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 | 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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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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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…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo declared Ebola outbreak over
On Dec. 16, 2021, the Ebola outbreak that erupted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Vaccine | WHO
World Health Organization announced interim recommendations for use of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.S vaccine
On Dec. 10, 2021, the World Health Organization announced interim recommendations for the use of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.S…
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WHO announced classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern
On Nov. 26, 2021, the World Health Organization announced that the Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution…
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WHO and Medicines Patent Pool announced first transparent, global, non-exclusive licence for COVID-19 technology
On Nov. 23, 2021, the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool and the Medicines Patent Pool finalized…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Infectious Disease | Nanotechnology | Vaccine | WHO
Novavax and Serum Institute of India received Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines
On Nov. 17, 2021, Novavax and and Serum Institute of India announced that the Philippine Food and Drug…
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Novavax confirmed European Medicines Agency review of COVID-19 vaccine filing for Conditional Marketing Authorization
On Nov. 17, 2021, Novavax announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had begun its evaluation of an…
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Pfizer and MPP announced agreement for COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment candidate to expand access in low- and middle-income countries
On Nov. 16, 2021, Pfizer and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), a United Nations-backed public health organization working…
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EU to donate more than 70 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to COVAX to fight COVID-19 pandemic in low income countries
On Nov. 16, 2021, Moderna announced an agreement that enabled the European Union and European Economic Area countries…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Measles | Vaccine | WHO
Global progress against measles threatened amidst COVID-19 pandemic
On Nov. 10, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that while reported measles cases had fallen compared…
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COVID-19 | Nanotechnology | Vaccine | WHO
Novavax filed COVID-19 vaccine for Emergency Use listing with World Health Organization
On Nov. 4, 2021, Novavax announced the completion of its rolling submission to the World Health Organization (WHO)…
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WHO issued emergency use listing for eighth COVID-19 vaccine
On Nov. 3, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for COVAXIN (developed…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Infectious Disease | Vaccine | WHO
Moderna updated timing of U.S. Emergency Use Authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents
On Oct. 31, 2021, Moderna announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had notified the Company…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | HIV | Life Science History | Non-Profit Research | Polio | Therapeutics | Vaccine | WHO
WHO bestowed posthumous award on the late Henrietta Lacks
On Oct. 13, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) honoured the late Henrietta Lacks with a WHO Director-General’s…
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Moderna announced COVAX exercised option to purchase 176.5 million additional doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Oct. 12, 2021, Moderna announced that Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance had exercised its option to purchase an…
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Ebola case reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On Oct. 8, 2021, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced that a…
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WHO, UN set out steps to meet world COVID vaccination targets
On Oct. 7, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Strategy to Achieve Global Covid-19 Vaccination by…
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Fifteen African countries hit 10% COVID-19 vaccination goal
On Sept. 30, 2021, the WHO announced that fifteen African countries – nearly a third of the continent’s…
