows Encouraging Data for Drug That Led to $200M Deal
BioNTech and OncoC4 reported Phase 1/2 data in non-small cell lung cancer for an immunotherapy called gotistobart. Earlier this year, the German company inked a deal to share in the development of the drug in various types of solid tumors.
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BioNTech Buys Into Hot Area of Cancer R&D, Paying $170M for 2 Drug Assets
BioNTech’s alliance with DualityBio gives it two antibody drug conjugate (ADC) candidates, the most advanced of which is in mid-stage clinical development for solid tumors. It addresses the same target as a potential blockbuster AstraZeneca drug.
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BioNTech Puts Up $200M to Partner With OncoC4 in Cancer Immunotherapy
BioNTech is expanding its cancer immunotherapy scope by partnering with OncoC4 on clinical testing of its lead drug. The antibody was designed to offer a safety edge over other CTLA-4-blocking drugs it’s on track for a Phase 3 test in non-small cell lung cancer.
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BioNTech Dives Deeper Into Digital With £362M Buyout of AI Startup InstaDeep
BioNTech says its InstaDeep acquisition will help it expand its use of artificial intelligence in drug discovery and development. The startup specializes in a type of machine learning called reinforcement learning.
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Pfizer, BioNTech seek FDA authorization for omicron-adjusted Covid-19 boosters
Pfizer and BioNTech have completed their filing seeking FDA emergency use authorization of their omicron-adapted Covid-19 booster shot. Production of this bivalent vaccine has already begun, enabling the companies to begin distribution as soon as the FDA authorizes the shot.
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Pfizer, BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine gets full FDA approval for adolescents
The FDA has granted the Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 full approval for use in adolescents. In other Covid-19 news, pharmacists were granted additional prescribing powers for an antiviral and Novavax’s European marketing authorization has been expanded to an additional age group.
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CureVac sues BioNTech, claiming Covid-19 vaccine infringes key mRNA patents
Messenger RNA vaccine biotech CureVac is suing BioNTech, alleging that its rival’s Covid-19 vaccine infringes on intellectual property built on more than two decades of research. BioNTech responded that its work is original and the company will defend against the infringement allegations.
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Aiming to make better mRNA vaccines, BioNTech strikes up alliance with Matinas
Oral delivery of messenger RNA is one of the capabilities of Matinas BioPharma’s technology. BioNTech will explore that feature among others under a new research alliance with Matinas, a clinical-stage biotech that also has an ongoing collaboration with Genentech.
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BioNTech broadens its scope in cancer with Medigene cell therapy alliance
BioNTech is acquiring a preclinical T cell receptor program (TCR) from Medigene, as well as licenses to the biotech’s TCR technologies. The agreement helps BioNTech expand its scope in cancer immunotherapy with a new approach for addressing solid tumors.
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Pfizer and BioNTech team up again, this time to develop an mRNA shingles vaccine
Pfizer is paying BioNTech $225 million to kick off a new alliance aiming to develop a shingles vaccine based on the same messenger RNA technology that is the basis of the partners’ Covid-19 vaccine. It’s the third alliance between the two companies, but this time Pfizer brings something more to the table.
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BioNTech CEO: omicron is partial escape variant, but booster may restore protection
Preliminary data suggest the BioNTech and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine may have diminished protection against the omicron variant, but levels of neutralizing antibodies can be restored with a third shot. Real-world data are needed to further assess the vaccine’s efficacy against the new variant and whether an omicron-specific version of the shot is needed.
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Pfizer, BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is awarded full FDA approval
Full FDA approval makes the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine the first to reach that milestone. But the regulatory decision also flagged a potential risk of heart inflammation, particularly in young males, and the agency has asked the companies to conduct additional clinical research.
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Pfizer, BioNTech seek full FDA approval of Covid-19 vaccine
The messenger RNA vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech has been formally submitted for FDA approval. The application comes amid calls for all vaccine companies to waive patent protections on these products so that others will be able to manufacture them.
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Pfizer & BioNTech report Covid-19 vaccine shows 100% efficacy in kids 12 to 15
Based on the efficacy and safety data for their Covid-19 vaccine in younger teens, Pfizer and BioNTech plan to ask regulators to expand emergency authorization to include this younger group. The expansion could make the mRNA vaccine available to this age group in time for the coming school year.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
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