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AstraZeneca on Thursday cemented its lead in bringing a preventative COVID-19 shot to market, saying its antibody cocktail offered 83% protection over six months, providing another possible weapon in the fight against the pandemic.

The therapy, called AZD7442 or Evusheld, had previously been shown to confer 77% protection against symptomatic illness after three months, in an earlier readout of the late-stage PROVENT trial in August.
The data give hope of additional protection for people who do not respond well to vaccines, such as cancer patients.
The Anglo-Swedish company also said a separate study in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 showed a higher dose of AZD7442 cut the risk of symptoms worsening by 88% when given within three days of the first symptoms.
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Nasal COVID vaccine causes minimum side effects — developer

According to deputy director of the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology Denis Logunov, its use will make it possible to ensure extra protection in the upper respiratory airways

MOSCOW, November 21. /TASS/. A nasal form of the coronavirus vaccine causes minimum side effects and its use will make it possible to ensure extra protection in the upper respiratory airways, deputy director of the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Denis Logunov, said on Sunday.

"It [the use of a nasal vaccine] is convenient for vaccination. It is painless, with an absolute minimum of side effects. Moreover, it will make possible to achieve the main goal: to develop systemic immunity after the primary vaccination and to create an additional barrier in the upper respiratory airways after the additional intranasal immunization," he said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to Logunov, the use of the nasal vaccine will begin shortly after the clinical tests.

In October, the Gamaleya Center received a Russian health ministry’s permit for the second phase of clinical tests of a nasal form of the coronavirus vaccine. The Center’s director Alexander Gintsburg said that the nasal form would be an addition to the regular vaccine to ensure an extra barrier to the infection.

https://tass.com/society/1364365

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Vaccine nasal sprays aim to 'shut door' on virus

Could delivering COVID-19 immunity directly to the nose -- the area of the body via which it is most likely to be transmitted -- help conquer the pandemic? 

The World Health Organization says clinical trials are underway to evaluate eight nasal spray vaccines that target COVID-19.  

The most advanced effort so far by China's Xiamen University, the University of Hong Kong and Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy has completed phase-2 trials.

"When the virus infects someone it usually gets in through the nose," said researcher Nathalie Mielcarek who is working with the Lille Pasteur Institute to develop a nasal spray vaccine against whooping cough. 

"The idea is to shut the door."

An article published in Scientific American in March urged developing nasal spray vaccines because they have an immediate effect on the virus in an infected person's mucus. 

There they trigger production of an antibody known as immunoglobulin A, which can block infection. 

"This overwhelming response, called sterilising immunity, reduces the chance that people will pass on the virus," said the article. 

The vaccines currently available offer strong protection against severe forms of COVID-19 but are less reliable at preventing the spread of the virus. 

Stimulating immunity directly in the nose "lowers the risk of infecting other people", said Mielcarek.

"From there you have less of the virus infecting the lungs and so fewer severe cases since the viral load is lower," she added.

An article published in March by Gavi the Vaccine Alliance noted other advantages, including the fact that the sprays don't need refrigeration and don't need to be administered by health professionals.

"People would be able to self-administer them at home," the article says, adding "they are likely to be more popular for the millions of people who don’t like needles".

And in a French study on mice presented last week, 100 percent of subjects vaccinated with the spray survived infection by Covid-19 while all unvaccinated mice died. 

"The vaccinated animals... showed low levels of the virus so they are not contagious anymore -- that's one of the advantages of the nasal spray," Philippe Mauguin, CEO of the French institute that hopes to patent the vaccine told AFP. 

Isabelle Dimier-Poisson who led the research has high hopes.

"It could allow us to get back to life before the pandemic, without social distancing, and without masks," she said.

https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/health-and-family/2021/09/18/2128050/vaccine-nasal-sprays-aim-shut-door-virus
 

 

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