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Pfizer files tick-borne encephalitis shot with FDA

Pfizer may have been making headlines with the COVID vaccine it developed with BioNTech, but it’s not the only infectious disease the big pharma is targeting.

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Altimmune begins trial of nasal vaccine for COVID-19

Pfizer/BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine against COVID is a technical marvel – but the ultra-cool temperatures required for storage and stability has been tricky to handle.

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Merck takes on Lilly/Nektar in IL-2 with $1.85bn Pandion buy

Merck & Co/MSD has agreed to buy Pandion for $1.85 billion, bolting on a pipeline of drugs for autoimmune and other immunological disorders headed by interleukin-2 (IL-2) based therapy

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Switch data back Chiesi/Protalix long-acting Fabry drug

Chiesi and Protalix have built the case for their long-acting enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for Fabry disease PRX-102, as the FDA’s review of the drug continues towards a decision due by

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FDA guidance allows fast updates of COVID-19 vaccines

The FDA has issued guidelines allowing for faster development of updated coronavirus vaccines, based on previously approved shots that have been tweaked to combat emerging variants of the S

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