A big month for progress on mucosal Covid vaccines!

- A 35th mucosal vax in clinical trial
- Encouraging preclinical results for intranasal self-amplifying mRNA vax from Spain
- News on progress with the Covid infection studies laying the groundwork for testing mucosal vax in human challenge studies

Plus more clinical results for self-amplifying mRNA vax & fascinating pandemic preparedness news from Singapore

Nextgen Covid vax update @PLOS absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/…

#Covid #Covid19 #Vaccines

A Big Month for Progress on Mucosal Covid Vaccination (NextGen Vax Update 33) - Absolutely Maybe

It was a bumper month for mucosal Covid vaccines. There were some phase 1 results for an intranasal vaccine from China: It’s…

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The UK government is planning to scrap millions of unused SARS-CoV-2 vaccine doses, which could have been used to vaccinate previously ineligible groups for free, after they closed the autumn booster campaign.

Meanwhile, pharmacies have just been authorised to offer Covid vaccines at a massive £45 a pop, thus excluding the poorest sections of the population.

And the new scheme starts on...yes you've guessed..April 1st.

#Covid19 #Vaccines #NHSPrivatisation

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Pharmacies in England and Scotland to offer private Covid jabs – for £45

Pharmadoctor is offering appointments from 1 April for vaccinations and intends to add more pharmacies to its network

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📰 TODAY: Stockholder and international #NGO #Oxfam will be introducing resolutions at the annual shareholders meetings of #Pfizer #Moderna and #JNJ, demanding they #OpenSource their #COVID #vaccines for global equity to help speed an end to the #pandemic

Presentations to be made by the Director-General of #WHO and others.

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Dr. Tedros, Barkan, Seyoum Present Oxfam Shareholder Resolutions to Encourage Moderna, Pfizer, And Johnson & Johnson to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity

In separate virtual addresses to the shareholders of Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson, Oxfam America will call on the pharmaceutical corporations to improve vaccine equity and access so that everyone, everywhere has access to these life-saving …

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