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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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Could CRISPR cure HIV? US biotech Excision raises $60m to fi...

US biotech Excision BioTherapeutics has raised $60 million to test a potential HIV cure in the clinic, which would use CRISPR technology to snip out the viral code from human cells and tiss

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Novavax provides 1.1 billion COVID shots to global vaccine d...

Novavax has signed a deal to provide 1.1 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the COVAX global initiative led by Gavi, the vaccine alliance, which aims to ensure fair access across the

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GSK expands coronavirus antibody tie-up to include potential...

GlaxoSmithKline is expanding a coronavirus antibody collaboration with US biotech Vir, to include potential therapies for flu and other respiratory viruses.

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UK government mulls lockdown review as it hits 15m COVID vac...

More than 15 million people in the UK have had their first coronavirus vaccine, described as a ‘significant milestone’ by prime minister Boris Johnson.

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