Sanofi and GSK agreed with the UK government to supply up to 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 29, 2020, Sanofi and GSK announced an agreement with the UK government for the supply of…
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine protected upper and lower airways in nonhuman primates
On Jul. 28, 2020, scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases reported that two doses…
Moderna announced publication in the NEJM of non-human primate preclinical viral challenge study of its mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Jul. 28, 2020, Moderna announced a preclinical study evaluating mRNA-1273, its vaccine candidate against COVID-19, was published…
Soligenix announced publication of positive pre-clinical results for a novel COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 28, 2020, Soligenix announced publication of pre-clinical immunogenicity studies for its CiVax program (heat stable COVID-19…
Soligenix announced publication of positive pre-clinical results for a novel COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 28, 2020, Soligenix announced publication of pre-clinical immunogenicity studies for its CiVaxâ„¢ program (heat stable COVID-19…
Phase 3 clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 began
On Jul. 27, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that a phase 3 clinical trial designed…
Serum Institute conducted phase III clinical trial of BCG vaccine
On Jul. 27, 2020, the Serum Institute of India announced that it was is conducting phase III clinical…
Amyris and the Infectious Disease Research Institute partnered to advance novel RNA vaccine platform beginning with COVID-19 application
On Jul. 27, 2020, Amyris and the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) announced the signing of a binding…
Emergent BioSolutions signed agreement with AstraZeneca to expand manufacturing for COVID-19 caccine candidate
On Jul. 27, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced that it had signed an agreement to provide contract development and…
MediciNova announced SARS-CoV-2 vaccine joint development with BioComo and Mie University Japan
On Jul. 27, 2020, MediciNova announced an agreement with BioComo and Mie University (Mie prefecture, Japan) for joint…
Moderna announced phase 3 COVE study of mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 (mRNA-1273) began
On Jul. 27, 2020, Moderna announced that the Phase 3 study of its mRNA vaccine candidate (mRNA-1273) against…
Texas A&M College Station Bio-Manufacturing Center to produce COVID-19 vaccines
On Jul. 27, 2020, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB) and Texas A&M announced they mass will produce vaccines as…
Moderna announced expansion of BARDA agreement to support larger phase 3 program for vaccine (mRNA-1273) against COVID-19
On Jul. 26, 2020, Moderna announced a modification to its contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development…
Intravacc and Leiden University developed an animal replacement method for vaccines
On Jul. 23, 2020, Intravacc announced the publication of a study in Scientific Reports on alternatives to the…
Novavax and FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies initiated large scale manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jul. 23, 2020, Novavax and FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies announced an agreement to manufacture bulk drug substance for…
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Medigen Vaccines collaborated with Dynavax to develop novel adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jul. 23, 2020, Dynavax Technologies and Medigen Vaccine Biologics (MVC) announced a collaboration to develop an adjuvanted…
Altimmune announced manufacturing agreement with Vigene Biosciences for AdCOVIDï¾™ single dose intranasal vaccine candidate for COVID-19
On Jul. 22, 2020, Altimmune announced an agreement with Vigene Biosciences to manufacture AdCOVIDTM, Altimmuneï¾’s single-dose intranasal vaccine…
Experimental Coronavirus vaccine is safe and produced immune response
On Jul. 21, 2020, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers reported early results from the first COVID-19 vaccine…
GSK and CureVac announced strategic mRNA technology collaboration
On Jul. 21, 2020, GlaxoSmithKline and CureVac announced a strategic collaboration agreement for the research, development, manufacturing and…
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;…