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The Sanofi–GSK COVID‑19 vaccine is a recombinant protein subunit vaccine containing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, which is produced in insect cells via a baculovirus vector. It also includes an adjuvant made by GSK. It uses the same technology as Sanofi's Flublok influenza vaccine. [ 7][ 8]
The main benefit of cell-based vaccines is the ability to rapidly produce vaccine supplies during an impending pandemic. Cell-based antigen production offer a faster and more stable production of vaccines compared to embryonic chicken eggs, which produce 1-2 vaccine doses per chicken egg. [8]
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd is an Indian research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare company, and a subsidiary of GSK. [4] [5] The company's product portfolio includes prescription medicines and vaccines. Its prescription medicines range across therapeutic areas such as anti-infectives, dermatology, gynaecology, diabetes, oncology ...
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the expanded use of GSK's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine on Friday in adults aged between 50 and 59, making it the first shot ...
The vaccines are the first approved to prevent RSV, which causes around 14,000 deaths in adults aged 65 and older in the U.S. annually, according to government estimates. US CDC OKs use of new ...
The U.S. government is to pay Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline 2.1 billion dollars to cover vaccines for 50 million people. That works out at around 42 dollars per person inoculated. The award is the ...
One issue in developing the vaccine is the need for bark extract from the tree Quillaja saponaria that is used in combination with monophosphoryl lipid A as an immunologic adjuvant. This adjuvant is used by several other GSK vaccines—especially the shingles vaccine that is more profitable—and GSK owns most of the world's supply.
GSK, one of the world's largest vaccine manufacturers, will take control of CureVac's leading experimental vaccines to fight infections, including seasonal flu and bird flu. It will pay CureVac ...