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Predicting mRNA degradation to improve vaccine stability

Medical Xpress

Messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mRNA) as a therapeutic approach is gaining momentum due to its ability to be rapidly manufactured and its promising outcomes. mRNA-based vaccines, for instance, played a crucial role in the fight against COVID-19 in many parts of the world.

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BioNTech mobile mRNA vaccine labs reach Rwanda

Medical Xpress

Six mobile vaccine production units by German pharma company BioNTech arrived in Rwanda on Monday, the first such shipments to Africa as the continent seeks to boost mRNA vaccine manufacturing.

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Why some Latino communities fear the COVID-19 vaccine, and what can be done to help

Medical Xpress

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some people in medically underserved Latino communities avoided getting vaccinated due to fears of side effects, mistrust of health officials and vaccine manufacturers and discrimination from health care workers, according to a new study from Rice University.

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Key Bills in the 2025 Legislative Session AAFP is Watching Closely

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

Running from February 4 to May 15, this session promises to bring substantial changes to medical consent laws, Medicaid coverage, rural hospital funding, taxation on essential goods, and the transparency of healthcare costs. HB 2 – Vaccine Consent What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Rep.

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A Reversal on Sequencing? Proposed Legislation Would Allow Patenting of Naturally Occurring Genes

FDA Law

Gibbs — A recent blog post focused on the potentially negative implications of the proposed Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) for manufacturers of generic drugs and biosimilar products. They argued that the legislation was necessary to spur innovation of new vaccines and therapies in response to emerging health threats.

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CMS Publishes Grab Bag of Proposed Changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program

FDA Law

Most are new or revised definitions and administrative changes, but several proposals represent new policies that should be of concern to drug manufacturers. Price Transparency Surveys The MDRP statute requires manufacturers to submit only three prices: average manufacturer price (AMP), best price, and nominal prices.

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Animals Need Drugs Too, But Not Without CVM Approval

FDA Law

CVM does not regulate the practice of veterinary medicine (that’s a state licensing board) or vaccines for animal diseases (that’s USDA). The unapproved drug claims are not, in and of themselves, notable, but it is always interesting when FDA takes a stand against such a large swath of manufacturers and distributors at the same time.