Novavax and Government of Canada finalize advance purchase agreement for COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 22, 2021, Novavax announced that it had finalized an agreement with the Government of Canada to…
Pfizer and BioNTech reached agreement with COVAX for advance purchase of vaccine to combat COVID-19
On Jan. 22, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced an advance purchase agreement with COVAX for up to 40…
Zoetis Introducted Poulvac® Procerta™ HVT-IBD vaccine for infectious bursal disease
On Jan. 21, 2021, Zoetis announced it had as expanded its line of recombinant vector vaccines with the…
The US Department of Defense recommended adults 75 and older should seek COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) recommended that adults ages 75 and older should…
Moderna announced first participant dosed in phase 1/2 study of COVID-19 vaccine in Japan led by Takeda
On Jan. 21, 2021, Moderna announced that the first participant has been dosed in the Phase 1/2 study…
ImmunityBio announced phase I trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate in South Africa as new variants spread
On Jan. 19, 2021, ImmunityBio announced it had received authorization from the South Africa Health Products Regulatory Authority…
Cue’s Molecular, point-of-care COVID-19 tests available under HHS and DoD pilot program
On Jan. 19, 2021, Cue Health announced that its molecular, point-of-care COVID-19 Tests were being distributed to five…
Heat Biologics commenced manufacturing process for ZVX-60
On Jan. 19, 2021, Heat Biologics announced it had transferred its gp96-based COVID-19 vaccine cell line (“ZVX-60”) to…
Pfizer and BioNTech published results of study showing COVID-19 vaccine antibodies neutralized UK strain
On Jan. 19, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that results from an in vitro study that provided additional…
VBI Vaccines announced publication of results from phase 4 study of prophylactic 3-ntigen HBV in vaccine
On Jan. 15, 2021, VBI Vaccines announced that results from a Phase 4 study of VBIﾒs prophylactic 3-antigen…
UW researchers develop tool to equitably distribute limited vaccines
On Jan. 15, 2021, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and UW…
Oxford Immunotec’s T-SPOT SARS-CoV-2 test used to measure efficacy of Valneva’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jan. 13, 2021, Oxford Immunotec announced the start of a collaboration with Valneva whereby it will perform…
Swissmedic authorized COVID-19 vaccine Moderna for Use in Switzerland
On Jan. 12, 2021, Moderna announced that Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, had authorized the COVID-19…
UNICEF, WHO, IFRC and MSF announced the establishment of a global Ebola vaccine stockpile
On Jan. 12, 2021, the four leading international health and humanitarian organizations announced the establishment of a global…
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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…
CureVac’s COVID-19 caccine aandidate, CVnCoV, demonstrated efficient protection of non-human primates
On Jan. 11, 2021, CureVac announced the publication of preclinical data demonstrating the induction of robust antibody and…
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, Novavax COVID-19 recombinant…
UK medicines regulator approved Moderna vaccine as third COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 8, 2021, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna has today been given regulatory approval for supply…
UK Medicines and Healthcare products regulatory agency authorized use of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna
On Jan. 8, 2021, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced it had accepted the recommendation…
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…
BioNTech confirmed EC’s proposal to purchase additional doses of vaccine
On Jan. 8, 2021, BioNTech announced that it was in talks with the European Commission (EC) about an…
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…
Moderna provided COVID-19 vaccine supply update
On Jan. 4, 2021, Moderna announced a supply update for the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, increasing its base-case global…
Israeli Ministry of Health authorized COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna
On Jan. 4, 2021, Moderna announced that Israel’s Ministry of Health (MOH) had given authorization to import the…
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…