Novavax and Israel announced advance purchase agreement for supply of COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 28, 2022, Novavax and Israel’s Ministry of Health announced an agreement for the purchase of NVX-CoV2373,…
International research team found nine new coronavirus species
On Jan. 26, 2022, a former University of British Columbia post-doctoral research fellow led an international research team…
Moderna announced first participant dosed in phase 2 study of Omicron-specific booster candidate and publication of data
On Jan. 26, 2022, Moderna announced that the first participant had been dosed in the Phase 2 study…
Cepheid received Health Canada license for Xpert Xpress CoV-2/Flu/RSV plus
On Jan. 25, 2022, Cepheid announced that Health Canada had issued Cepheid a medical device license for Xpert…
Anixa Biosciences and MolGenie announced early potency analysis of SARS-CoV-2 protease inhibitor
On Jan. 24, 2022, Anixa Biosciences announced that the company and its partner, MolGenie, had synthesized a compound…
New landmark Nature study provided long-sought mechanistic link between EBV and Multiple Sclerosis
On Jan. 24, 2022, Atara Biotherapeutics, a leader in T-cell immunotherapy, announced that it had leveraged its novel…
Australia Therapeutic Goods Administration granted provisional registration for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 19, 2022, Novavaxa announced that Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration had granted approval for provisional registration of…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in a wild bird in South Carolina
On Jan. 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed a highly pathogenic…
South Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 12, 2022, Novavax and SK bioscience, a vaccine business subsidiary of Korea-based SK Group, announced that…
Novavax and Serum Institute filed for Emergency Use Authorization of Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa
On Jan. 10, 2022, Novavax and Serum Institute of India announced a regulatory submission to the South African…
Pfizer and BioNTech signed global collaboration agreement to develop first mRNA-based shingles vaccine
On Jan. 5, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced a new research, development and commercialization collaboration to develop a…
Pfizer provided U.S. Government with additional 10 million treatment courses of oral therapy to help combat COVID-19
On Jan. 4, 2022, Pfizer announced that the U.S. government had committed to purchasing an additional 10 million…
Tonix Pharma announced exclusive collaboration with Kansas State University to develop LNP-Free mRNA vaccines
On Jan. 4, 2022, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced an exclusive option agreement and research collaboration with Kansas State University…
Novavax and Serum Institute of India received Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 vaccine in India
On Dec. 28, 2021, Novavax and Serum Institute of India announced that the Drugs Controller General of India…
Development of WRAI’s pan-coronavirus vaccine showed promise
On Dec. 28, 2021, researchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Maryland announced…
Moderna announced Switzerland exercised option to purchase seven million additional doses of COVID-19 booster vaccine
On Dec. 27, 2021, Moderna announced that the Swiss Federal Government had exercised its option to purchase an…
Moderna announced supply agreement with South Korea for additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 27, 2021, Moderna announced a revised supply agreement with the government of South Korea for 20…
Novavax and SK bioscience announed expanded manufacturing agreement
On Dec. 23, 2021, Novavax and SK bioscience announced the expansion of the companies’ collaboration and license agreements…
Novavax announced initial Omicron cross-reactivity data from COVID-19 vaccine booster and adolescent studies
On Dec. 22, 2021, Novavax announced initial data evaluating the immune response of its COVID-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, against…
Pfizer received U.S. FDA Emergency Use Authorization for novel COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment
On Dec. 22, 2021, Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had authorized the emergency…
Novavax announced initiation of PREVENT-19 COVID-19 vaccine phase 3 trial booster study
On Dec. 21, 2021, Novavax announced that the first booster doses of NVX-CoV2373, the company’s recombinant nanoparticle protein-based…
World Health Organization granted scond Emergency Use listing for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 20, 2021, Novavax announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) had granted a second Emergency Use…
European Commission granted conditional Marketing Authorization for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 20, 2021, Novavax announced that the European Commission (EC) had granted Novavax conditional marketing authorization (CMA)…
Moderna announced preliminary booster data and updated strategy to address Omicron variant
On Dec. 20, 2021, Moderna announced preliminary neutralizing antibody data against the Omicron variant following the Company’s booster…
Novavax and Serum Institute of India announced WHO Emergency Use listing for NVX-CoV2373 COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 17, 2021, Novavax and SK bioscience announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) had granted Emergency…
Novavax announced submission of New Drug Application in Japan for approval of COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 15, 2021, Novavax announced the submission of a New Drug Application to the Ministry of Health,…
Pfizer announced additional phase 2/3 study results confirming robust efficacy of novel COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment candidate
On Dec. 14, 2021, Pfizer announced final results from an analysis of all 2,246 adults enrolled in its…
Moderna and Australia announced collaboration to bring mRNA manufacturing to Australia
On Dec. 13, 2021, Moderna announced an agreement with the Australian Government to build a state-of-the-art messenger RNA…
Novavax filed for Emergency Use of COVID-19 vaccine in the United Arab Emirates
On Dec. 13, 2021, Novavax announced that it had submitted a regulatory filing to the Ministry of Health…
Moderna announced additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to COVAX for supply in 2021 and additional supply for 2022
On Dec. 10, 2021, Moderna announced an amendment to its existing contract with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to…