COVAX and World Bank accelerated COVID-19 vaccine access for developing countries
On Jul. 26, 2021, COVAX and the World Bank accelerated COVID-19 vaccine supply for developing countries through a…
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COVID-19 vacation Destinations
Planning a Summer vacation? Where to go? How about going to one of those large events with tens…
CHMP adopted positive opinion recommending authorization for use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents in EU
On Jul. 23, 2021, Moderna announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human…
Moderna announced agreement with Taiwan for 20 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine and variant booster
On Jul. 22, 2021, Moderna announced a new supply agreement with Taiwan for 20 million doses of Moderna’s…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced collaboration with Biovac to manufacture and distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses in Africa
On Jul. 21, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the signing of a letter of intent with The Biovac…
Moderna partnered with Takeda and Government of Japan to aupply additional 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine and variant booster candidate
On Jul. 20, 2021, Moderna announced that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (MHLW) and…
iBio reported successful preclinical immunization studies with next-gen nucleocapsid COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 15, 2021, iBio announced that preclinical studies of IBIO-202, its subunit vaccine candidate that targets the…
Corvus discontinued phase 3 study of mupadolimab for COVID-19 due to vaccine effectiveness in reducing hospitalizations
On Jul. 15, 2021, Corvus Pharmaceuticals announced that it had discontinued its Phase 3 study of mupadolimab for…
Gavi signed agreements with Sinopharm and Sinovac for immediate supply to COVAX
On Jul. 12, 2021, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, announced that it had signed advance purchase agreements with Sinopharm…
Moderna announced supply agreement with Argentina for 20 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 12, 2021, Moderna announced a supply agreement with the government of Argentina for 20 million doses…
10 million doses of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine supplied to Taiwan Region
On Jul. 12, 2021, BioNTech announced that Fosun Industrial Co. had reached advance procurement agreements for the mRNA-based…
Pfizer and BioNTech provided update on booster program in light of the Delta-variant
On Jul. 8, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced encouraging data in the ongoing booster trial of a third…
Rice, Rutgers announced development of inhalable COVID-19 vaccine spray
On Jul. 7, 2021, Rice University announced a study to develop an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine. The project led…
Dynavax and Biological E announced agreement of Dynavax’s CpG 1018 adjuvant for Biological E’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jul. 6, 2021, Dynavax Technologies and Biological E announced the execution of a commercial supply agreement of…
Moderna announced Recipharm site in France manufacturing COVID-19 Vaccine following approval by EMA
On Jul. 1, 2021, Moderna confirmed that following the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Human Medicines (CHMP)…
HDT Bio received notice to proceed from FDA for U.S. phase 1 clinical trial of RNA COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 1, 2021, HDT Bio announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had reviewed the companyﾒs Investigational…
CureVac announced final data from phase 2b/3 trial of first-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV
On Jun. 30, 2021, CureVac announced results from the final analysis of its 40,000 subject international pivotal Phase…
Investigational malaria vaccine gives strong, lasting protection
On Jun. 30, 2021, the National Institutes of Health announced that two U.S. Phase 1 clinical trials of…
Novavax published results of UK phase 3 clinical trial demonstrating high levels of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy
On Jun. 30, 2021, Novavax announced the publication of results from the final analysis of a pivotal Phase…
Gavi signed agreement with Clover Biopharmaceuticals for supply to COVAX
On Jun. 30, 2021, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, that it had signed an advance purchase agreement with Clover…
Paratek announced first BARDA Project BioShield procurement of NUZYRA (omadacycline)
On Jun. 29, 2021, Paratek Pharmaceuticals announced it had delivered the first procurement of NUZYRA to the Biomedical…
Moderna provides a clinical update on neutralizing activity of COVID-19 vaccine on emerging variants
On Jun. 29, 2021, Moderna announced new results from in vitro neutralization studies of sera from individuals vaccinated…
Moderna announces Emergency Use Authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine granted by Government of India
On Jun. 29, 2021, Moderna announced that the government of India had issued a registration certificate and a…
Altimmune announced update on AdCOVIDﾙ phase 1 clinical trial
On Jun. 29, 2021, Altimmune announced phase 1 AdCOVID clinical trial data that showed AdCOVID appeared to be…
VBI Vaccines announced initial positive phase 1 data for its eVLP vaccine candidate against COVID-19
On Jun. 29, 2021, VBI Vaccines announced positive Phase 1 data from its Phase 1/2 trial of the…
Adjuvant developed with NIH funding enhanced efficacy of Indiaﾒs COVID-19 vaccine
On Jun. 29, 2021, the National Institutes of Health announced that an adjuvant developed with its funding had…
First trial participants vaccinated with Oxford COVID-19 variant vaccine
On Jun. 28, 2021, the University of Oxford in partnership with AstraZeneca began vaccinations for a new phase…
Mixed Oxford/Pfizer vaccine schedules generated robust immune response against COVID-19
On Jun. 28, 2021, researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV study reported that alternating doses of the…
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COVID-19 PPE distribution
Cast of Characters: Jay Inslee, Governor, Washington | Gavin Newsom, Governor, California | Doug Ducey, Governor, Arizona |…
Oxford researchers identified levels of antibody protection required to prevent symptomatic COVID-19
On Jun. 24, 2021, researchers from the University of Oxford released their findings about the so-called ﾑcorrelates of…