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WHO launches global network to detect infectious disease threat

The World Health Organization on Saturday launched a global network to help swiftly detect the threat from infectious diseases, like COVID-19, and share the information to prevent their spread. The International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) will provide a platform for connecting countries and regions, improving systems for collecting and analyzing samples, the agency said. The network aims to help ensure infectious disease threats are swiftly identified and tracked and the information shared and acted on to prevent catastrophes like the COVID pandemic. The network will rely on pathogen genomics to analyze the genetic code of viruses, bacteria and other disease-causing organisms to understand how infectious and deadly they are and how they spread. The data gathered will feed into a broader disease surveillance system used to identify and track diseases, in a bid to contain outbreaks and to develop treatments and vaccines. ‘Ambitious’ goals WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed ...
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- May 23, 2023
CDC urges mpox vaccination among people at high risk to prevent summer surge

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday urged gay men and other individuals at high risk from mpox to get fully vaccinated to prevent a summer resurgence of the virus. The CDC’s call for those at risk to get up to date on their vaccines comes after a cluster of at least 21 mpox cases was reported in the Chicago area this month. Many of the people who caught mpox in the Chicago cluster were partially or fully vaccinated against the virus, raising questions about whether immunity from the shots might wane over time. The patients in the Chicago cluster all have mild symptoms, said Demetre Daskalakis, deputy head of the White House mpox task force, on a call with reporters Thursday. Daskalakis said no vaccine is perfect but people who have received two doses have a much lower risk of catching and spreading the disease. Vaccination also ...
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- May 20, 2023
Pfizer to raise $31 billion in debt offering to fund Seagen acquisition, SEC filing shows

Pfizer plans to raise $31 billion through a debt offering to fund its proposed acquisition of cancer drug maker Seagen, for what would be its largest takeover since 2009, according to a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Pfizer expects to complete the $43 billion Seagen buyout later this year or in early 2024. The debt offering is expected to close Friday, according to a prospectus supplement New York-based Pfizer filed with the SEC late Tuesday. The pharma giant’s debt offering would be the biggest since CVS Health sold $40 billion of bonds in 2018 to finance its acquisition of health insurer Aetna. Pfizer’s move comes as other corporations including Apple, T-Mobile and Merck rush to tap the U.S. bond market ahead of a potential spike in borrowing costs sparked by the debt ceiling standoff. Pfizer’s stock price dropped slightly on Wednesday. The company said it will secure ...
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- May 19, 2023
Moderna hits back at Alnylam’s ‘baseless’ patent infringement claims

The United States’ COVID-19 health emergency might be over, but vaccine-related lawsuits are moving forward in full force. After Alnylam levied patent infringement claims against Moderna last year, the mRNA specialist is hitting back. In a pair of countersuits, Moderna claims Alnylam “baselessly seeks to profit” from Moderna’s inventions. Alnylam first sued Moderna in March 2022, claiming patent infringement on its so-called ‘933 patent. The patent covers delivery technology that Alnylam says is infringed by Moderna’s popular vaccine Spikevax. Alnylam later claimed violations on another patent that it received in July. The company did not seek to stop sales of the lucrative mRNA vaccine but instead requested damages and royalties. But Moderna isn’t having it. “Alnylam played no role in Moderna’s significant accomplishments,” the company said in a pair of countersuits, filed last week. The Spikevax maker says that it had been pioneering mRNA technologies for a decade before the ...
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- May 18, 2023
WHO declares global emergency over

IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus, a member of the same family of viruses as smallpox BBC By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Monkeypox is no longer a global public health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, almost a year after the threat was raised. The virus is still around and further waves and outbreaks could continue, but the highest level of alert is over, the WHO added. The global health body’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on countries to “remain vigilant”. It can be passed on by close contact with someone who is infected. What is monkeypox? Its official name is Mpox and it is caused by the monkeypox virus, a member of the same family of viruses as smallpox, although it is much less severe. Initial symptoms include fever, headaches, swellings, back pain, aching muscles. Once the fever breaks ...
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- May 15, 2023
ImmunityBio gets manufacturing-related FDA snub on cancer drug, shares crash

