XPhyto rapid point-of-care COVID-19 PCR test offered for sale in Germany
On May 20, 2021, XPhyto announced announced it had commenced a pilot project with its rapid COVID-19 PCR…
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Pfizer and BioNTech announced supplying EU with up to 1.8 billion additional doses of COMIRNATY
On May 20, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced a new agreement with the European Commission (EC) to supply…
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Pfizer and BioNTech signed agreement to supply 60 million additional doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to Turkey
On May 20, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced an agreement with Turkey’s Ministry of Health to supply 60…
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Preliminary data suggested mixing Covid-19 vaccine increases reactogenicity
On May 13, 2021, University of Oxford researchers reported that Com-COV study data comparing mixed dosing schedules of…
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Pfizer and BioNTech received first U.S. EUA of COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents
On May 10, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had expanded…
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Pfizer and BioNTech initiated rolling submission of Biologics License Application for FDA approval of COVID-19 vaccine
On May 7, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the initiation of a Biologics License Application (BLA) with the…
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WHO and Germany launched new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence
On May 5, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Federal Republic of Germany announced a new…
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Pfizer and BioNTech received Health Canada authorization of COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents
On May 5, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that Health Canada had expanded the Interim Order authorization for…
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Pfizer and BioNTech submitted request to expand conditional marketing authorization of COMIRNATY in EU to adolescents
On Apr. 29, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced they had submitted a variation to the Conditional Marketing Authorization…
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CDC | COVID-19 | Infectious Disease | Vaccine
Fully vaccinated adults 65 and older are 94% less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19
On Apr. 28, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that both mRNA COVID-19 vaccines…
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COVID-19 infections survey revealed significant reductions in COVID-19 infections with single dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
On Apr. 23, 2021, University of Oxford data from the COVID-19 Infection Survey was the first to show…
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Pfizer and BioNTech supply the European Union with 100 million additional doses of COMIRNATY
On Apr. 19, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced supplying an additional 100 million doses of COMIRNATY, the companies…
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NIH began study of allergic reactions to Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines
On Apr. 7, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that a clinical trial is underway to determine…
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EMA approved new storage option for Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, easing distribution and storage of doses
On Mar. 26, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved storage of COMIRNATY…
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Biotechnology | FDA | Oncology | Therapeutics
FDA approved Bristol Myers Squibb’s and bluebird bio’s Abecma for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
On Mar. 26, 2021, Bristol Myers Squibb and bluebird bio announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
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BioNTech updated on vaccine production status at Marburg manufacturing site
On Mar. 26, 2021, BioNTech announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the manufacturing of the COVID-19…
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XPhyto announces European approval for 25 minute COVID-19 PCR test
On Mar. 18, 2021, XPhyto and its exclusive German diagnostics development partner, 3a-diagnostics, are pleased to announce the…
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Real-world evidence confirmed high effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 11, 2021, the Israel Ministry of Health (MOH), Pfizer and BioNTech announced real-world evidence demonstrating dramatically…
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Moderna announced supply agreement to provide 13 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines
On Mar. 6, 2021, Moderna announced a supply agreement with the Government of The Philippines for 13 million doses…
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Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Rwanda
On Mar. 3, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech, in partnership with UNICEF, announced the arrival of the first doses…
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Pfizer and BioNTech announced supply the European Union with 200 million additional doses of COMIRNATY
On Feb. 17, 2021, BioNTech announced an agreement with the European Commission (EC) to supply an additional 200 million…
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BioNTech and Fosun Pharma to supply China with mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 16, 2020, BioNTech and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical announced an agreement to supply Mainland China with an…
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U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs began COVID-19 vaccinations
On Dec. 14, 2020, the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that the New Orleans and Bedford,…
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Walgreens Boots Alliance and McKesson completed formation of German wholesale joint venture
On Nov. 2, 2020, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and McKesson announced the completion of their previously announced agreement…
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Biotechnology | Chemistry | CRISPR | Genomics | Therapeutics
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2020 awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing”
On Oct. 7, 2020, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded to Drs. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer…
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Y chromosomes of Neandertals and Denisovans was sequenced
On Sept. 24, 2020, an international research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in…
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BioNTech acquired GMP manufacturing site to expand COVID-19 vaccine production
On Sept. 17, 2020, BioNTech announced an agreement with Novartis to acquire their GMP certified manufacturing facility in…
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BioNTech received €375M in funding from German Federal Ministry to support COVID-19 vaccine program BNT162
On Sept. 15, 2020, BioNTech announced that it will receive a grant of up to 375 million Euro…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Influenza | Non-Profit Research | Vaccine
Flu may increase the spread of Covid-19
On Sept. 14, 2020, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin and the Institut…
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Biotechnology | Clinical Research | COVID-19 | FDA | Vaccine
BioNTech and Pfizer proposed expansion of pivotal COVID-19 vaccine trial
On Sept. 12, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they had submitted an amended protocol to the FDA…
