Agilent announced immunoassay kit to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
On Feb. 18, 2021, Agilent Technologies announced the launch of the Agilent Dako SARS-CoV-2 IgG Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay…
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Canada purchased additional 4 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 12, 2021, Moderna announced that the Canadian Government had increased its confirmed order commitment by 4…
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Novavax announced MOU to produce COVID-19 vaccine made in Canada
On Feb. 2, 2021, Novavax announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Canadian government to produce NVX-CoV2373,…
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Rigel awarded $165 Million from US DOD for phase 3 clinical trial of Fostamatinib in COVID-19 patients
On Jan. 29, 2021, Rigel Pharma announced it has been awarded $16.5 million by the U.S. Department of…
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Novavax and Government of Canada finalize advance purchase agreement for COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 22, 2021, Novavax announced that it had finalized an agreement with the Government of Canada to…
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VBI Vaccines announced progress of Coronavirus vaccine program
On Jan. 21, 2021, VBI Vaccines announced that it expected to initiate the first Phase 1/2 clinical study…
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Cepheid received Health Canada license for SARS-CoV-2, Flu A, Flu B and RSV combination test
On Jan. 14, 2021, Cepheid that Health Canada announced that it had issued Cepheid a medical device license…
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SIGA announced Public Health Agency of Canada contract to purchase $33 million of Oral TPOXX
On Jan. 13, 2021, SIGA Technologies announced that the Public Health Agency of Canada had awarded a contract…
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Health Canada authorized Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Canada
On Dec. 23, 2020, Moderna announced that Health Canada had authorized its vaccine against COVID-19 for the immunization…
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Canada exercised increased option for total of 40 million doses of mRNA vaccine candidate against COVID-19
On Dec. 7, 2020, Moderna announced that the Canadian Government had increased its confirmed order commitment by 20…
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VBI Vaccines partnered with Syneos Health for commercialization of prophylactic 3-antigen hepatitis B vaccine
On Dec. 4, 2020, VBI Vaccines and Syneos Health announced a partnership for the commercialization of VBIﾒs 3-antigen…
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Merck submited applications for licensure of V114, 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, for use in adults
On Nov. 23, 2020, Merck, known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, announced the company had submitted…
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Lilly’s neutralizing antibody bamlanivimab received interim authorization from Health Canada as treatment for COVID-19
On Nov. 20, 2020, Eli Lilly announced that Health Canada had granted authorization under the Interim Order Respecting…
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BD announced Canadian Government order of 76 million portable, rapid point-of-care antigen tests to detect SARS-CoV-2
On Nov. 10, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced its rapid, point-of-care, SARS-CoV-2 antigen test for use on the…
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AquaBounty announced Mayfield, Kentucky as location for planned 10,000 metric ton salmon farm
On Oct. 29, 2020, AquaBounty Technologies announced that it had identified Mayfield, Kentucky as the potential location for…
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Entos Pharma awarded $5 million in NRC IRAP funding to conduct phase I Clinical trial of COVID-19 DNA vaccine
On Oct. 23, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announced it was receiving advisory services and funding of up to $5…
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RedHill Biopharma announced partnerships to expand manufacturing for COVID-19 therapeutic candidate opaganib
On Oct. 13, 2020, RedHill Biopharma announced collaborations with two specialist pharmaceutical manufacturers in Europe and Canada to…
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Moderna announced initiation of rolling submission to Health Canada for mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Oct. 13, 2020, Moderna announced initiation of a rolling submission to Health Canada for mRNA-1273, the Company’s…
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Pfizer Canada and BioNTech initiated rolling submission to Health Canada for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate
On Oct. 9, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the initiation of a rolling submission to Health Canada for…
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SIGA announced Public Health Agency of Canada intent to purchase up to 33,300 courses of Oral TPOXX
On Oct. 8, 2020, SIGA Technologies announced that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has issued an…
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FDA took actions to help lower US prescription drug prices
On Sept. 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Food and Drug…
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Sanofi and GSK signed agreements with the Government of Canada to supply up to 72 million doses of adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 22, 2020, Sanofi and GSK announced they had signed agreements with the Government of Canada for…
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Sanofi updated Kevzara (sarilumab) phase 3 trial in severe and critically ill COVID-19 patients outside the US
On Sept. 1, 2020, Sanofi announced that the global Phase 3 trial investigating intravenously administered Kevzara (sarilumab) at…
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Novavax and Canada reached agreement to acquire Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 31, 2020, Novavax announced it had reached an agreement in principle with the Government of Canada…
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Pfizer and BioNTech to supply Canada with their BNT162 mRNA- based vaccine candidate
On Aug. 5, 2020, Pfizer Canada and BioNTech announced an agreement with the Government of Canada to supply…
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VBI Vaccines awarded up to CAD$56 million contribution from Canadian Government to accelerate Coronavirus vaccine development
On Aug. 5, 2020, Variation Biotechnologies, an Ottawa-based subsidiary of VBI Vaccines, announced that it had been awarded…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Genomics | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Vaccine
University of British Columbia scientists sequence genomes of Canadians with COVID-19
On Jul. 22, 2020, through the Canadian COVID Genomics Network (CanCOGeN) ‘a new initiative was launched by Genome…
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BD received additional orders for 177 million injection devices for US, Canada COVID-19 vaccine preparations
On Jul. 21, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced additional pandemic orders for needles and syringes from the U.S….
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Successful first harvest provided roadmap for scaling secure, domestic source of farm-raised salmon
On Jun. 30, 2020, AquaBounty Technologies announced it had successfully commenced the commercial-scale harvest of conventional Atlantic salmon…
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Government of Canada and provincial partners invested more than $109 mllion in COVID-19 research
On Jun. 25, 2020, the Government of Canada announced the results of that funding competition: an investment of…
