CEPI and GSK announced collaboration to strengthen the global effort to develop a vaccine for the 2019-nCoV virus
On Feb. 3, 2020, CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and GSK announced a new collaboration aimed…
Vaxart announced initiation of Coronavirus vaccine program
On Jan. 31, 2020, Vaxart announced it had initiated a program to develop a coronavirus vaccine candidate based…
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Sorrento and Celularity to initiate emergency allogeneic natural killer cell therapy development for Coronavirus infection
On Jan. 29, 2020, Sorrento Therapeutics announced it had initiated a clinical and manufacturing collaboration with Celularity, a…
GSK licensed tuberculosis vaccine candidate to the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute for continued development
On Jan. 27, 2020, GSK announced that it had licensed its M72/AS01E[3] tuberculosis disease (TB) vaccine candidate to…
CDC published updated ACIP recommendations on the use of Td and Tdap vaccines
On Jan. 24, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published updated Immunization Practices Advisory Committee…
World’s first meningitis B national infant vaccination programme showed 75% drop in cases over three years
On Jan. 23, 2020, two independent meningitis B studies were published in the New England Journal of Medicine…
Moderna announced funding award from CEPI to accelerate development of mRNA vaccine against novel Coronavirus
On Jan. 23, 2020, Moderna announced a new collaboration to develop an mRNA vaccine against the novel coronavirus…
US DoD exercised option for IXIARO vaccine for Japanese encephalitis with Valneva
On Jan. 14, 2020, Valneva announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) had exercised an option to…
Sinovac announced approval of varicella vaccine for prevention of varicella/zoster virus (chickenpox) in children
On Dec. 27, 2019, Sinovac Biotech announced that the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) had approved and…
Medigen Vaccine Biologics completed enrollment of phase III MRCT For EV71 vaccine
On Dec. 25, 2019, Medigen Vaccine Biologics (MVB) announced it had completed the enrollment of phase III multi-region…
New MERS Coronavirus vaccine clinical trial started in Saudi Arabia
On Dec. 20, 2019, Vaccitech’s partner, the University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute, in collaboration with The King Abdullah…
New pneumococcal vaccine from Serum Institute of India achieved WHO prequalification
On Dec. 19, 2019, the WHO announced that PNEUMOSIL, a vaccine against a leading cause of deadly childhood…
CDC published ACIP recommendations on the use of BioThrax
On Dec. 13, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP)…
Seqirus’ Received Health Canada approval of first cell-based seasonal influenza vaccine
On Dec. 11, 2019, Seqirus announced that its cell-based quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIVc) had received approval from Health…
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CDC published updated ACIP recommendations for use of PCV13 and PPSV23 pneumococcal vaccines for adults age 65 and older
On Nov. 22, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention”s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)…
Researchers at UGA’s Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases received a $16 million grant to study tropical diseases
On Oct. 30, 2019, researchers at the University of Georgia’s Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases received…
New York State experienced measles outbreak
On Oct. 3, 2019, the New York State Department of Health announced that more than 42 days –…
New York State declared measles free
On Oct. 3, 2019, the New York State Department of Health announced that more than 42 days –…
The NIH awarded up to $130 million over seven years for UGA to develop universal flu vaccine
On Sept. 30, 2019, the University of Georgia (UGA) announced it had signed a contract with the National…
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Seattle Children’s received $30 million NIH funding to establish centers for TB vaccine development
On Sept. 26, 2019, Seattle Children’s announced it was one of three recipients of $30 million in first-year-funding…
AAFP, AAP, ACHA, ACOG, APhA, SAHM, and IAC released “Dear Colleague” letter stressing importance of 16-year-old immunization visit
On Sept. 24, 2019, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College…
The City of Port St Lucie Council voted to ﾠLeaseﾠthe former VGTI Florida facility to the ﾠCleveland Clinic for $1 per year for 15 years
On Aug. 26, 2019 , the City of Port St. Lucie Council voted 5 to 0 to ﾠleaseﾠ…
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CDC released ACIP recommendations on use of influenza vaccines for the 2019-20 influenza season
On Aug. 23, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP)…
CDC published updated ACIP recommendations for human papillomavirus vaccination of adults
On Aug. 16, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published updated Immunization Practices Advisory Committee…
CDC published ACIP recommendations on use of Japanese encephalitis vaccine
On Jul. 19, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published recommendations from the Advisory Committee…
Vanderbilt Vaccine Center Director James Crow Jr, MD, was awarded half of the Future Insight Prize by Merck KGaA of Germany
On Jul. 9, 2019, Vanderbilt Vaccine Center announced that Director James Crow Jr., MD, had been awarded half…
CanSinoBIO received approval for Its 13-valent penumococcal conjugate vaccine to start clinical trials
On Jun. 20, 2019, CanSino Biologics announced that it had received the National Medical Products Administration’s (NMPA) permission…
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Winship Cancer Institute awarded prestigious Lung Cancer SPORE grant from NCI
On Jun. 10, 2019, the Winship Cancer Institute was awarded a five-year, $9.7 million Specialized Program of Research…
Vaccitech universal flu vaccine passed Phase 2b clinical development milestones
On Jun. 5, 2019, Vaccitech announced that it has administered its pandemic universal influenza A vaccine MVA-NP+M1 (VTP-100)…
UGA researchers discovered a vaccine for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) virus
On Apr. 25, 2019, researchers at the University of Georgia announced they had successfully discovered a single-dose vaccine…