ImmunityBio was hit with a complete response letter from the FDA for its bladder cancer prospect, sending the California-based company’s stock into a steep slide Thursday. The company’s stock fell more than 50% in overnight trading after it announced in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday that it received a CRL from the agency on its application for its drug Anktiva in combination with a vaccine mainly used against tuberculosis, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin. The treatment is designed for patients with BCG-unresponsive, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Shares in the overnight session tumbled to $3.39 from Wednesday’s closing price of $6.22. “The deficiencies relate to the FDA’s pre-license inspection of the company’s third-party contract manufacturing organizations,” ImmunityBio said in the filing. “Satisfactory resolution of the observations noted at the pre-license inspection is required before the [application] may be approved.” ImmunityBio said it has requested a meeting with the FDA to address the agency’s concerns. The ...
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- May 14, 2023
COVID-19 that occurs after vaccination carries a much lower risk of severe illness

Scientists have developed several vaccines to prevent infection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causal agent of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Previous studies have shown that although vaccine-induced immunity declines over time, vaccine effectiveness (VE) against severe COVID-19 persists for extended periods. Background Several studies have indicated that COVID-19 vaccines were less effective in preventing severe illness in older adults and otherwise immunocompromised patients. Nevertheless, COVID-19 vaccination has reduced disease severity among patients hospitalized due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Fully vaccinated people who were hospitalized due to symptomatic COVID-19 were less likely to require mechanical ventilation, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, or die as compared to unvaccinated individuals. However, there remains a lack of studies that have evaluated the relationship between COVID-19 booster vaccination and disease severity using large samples infected with different SARS-CoV-2 variants. About the study A recent Journal of ...
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- May 14, 2023
Pfizer CEO says Medicare will likely face legal action over drug price negotiations

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Thursday said pharmaceutical companies will likely take legal action against Medicare drug price negotiations, which aim to cut costs for older Americans, but will likely reduce company profits. “I think that there will be legal action, but I’m not sure if we’ll be able to stop anything before 2026 or not,” Bourla said during a live-streamed interview with Reuters. Bourla referred to a provision in the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act that will allow the Medicare program to negotiate prices on the costliest prescription drugs each year. The first negotiations start in September and new prices will go into effect in 2026. He said the most “certain way” to stop negotiations would be to call on Congress to introduce legislation that will revise the federal government’s plan. But Bourla noted he is “not optimistic” about that happening. Democrats control the Senate and President Joe ...
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- May 13, 2023
Spikevax approved for use in children aged 6 months to 5 years

Spikevax, the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna, has today been authorized for use in children aged 6 months to 5 years. The vaccine has been authorized in this new age group after it has been found to meet our standards of safety, quality and effectiveness, with no new safety concerns identified. This followed advice from the Commission on Human Medicines, which carefully reviewed the evidence. This is the second COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized in this age group; the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (Comirnaty), was authorized in Great Britain for infants and children aged 6 months to 4 years on 6 December 2022. For this age group, the vaccine is given as a primary series of two 25-microgram injections in the upper arm or in the thigh, approximately one month apart. In reaching their decision, the MHRA’s experts carefully reviewed data from an ongoing clinical trial involving 6,388 children aged 6 months to ...
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- May 11, 2023
Rise in UK measles cases causing concern

BBC By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent A “very concerning” rise in the number of people catching measles in the UK has been reported by health officials. The virus spreads incredibly easily and a fall in vaccination rates is leaving more children vulnerable to infection. There were 54 cases of measles in the whole of last year. However, there have already been 49 in the first four months of 2023. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is encouraging parents to ensure their children’s vaccinations are up to date. The main symptoms of measles are a fever and a rash. But it can cause more serious complications including meningitis, and an infection can be fatal. That is why the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is part of routine childhood immunisations. Vaccination rates had been falling in the UK before the Covid pandemic. However, the disruption caused by Covid has dented vaccination ...
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- May 8, 2023

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