Universal mosquito vaccine tested
On Jun. 23, 2020, the NIH announced it had tested a ﾓuniversal mosquito vaccineﾔ known as AGS-v. It…
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Intranasal immunization with Intravaccﾒs experimental whooping cough vaccine confered broad protection
On Jun. 22, 2020, Intravacc announced promising results of a preclinical study with its experimental whooping cough vaccine…
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Pfizer announced start of four phase 3 clinical trials for investigational vaccines
On Jun. 22, 2020, Pfizer announced the initiation of four phase 3 clinical trials within its current pipeline…
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Taconic Biosciences announced distribution of critical COVID-19 mouse model
On Jun. 22, 2020, Taconic Biosciences announced an exclusive agreement with the University of Texas Medical Branch at…
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GSK COVID-19 vaccine development collaboration with Clover Biopharmaceuticals began clinical trials
On Jun. 19, 2020, GSK announced that a scientific collaboration with Clover Pharmaceuticals to develop an adjuvanted COVID-19…
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Dynavax announced first participants dosed in phase 1 clinical trial evaluating Clover Biopharma’s COVID-19 S-Trimer vaccine candidate with CpG 1018 adjuvant
On Jun. 19, 2020, Dynavax Technologies announced the first participants were dosed in the Phase 1 clinical trial…
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Tonix Pharma and Southern Research announced expansion of COVID-19 vaccine collaboration
On Jun. 18, 2020, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced an expansion of its strategic collaboration with Southern Research to include…
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Oxford University and Bvlgari announced collaboration to fight COVID-19 and future pandemics
On Jun. 17, 2020, Bvlgari, the Italian luxury brand, announced plans to support research into COVID-19 and vaccine…
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Pneumonia vaccine price dropped dramatically for lower-income countries thanks to the Gavi pneumococcal Advance Market Commitment
On Jun. 16, 2020, lower-income countries across the world have access life-saving pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, which protect against…
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Batavia Biosciences and Valneva collaborated to accelerate development of low-cost inactivated polio vaccine
On Jun. 15, 2020, Batavia Biosciences and Valneva announced a collaboration agreement to accelerate market-access of a low-cost…
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Catalent announced agreement with AstraZeneca to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jun. 15, 2020, Catalent announced that it will provide vial filling and packaging capacity to AstraZeneca at…
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AstraZeneca to supply Europe with up to 400 million doses of Oxford Universityﾒs vaccine at no profit
On Jun. 13, 2020, AstraZeneca announced an agreement with Europeﾒs Inclusive Vaccines Alliance (IVA), spearheaded by Germany, France,…
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Sinovac announced positive preliminary results of phase I/II clinical trials for inactivated vaccine candidate against COVID-19
On Jun. 13, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced positive preliminary results of phase I/II clinical trial for the Companyﾒs…
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Emergent BioSolutions signed agreement to be US manufacturing partner for AstraZenecaﾒs COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jun. 11, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced deployment of its molecule-to-market contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) services to…
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Moderna advanced late-stage development of vaccine (mRNA-1273) against COVID-19
On Jun. 11, 2020, Moderna announced progress on late-stage development of mRNA-1273, the Company’s mRNA vaccine candidate against…
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Sinovac and Butantan joined efforts to advance clinical development of an inactivated vaccine for COVID-19 to phase III
On Jun. 11, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced the signing of a clinical development collaboration agreement to advance the…
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Johnson & Johnson announced acceleration of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate with phase 1/2a clinical trial
On Jun. 10, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that through its Janssen Pharmaceutical subsidiary it has accelerated the…
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Catalent partnered with Spicona to develop COVID-19 vaccine candidate using GPEx cell line development platform
On Jun. 10, 2020, Catalent announced that it had signed an agreement with Spicona to develop a virus-like…
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Intranasal and Versatope signed agreement to develop universal influenza vaccine based on OMV technology
On Jun. 8, 2020, Intravacc and Versatope announced that they have signed a research service agreement to further…
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Unique biorepository stores samples from Alberta COVID-19 patients for future research
On Jun. 5, 2020, the Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL) COVID-19 Biorepository was announced to ensure researchers have the…
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The UK Global Vaccine Summit secured $74 billion in funding to support global vaccine supply and immunisation
On Jun. 5, 2020, the UK thelped secure $7.4 billion in funding to support global vaccine supply and…
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University of Queensland, CEPI and CSL partnered to advance development of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jun. 5, 2020, CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, CSL and The University of Queensland (UQ)…
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Novavax awarded Department of Defense contract for COVID-19 vaccine
On Jun. 4, 2020, Novavax announced that the company had been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department…
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INOVIO and IVI Partnered with Seoul National University Hospital to start phase 1/2 clinical trial of COVID-19 DNA vaccine (INO-4800) in South Korea
On Jun. 4, 2020, INOVIO and Seoul National University Hospital announced a partnership to start a Phase 1/2…
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iBio announced second COVID-19 vaccine program
On Jun. 4, 2020, iBio announced it had initiatied preclinical immunization studies for its second COVID-19 vaccine platform….
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World leaders made historic commitments to provide equal access to vaccines for all
On Jun. 4, 2020, world leaders pledged an additional US$ 8.8 billion for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, far…
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HPV vaccine manufacturers commited to provide enough supply to immunise at least 84 million girls in Gavi countries
On Jun. 4, 2020, vaccine manufacturers MSD, GSK, Innovax, Serum Institute of India and Walvax pledged to ramp…
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The Gates Foundation pledged $16 billion to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to protect the next generation with vaccines
On Jun. 4, 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a five-year, US$1.6 billion commitment to Gavi,…
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HPV vaccine manufacturers committed to immunise at least 84 million girls in Gavi countries
On Jun. 4, 2020, vaccine manufacturers MSD, GSK, Innovax, Serum Institute of India (SII) and Walvax pledged to…
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WHO welcomed crucial new funding for vaccines
On Jun. 4, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed funding commitments from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s third…
