Tag - Akston Biosciences

Amid surging Covid-19 cases, second gen vaccines raise hopes across the Asia-Pacific

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees sounded the alarm at the beginning of this month on the rapidly deteriorating circumstances of refugees and asylum seekers in Asia... After the first spate of vaccine approvals at the beginning of this year, a slew of new vaccines will not only bolster global supply, thereby improving access, but also offer an improvement on extant vaccines... One such second-generation vaccine, produced by US-based Akston Biosciences, is especially well-suited for hot regions such as ASEAN because...
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The Right Shots In The Right Places

Row Covid-19 or Coronavirus vaccine flasks on white background Every safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine is helping to end the global pandemic. But that doesn't mean they're all the same. To succeed globally, though, we can't just focus on what works best on our own shores. A temperature-sensitive vaccine shipped to a facility without freezers will go to waste. Scheduling two doses isn't feasible for every population. In developing countries, these challenges can be acute. More remarkably, Akston Biosciences has begun...
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TRACER to support Akston Biosciences’ Phase 1 clinical study of AKS-452, an innovative anti-COVID-19 vaccine

BEVERLY, Mass., USA & GRONINGEN, the Netherlands, Sept. 01, 2020 Today, TRACER Europe B.V., a Clinical Research Organization (CRO) specializing in fast-track solutions for testing innovative biologic medicines, announced that it will support Akston Biosciences Inc., a leader in the development of novel Fc fusion protein therapeutics, in the Phase 1 clinical testing in the Netherlands of Akston’s lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AKS-452. Read more >>
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