Oxford University vaccine effective against major B117 ﾑKentﾒ coronavirus strain circulating in the UK
On Feb. 5, 2021, Oxford University announced that a preprint of ongoing work to assess effectiveness of Oxfordﾒs…
Novavax announced start of rolling review by multiple regulatory authorities for COVID-19 vaccine authorization
On Feb. 4, 2021, Novavax announced the start of the rolling review process for authorization of NVX-CoV2373, its…
Johnson & Johnson announced submission of application to FDA for EUA of its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 4, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced that subsidiary Janssen Biotech, had submitted an application to the…
COVAX expected to start sending millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February
On Feb. 4, 2021, COVAX notified countries in Africa of the estimated dose allocation for the first phase…
COVAX expected to start sending millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February
On Feb. 3, 2021, COVAX notified countries in Africa of the estimated dose allocation for the first phase…
Vaxart announced positive preliminary data from phase 1 clinical trial evaluating oral COVID-19 tablet vaccine candidate
On Feb. 3, 2021, Vaxart announced preliminary data from its Phase 1 study of VXA-CoV2-1 showing that its…
Dynavax and Serum Institute announced first participant dosed in trial evaluating Tdap vaccine adjuvanted with CpG 1018
On Feb. 3, 2021, Dynavax Technologies and Serum Institute of India announced that the first participant has been…
First-in-human clinical trial confirmed novel HIV vaccine approach
On Feb. 3, 2021, IAVI and Scripps Research announced a phase 1 clinical trial testing a novel vaccine…
Moderna announced amendment to supply agreement with Switzerland for additional 6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 3, 2021, Moderna announced the Swiss Federal Government had increased its confirmed order commitment from 7.5…
Singapore Health Sciences Authority approved interim authorization of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna
On Feb. 3, 2021, Moderna announced that the Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) had approved the interim authorization…
Novavax and Government of Switzerland announced agreement in principle to supply COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 3, 2021, Novavax announced that the company had executed a binding Heads of Terms agreement with…
NIH study of Intranasal influenza vaccine spurred strong immune response in Phase 1 study
On Feb. 3, 2021, an experimental single-dose, intranasal influenza vaccine, was safe and produced a durable immune response…
GSK and CureVac announced JV to develop next generation mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
On Feb. 2, 2021, GlaxoSmithKline and CureVac announced a new ﾀ150m collaboration, building on their existing relationship, to…
Novavax announced MOU to produce COVID-19 vaccine made in Canada
On Feb. 2, 2021, Novavax announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Canadian government to produce NVX-CoV2373,…
Clover and Dynavax announced planned global phase 2/3 efficacy trial of adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 1, 2021, Clover Biopharmaceuticals and Dynavax Technologies announced a plan to initiate a global Phase 2/3…
Dynavax and CEPI announced $99 million in funding for CpG 1018 adjuvant manufacturing
On Feb. 1, 2021, Dynavax Technologies and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced they have entered…
Dynavax announced exercise of option to reserve additional CpG 1018 to produce 40 million doses of adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 1, 2021, Dynavax Technologies announced Valneva had informed it that the UK Government exercised its option…
Pfizer and BioNTech publish preclinical data from investigational COVID-19 vaccine program in Nature
On Feb. 1, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that preclinical data in non-human primate and mouse models from…
Pfizer and BioNTech published data on COVID-19 vaccine-induced antibodiesﾒ ability to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 UK strain
On Jan. 29, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that data from an in vitro study on the capability…
Single-shot Janssen COVID-19 vaccine candidate met primary endpoints in interim analysis of phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial
On Jan. 29, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced topline efficacy and safety data from the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE…
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated 89.3% efficacy in UK phase 3 trial
On Jan. 28, 2021, Novavax announced that NVX-CoV2373, its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate, had met the primary endpoint,…
Celsion filed provisional U.S. patent application for broad range of next generation DNA vaccines
On Jan. 28, 2021, Celsion announced the filing of a provisional U.S. patent application for a novel DNA-based,…
Vaxart announced publication that showed potential clinical and economic value of a Norovirus vaccine
On Jan. 27, 2021, Vaxart announced that health care economic findings published in the American Journal of Preventative…
OncoSec announced first subjects dosed in phase 1 trial of CORVax12, COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jan. 27, 2021, OncoSec Medical announced that it had dosed several subjects in its Phase 1 clinical…
Moderna confirms discussions with US Government for additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 27, 2021, Moderna confirmed that the Company is in discussion with the U.S. government to purchase…
In vitro studies demonstrated COVID-19 vaccine elicited antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 with UK and South African Variants
On Jan. 27, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced results from in vitro neutralization studies of sera from individuals…
Vaxart announced additional preclinical COVID-19 oral vaccine data and publication
On Jan. 26, 2021, Vaxart announced additional results from its SARS-CoV-2 Hamster Challenge Study, as well as a…
Moderna provided U.S. COVID-19 vaccine supply update
On Jan. 26, 2021, Moderna reported that 30.4 million doses have been supplied to the U.S. Government to…
Regeneron reported positive data with REGEN-COV antibody cocktail as passive vaccine to prevent COVID-19
On Jan. 26, 2021, Regeneron announced positive initial results from an ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating REGEN-COV…
Merck discontinued development of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 vaccine candidates
On Jan. 25, 2021, Merck announced that the company had discontinued development of its SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 vaccine candidates, V590…