Baxter Biopharma Solutions announced sterile manufacturing agreement for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 11, 2021, Baxter announced an agreement to provide sterile manufacturing services for NVX-CoV2373, Novavaxï¾’ COVID-19 recombinant…
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Moderna announced three new development programs in infectious disease vaccines
On Jan. 11, 2021, Moderna announced that it was expanding its pipeline of innovative vaccines with three new…
UK medicines regulator approved Moderna vaccine as third COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 8, 2021, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna was given regulatory approval for supply by the…
UK Medicines and Healthcare products regulatory agency authorized use of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna
On Jan. 8, 2021, Moderna announced announced that the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) had…
In vitro study showed Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine elicited antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 with mutation
On Jan. 8, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced results from an in vitro study conducted by Pfizer and…
Oragenics entered into material transfer agreement with adjuvance technologies for COVID-19 vaccine adjuvant
On Jan. 7, 2021, Oragenics announced entering into a material transfer agreement with Adjuvance Technologies for use of…
Novavax finalized agreement with Commonwealth of Australia for 51 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 7, 2021, Novavax announced that it had executed an Advance Purchase Agreement with the Commonwealth of…
BioNTech published data on novel mRNA vaccine approach to treat autoimmune diseases in Science
On Jan. 7, 2021, BioNTech announced publication of preclinical data on its novel mRNA vaccine approach against autoimmune…
Protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 could last eight months or more
On Jan. 6, 2021, the La Jolla Institute for Immunology announced data that suggest nearly all COVID-19 survivors…
European Commission authorized COVID-19 vaccine Moderna in Europe
On Jan. 6, 2021, Moderna announced that the European Commission had granted a conditional marketing authorization for COVID-19…
CureVac and Bayer joined forces on COVID-19 vaccine candidate CVnCoV
On Jan. 6, 2021, Bayer announced it had signed a collaboration and services agreement with CureVac, a biopharmaceutical…
INOVIO and Advaccine announced partnership to commercialize COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate in China
On Jan. 4, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals and Advaccine Biopharmaceuticals announced that they had entered into a collaboration and…
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WHO issued its first EUV for a COVID-19 vaccine and emphasized need for equitable global access
On Dec. 31, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use,…
Moderna confirmed 40 million COVID-19 vaccine dose supply agreement with Republic of Korea
On Dec. 31, 2020, Moderna confirmed it had entered into a supply agreement with the government of the…
Peer-reviewed report on Moderna COVID-19 vaccine published
On Dec. 30, 2020, the NIH announced that the investigational vaccine known as mRNA-1273 was 94.1% efficacious in…
UK medicines regulator approved Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 30, 2020, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University/AstraZeneca was given regulatory approval by the UK…
Additional DOD locations selected to support COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials
On Dec. 29, 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced that the Womack Army Medical Center was…
Moderna confirmed discussions with government of South Korea to supply 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 29, 2020, Moderna confirmed that the Company was engaged in discussions with the government of South…
UNMC participated in COVID-19 vaccine study, planned to enroll 1,000
On Dec. 29, 2020, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Nebraska Medicine announced participation in a clinical…
The Serum Institute of India launched India’s first indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine
On Dec. 28, 2020, Serum Institute of India announced the launch of India’s first indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine…
Novavax initiated PREVENT-19 pivotal phase 3 efficacy trial of COVID-19 vaccine in the US and Mexico
On Dec. 28, 2020, Novavax announced initiation of PREVENT-19, its pivotal Phase 3 study in the U.S. and…
Soligenix announced $15 million NIH SBIR award advancing COVID-19 vaccine development
On Dec. 28, 2020, Soligenix announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), had awarded…
INOVIO announced publication of phase 1 data from COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate in The Lancet
On Dec. 24, 2020, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced publication of peer-reviewed Phase 1 clinical data from the first cohort…
Serum Institute of India and Dynavax announced first participants dosed in phase 1/2 clinical trial for COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 23, 2020, Serum Institute of India and Dynavax jointly announced that the first participants had been…
VBI Vaccines announced EMA acceptance of MAA for 3-Antigen prophylactic Hepatitis B vaccine
On Dec. 23, 2020, VBI Vaccines announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted the filing of…
Health Canada authorized Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Canada
On Dec. 23, 2020, Moderna announced that Health Canada had authorized its vaccine against COVID-19 for the immunization…
Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced commercial scale vaccine manufacturing facility in Hamilton, Montana
On Dec. 23, 2020, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced that it had completed the purchase of an approximately 44-acre site…
Pfizer and BioNTech to supply the US with 100 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 23, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced a second agreement with the U.S. government to supply an…
CDC’s ACIP updated interim recommendation for allocation of COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 22, 2020, the ACIP updated interim vaccine allocation recommendations. In Phase 1b, COVID-19 vaccine should be…
CureVac and University Medical Center Mainz started phase 3 clinical trial for COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Dec. 21, 2020, CureVac announced that the first participant in a clinical Phase 3 study with its…