Moderna to supply Japan with additional 70 million doses of COVID-19 booster vaccine
On Mar. 16, 2022, Moderna announced an agreement with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan…
Pfizer and BioNTech submitted for U.S. EUA of additional booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine for older adults
On Mar. 15, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the companies had submitted an application to the U.S. Food…
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NIH launched clinical trial of three mRNA HIV vaccines
On Mar. 14, 2022, researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced they had…
IHME reported three times as many deaths worldwide due to COVID-19 than official reports suggested
On Mar. 10, 2022, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) reported that more than three times…
City of Hope COVID-19 vaccine showed effectiveness in phase 1 trial
On Mar. 10, 2022, the City of Hope announced that its COVID-19 investigational vaccine licensed to GeoVax Labs…
Oragenics engages KBI Biopharma to support development of intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate NT-CoV2-1
On Mar. 10, 2022, Oragenics announced that it had entered into an agreement with KBI Biopharma for the…
Moderna announced first participant dosed in phase 2 study of Omicron-specific bivalent booster candidate
On Mar. 10, 2022, Moderna announced that the first participant had been dosed in the Phase 2 study…
NIH launched trial to study allergic reactions to COVID-19 mRNA vaccine
On Mar. 9, 2022, researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced a clinical…
Moderna announced MOU with Government of Kenya to establish first mRNA manufacturing facility on the continent of Africa
On Mar. 7, 2022, Moderna announced that with the assistance of the U.S. Government, it had entered into…
First-ever malaria vaccine recommendation published in a position paper and in the WHO guidelines for malaria
On Mar. 4, 2022, the WHO announced it had published an updated position paper on the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S)…
Oregon Department of Agriculture confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Pacific Flyway
On Mar. 2, 2022, the World Organization for Animal Health confirmed a bald eagle found dead in British…
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USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in two backyard flocks in Connecticut and Iowa
On Mar. 2, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the…
Medicago and GSK announced approval by Health Canada of COVIFENZ, an adjuvanted plant-based COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 24, 2022, Medicago and GlaxoSmithKline announced that Health Canada had granted approval for COVIFENZ, COVID-19 vaccine,…
Novavax announced extended durability of protection against infection and disease in UK COVID-19 vaccine phase 3 clinical Trial
On Feb. 24, 2022, Novavax shared extended analysis from its pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial conducted in the…
EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recommended authorization of Covid-19 vaccine in children (6-11 Years) In the EU
On Feb. 24, 2022, Moderna announced that the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use…
Pfizer and BioNTech received positive CHMP Opinion for COVID-19 vaccine booster in adolescents 12 through 17 years of age in EU
On Feb. 24, 2022, BioNTech announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European…
Sanofi and GSK announced regulatory authorization for COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 23, 2022, Sanofi and GSK announced that they planned to submit data from both their booster…
Moderna and Thermo Fisher Scientific announced long-term strategic collaboration
On Feb. 23, 2022, Moderna and Thermo Fisher Scientific announced a 15-year strategic collaboration agreement to enable dedicated…
Novavax announced shipments of COVID-19 vaccine to European Union member states
On Feb. 23, 2022, Novavax announced the first doses of Nuvaxovid COVID-19 Vaccine (recombinant, adjuvanted) had begun shipping…
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Sorrento announced COVISHIELD antibody strongly neutralized BA.2 Omicron sublineage virus
On Feb. 22, 2022, Sorrento Therapeutics announced that additional preclinical results demonstrate broad spectrum COVISHIELD (STI-9167) neutralizing activity…
Moderna expanded global footprint through commercial partnership with Adium in Latin America
On Feb. 22, 2022, Moderna announced a distribution service agreement with Adium Pharma, a leading private Latin American…
Novavax and Serum Institute of India announced first EUA of COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents =12 to <18 in India
On Mar. 22, 2022, Novavax and Serum Institute of India announced that the Drugs Controller General of India…
WHO announced first technology recipients of mRNA vaccine hub
On Feb. 18, 2022, the WHO announced the first six countries that will receive the technology needed to…
CDC released the 2022 recommended immunization schedules for children and adolescents, as well as for adults
On Feb. 18, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the 2022 recommended immunization…
Health Canada authorized Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 17, 2022, Novavax announced that Health Canada had granted authorization for Nuvaxovid COVID-19 Vaccine (Recombinant protein,…
Resverlogix expanded phase 2b clinical trial for COVID-19 treatment with first site in Brazil and second in Canada
On Feb. 17, 2022, Resverlogix announced that the first Brazilian site had been initiated for its Phase 2b…
Therapeutic Goods Administration of Australia authorized Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in children (6-11 Years)
On Feb. 16, 2022, Moderna announced that the Therapeutic Goods Administration in Australia had granted provisional registration for…
BioNTech introduced first modular mRNA manufacturing facility to promote scalable vaccine production in Africa
On Feb. 16, 2022, BioNTech announced it had introduced its approach to establishing scalable vaccine production by developing…
European Medicines Agency approved Pfizer’s 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
On Feb. 15, 2022, Pfizer announced that the European Medicines Agency had approved the companyﾒs 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate…
Singapore Health Sciences Authority issued interim authorization for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 14, 2022, Novavax announced that the Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) had issued interim authorization for…