Experimental coronavirus vaccine reported safe and produces immune response
On Jul. 21, 2020, researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that early results from the…
COVID-19 vaccine trials conducted at Washington University, Saint Louis University
On Jul. 21, 2020, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Saint Louis…
BD received additional orders for 177 million injection devices for US, Canada COVID-19 vaccine preparations
On Jul. 21, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced additional pandemic orders for needles and syringes from the U.S….
The Serum Institute of India to apply for local trials of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 20, 2020, the Serum Institute of India (SII) announced that with the trials of the COVID-19…
Valneva confirmed participation in UK Government COVID-19 Vaccine Response Program
On Jul. 20, 2020, Valneva confirmed its participation in the UK government COVID-19 vaccine response program. Valneva had…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced sgreement with the UK for 30 million doses of mRNA-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2
On Jul. 20, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced an agreement with the United Kingdom to supply 30 million…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced early positive update from German phase 1/2 COVID-19 vaccine study
On Jul. 20, 2020, BioNTech and Pfizer announced initial data from their ongoing German Phase 1/2, open-label, non-randomized,…
Thermo Fisher Scientific’s to support development and production of COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines
On Jul. 20, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific expanded global capacity and capabilities across its leading pharma services network…
HDT BIOï¾’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate HDT-301 induced neutralizing antibody responses after single injection
On Jul. 20, 2020, scientists at HDT Bio, PAI Life Sciences, and the University of Washington announced they…
HDT Bio partnered with Gennova Biopharmaceuticals to bring COVID-19 vaccine to human trials
On Jul. 19, 2020, HDT Bio announced co-development efforts with Gennova Biopharmaceuticals to start evaluating HDT-301, a COVID-19…
Novartis launched first-of-its-kind not-for-profit portfolio of medicines for symptomatic treatment of COVID-19
On Jul. 16, 2020, Novartis announced a new initiative to help patients in low-income and lower-middle-income countries (LIC;…
Tonix Pharma announced research collaboration to develop precision medicine techniques for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics
On Jul. 16, 2020, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced it had entered into a research collaboration and option agreement with…
WHO and UNICEF warn of a decline in vaccinations during COVID-19
On Jul. 14, 2020, the WHO and UNICEF warned of an alarming decline in the number of children…
More than 150 countries engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility
On Jul. 15, 2020, seventy-five countries submitted expressions of interest to protect their populations and those of other…
Tevogen Bio announced steps toward proprietary T Cell therapy for development of bivalent vaccine for COVID-19 and influenza
On Jul. 15, 2020, Tevogen Bio announced its intention to evaluate its proprietary antigen-specific T cell technology as…
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine safe, generated immune response
On Jul. 14, 2020, an investigational vaccine, mRNA-1273, designed to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus…
HKUMed researchers mined immunogenic information from SARS-CoV-2 for rational design of vaccine against SARS-CoV-2
On Jul. 14, 2020, researchers at the The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) collaborated with researchers at the…
Fosun announced COVID-19 vaccine product received acceptance notice of clinical trial application by NMPA
On Jul. 14, 2020, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical announced it had received the acceptance notice of clinical trial application…
Moderna announced publication in The New England Journal of Medicine of interim results from phase 1 study of its mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Jul. 14, 2020, Moderna announced the publication of an interim analysis of the open-label Phase 1 study…
Altimmune and University of Alabama at Birmingham announced positive preclinical results for intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AdCOVIDï¾™
On Jul. 13, 2020, Altimmune announced positive results from the preclinical studies of its intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate,…
Preliminary study suggested tuberculosis vaccine may be limiting COVID-19 deaths
On Jul. 13, 2020, researchers from Virginia Tech and the NIH suggested that Bacille Calmette-Gu�rin (BCG), a tuberculosis…
Spanish National Center for Biotechnology uses Atos supercomputing expertise to find out how Covid-19 virus initiates infection
On Jul. 9, 2020, Atos announced that the Biocomputing Unit at the Spanish National Center for Biotechnology (CNB),…
Moderna and ROVI announced collaboration for OUS fill-finish manufacturing of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jul. 9, 2020 Moderna and Laboratorios Farmaceuticos Rovi announced a collaboration for large-scale, commercial fill-finish manufacturing of…
Altimmune signed agreement with DynPort Vaccine on US Government funding efforts for COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AdCOVIDï¾™
On Jul. 9, 2020, Altimmune announced that it had entered into a teaming agreement with DynPort Vaccine Company…
Kaiser Permanente Washington announced COVID-19 vaccine trial registry opened for volunteers
On Jul. 8, 2020, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) announced that it had created a registry…
Moderna completed enrollment of phase 2 study of its mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 (mRNA-1273)
On Jul. 8, 2020, Moderna announced that it had completed enrollment for both cohorts of the Phase 2…
BD partnered with U.S. Government on $70 million manufacturing infrastructure project for mass vaccination campaigns
On Jul. 8, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced the formation of a strategic, public-private partnership with the Biomedical…
Fred Hutch joined international COVID-19 vaccine effort
On Jul. 8, 2020, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center was named the coordinating center for vaccine clinical…
GSK and Medicago announced collaboration to develop a novel adjuvanted COVID-19 candidate vaccine
On Jul. 7, 2020, GlaxoSmithKline and Medicago announced a collaboration to develop and evaluate a COVID-19 candidate vaccine…
Novavax announced $1.6 billion funding from Operation Warp Speed
On Jul. 7, 2020, Novavax announced that it had been selected to participate in Operation Warp Speed, a…