Efficacy shown for new melanoma therapeutic vaccine

In a recent trial, a new melanoma vaccine, mRNA-4157 (V940), when taken in combination with Keytruda (pembrolizumab), was found to be effective in battling the deadly skin cancer. People with advanced melanomas who received the vaccine plus Merck’s cancer drug...

U.S. Pharmacopeia Raises Awareness of Biologics Standards

Nonprofit standards organization, U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP), has given a talk as part of efforts to raise awareness of its standards for biologics including mAbs and vaccines. USP, which aims to build trust in medicines through public quality standards, says that many...

Engineers design more powerful RNA vaccines

High-throughput synthesis and screening of biodegradable cyclic ionizable lipids synthesized by Ugi-3CR. a, General reaction scheme of Ugi-3CR (top); structures of the three components of the ionizable lipids (cyclic amine head group, isocyanide/isocyano acetate...