World Health Organization approved SK bioscience as supplier of Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 2, 2022, Novavax announced that Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, had expanded its temporary…
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Biotechnology | Vaccine | WHO
GSK awarded $170 million UNICEF contract for malaria vaccine
On Aug. 16, 2022, UNICEF announced that it had awarded a contract for the first ever supply of…
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WHO experts gave Mpox virus variants new names
On Aug. 12, 2022, a group of global experts convened by WHO agreed on new names for monkeypox…
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WHO recommended long-acting cabotegravir for HIV prevention
On Jul. 28, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines for the use of long-acting injectable…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Measles | Vaccine | WHO
COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades
On Jul. 15, 2022, The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded…
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U.S. FDA granted EUA for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, adjuvanted for individuals aged 18 and over
On Jul. 13, 2022, Novavax announced that its COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted (NVX-CoV2373) had received emergency use authorization from…
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Ghana reported first-ever suspected cases of Marburg virus disease
On Jul. 7, 2022, Ghana has announced the preliminary finding of two cases of Marburg virus disease and…
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo declareed 14th Ebola outbreak over
On Jul. 4, 2022, the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared the end of the Ebola outbreak that…
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WHO announced nulti-country mpox outbreak in non-endemic countries
On May 21, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that since May 13, 2022, cases of mpox…
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WHO validated 11th vaccine for COVID-19
On May 19, 2022, World Health Organization (WHO) issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for CONVIDECIA, a vaccine…
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WHO and Medicines Patent Pool announced agreement with NIH for COVID-19 health technologies
On May 12, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 Technology Access Pool and the Medicines Patent Pool…
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WHO informed of a confirmed case of mpox in an individual who travelled from the United Kingdom to Nigeria
On May 7, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) was informed of a confirmed case of Mpox in…
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WHO reported 14.9 million excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021
On May 5, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported estimates that show the full death toll associated…
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WHO reported Ebola virus disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo
On Apr. 28, 2022, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared an outbreak…
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WHO recommended Paxlovid for high-risk COVID patients
On Apr. 22, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) made a strong recommendation for nirmatrelvir and ritonavir, sold…
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Medicine | Therapeutics | WHO
WHO established the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India
On Mar. 25, 2022, the WHO and the Government of India signed an agreement to establish the WHO…
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Biotechnology | Infectious Disease | Polio | Vaccine | WHO
More than 80 million doses administered to southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives
On Mar. 18, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Malawi had launched the first round of…
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First-ever malaria vaccine recommendation published in a position paper and in the WHO guidelines for malaria
On Mar. 4, 2022, the WHO announced it had published an updated position paper on the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S)…
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COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Therapeutics | Vaccine | WHO
WHO and MPP welcomed NIH’s offer of COVID-19 health technologies to C-TAP
On Mar. 3, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) jointly welcomed the announcement…
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Roche announced donation of essential medicines to Ukraine
On Mar. 2, 2022, Roche announced an initial donation of essential medicines to Ukraine. Roche is working diligently…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics | Vaccine | WHO
Sorrento announced COVISHIELD antibody strongly neutralized BA.2 Omicron sublineage virus
On Feb. 22, 2022, Sorrento Therapeutics announced that additional preclinical results demonstrate broad spectrum COVISHIELD (STI-9167) neutralizing activity…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Infectious Disease | NIH | Vaccine | WHO
Novavax and Serum Institute of India announced first EUA of COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents =12 to <18 in India
On Mar. 22, 2022, Novavax and Serum Institute of India announced that the Drugs Controller General of India…
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WHO announced first technology recipients of mRNA vaccine hub
On Feb. 18, 2022, the WHO announced the first six countries that will receive the technology needed to…
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WHO granted prequalification of Actemra/RoActemra for patients with severe or critical COVID-19
On Feb. 11, 2022, Roche announced that Actemraﾮ/RoActemraﾮ (tocilizumab) intravenous (IV) had been granted World Health Organization (WHO)…
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WHO prequalified first monoclonal antibody – tocilizumab ﾖ to treat COVID-19
On Feb. 11, 2022, the WHO announced the addition of tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody, to its list of…
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WHO and Viamo provided critical access to COVID-19 information to the next billion digital users via their mobile phones
On Jan. 28, 2022, the WHO announced that COVID-19 information had reached 1,292,209 people through Viamoﾒs 3-2-1 Platform…
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COVAX delivered its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose
On Jan. 16, 2022, the WHO announced that it had shipped 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccines to Rwanda on…
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WHO recommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
On Jan. 14, 2022, the WHO announced that it had recommended two new drugs for COVID-19, providing yet…
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World Health Organization granted scond Emergency Use listing for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 20, 2021, Novavax announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) had granted a second Emergency Use…
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Novavax and Serum Institute of India announced WHO Emergency Use listing for NVX-CoV2373 COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 17, 2021, Novavax and SK bioscience announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) had granted Emergency…
