Pfizer and BioNTech to develop mRNA-based shingles jab

[ghazi52]

Pfizer and BioNTech to develop mRNA-based shingles jab

AFP
05 Jan 2022

BERLIN: Germany's BioNTech and US pharma giant Pfizer, which partnered up to develop a Covid-19 vaccine in record time, said Wednesday they are working on a shingles vaccine using the same breakthrough mRNA technology.

The companies have signed a partnership deal and are aiming for clinical trials to start in the second half of 2022, they said in a joint statement.

"The collaboration aims to develop a new mRNA-based vaccine against shingles, leveraging the expertise and resources of both companies," said Ugur Sahin, CEO and co-founder of BioNTech.

The messenger RNA method made its debut with the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, which was the first jab against Covid to be approved in the West in late 2020.
The coronavirus jab developed by US rival Moderna also uses mRNA technology.

Scientists believe mRNA vaccines, which provoke an immune response by delivering genetic molecules containing the code for key parts of a pathogen into human cells, could be a game-changer against many diseases.

They also take less time to develop than traditional vaccines.

BioNTech's Covid-19 shot was developed and approved by regulators in less than a year.

BioNTech is also working on an mRNA-based malaria vaccine backed by the World Health Organization, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the European Union, with trials due to start in late 2022.

Shingles is a common disease around the world caused by reactivation of the same virus that causes chickenpox.

It can lead to extremely painful, disfiguring skin patches, and in rare cases to facial paralysis, deafness and blindness.

While there are currently approved vaccines for shingles, Pfizer and BioNTech said they wanted to develop an improved vaccine that potentially shows high efficacy and better tolerability.

Pfizer and BioNTech to develop mRNA-based shingles jab

BERLIN: Germany's BioNTech and US pharma giant Pfizer, which partnered up to develop a Covid-19 vaccine in record...

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[Hamartia Antidote]

Pfizer and BioNTech to develop mRNA-based shingles jab

AFP
05 Jan 2022

BERLIN: Germany's BioNTech and US pharma giant Pfizer, which partnered up to develop a Covid-19 vaccine in record time, said Wednesday they are working on a shingles vaccine using the same breakthrough mRNA technology.

The companies have signed a partnership deal and are aiming for clinical trials to start in the second half of 2022, they said in a joint statement.

"The collaboration aims to develop a new mRNA-based vaccine against shingles, leveraging the expertise and resources of both companies," said Ugur Sahin, CEO and co-founder of BioNTech.

The messenger RNA method made its debut with the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, which was the first jab against Covid to be approved in the West in late 2020.
The coronavirus jab developed by US rival Moderna also uses mRNA technology.

Scientists believe mRNA vaccines, which provoke an immune response by delivering genetic molecules containing the code for key parts of a pathogen into human cells, could be a game-changer against many diseases.

They also take less time to develop than traditional vaccines.

BioNTech's Covid-19 shot was developed and approved by regulators in less than a year.

BioNTech is also working on an mRNA-based malaria vaccine backed by the World Health Organization, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the European Union, with trials due to start in late 2022.

Shingles is a common disease around the world caused by reactivation of the same virus that causes chickenpox.

It can lead to extremely painful, disfiguring skin patches, and in rare cases to facial paralysis, deafness and blindness.

While there are currently approved vaccines for shingles, Pfizer and BioNTech said they wanted to develop an improved vaccine that potentially shows high efficacy and better tolerability.

Pfizer and BioNTech to develop mRNA-based shingles jab

BERLIN: Germany's BioNTech and US pharma giant Pfizer, which partnered up to develop a Covid-19 vaccine in record...

www.brecorder.com

Hmm..there's already multiple Shingles vaccines. In fact many places are offering it with the Covid shots.

 

[Tshering22]

Hmm..there's already multiple Shingles vaccines. In fact many places are offering it with the Covid shots.

They are profiting from the billions that the government gave them as a part of taxpayers' funds. This is now beyond ridiculous; fanning more and more fears just to sell more 'booster' jabs.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

They are profiting from the billions that the government gave them as a part of taxpayers' funds. This is now beyond ridiculous; fanning more and more fears just to sell more 'booster' jabs.

Well the shingles are a serious problem but as far as I know the current vaccines are very effective already.

 

[Tshering22]

Well the shingles are a serious problem but as far as I know the current vaccines are very effective already.

Western countries are not stopping at vaccines, are they? They are going jabs after jabs led by Israel. For such a battle-hardened country, I don't understand the point of having a fourth booster jab approved. It is as if they don't want the natural immunity to take its course.

0 infection rate is impossible to achieve individually in today's connected world.

 

[FuturePAF]

Hmm..there's already multiple Shingles vaccines. In fact many places are offering it with the Covid shots.

You have to space these kinds of vaccines at least two weeks apart. They should not be taken the same day. Consult you primary care provider before seeking multiple vaccines in a short period of time.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

You have to space these kinds of vaccines at least two weeks apart. They should not be taken the same day. Consult you primary care provider before seeking multiple vaccines in a short period of time.

Yeah, I said I'll take the Shingle some other time.