White House announced 1 million vaccine doses for Africa’s mpox response
On Sept. 24, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden announced the donation of 1 million mpox vaccine doses and…
One dead from Nipah virus in India’s Kerala; second death this year
On Sept. 16, 2024, A 24-year-old student has died from the Nipah virus in the southern Indian state…
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Human ‘Molecular Map’ Contributes to the Understanding of Disease Mechanisms
On Sep. 10, 2024, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar announced they had created a free-to-access online…
India reported Acute encephalitis syndrome due to Chandipura virus outbreak
On Aug. 23, 2024, the World Health Organization announced that between early June and 15 August 2024, the…
World Health Organization confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in Australia
On May 22, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the first confirmed case of human infection…
Novavax and Sanofi announced licensing agreement to co-commercialize COVID-19 vaccine and novel COVID-19-influenza combination vaccines
On May 10, 2024, Novavax announced that it had entered into a co-exclusive licensing agreement with Sanofi. The…
R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine granted prequalification by World Health Organization
On Dec. 21, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it had prequalified the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine…
WHO recommended R21/Matrix-M vaccine for malaria prevention
On Oct. 2, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it had recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, developed…
NanoViricides announced licensing agreement with Karveer Meditech to commercialize COVID drugs
On Apr. 4, 2023, NanoViricides announced that it had executed a license agreement with Karveer Meditech, Kolhapur, India,…
Study reported major reservoir of resistance in wastewater of Southeast Asia, Western Pacific
On Jan. 1, 2023, a study published in the Lancet reported that concentrations of antibiotic residues found in…
Oxford Ebola vaccine manufactured and shipped in record time by Serum Institute of India
On Dec. 15, 2022, the University of Oxford Oxfordï¾’s Ebola vaccine candidate has been shipped to Uganda, just…
COVID-19 vaccine from Washington University in St. Louis approved for use as booster in India
On Dec. 9, 2022, Washington University in St. Louis announced that it’s nasal COVID-19 vaccine technology had been…
Novavax and Serum Institute of India announced full product registration in South Africa of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 13, 2022, Novavax and Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, announced…
World Health Organization approved SK bioscience as supplier of Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 2, 2022, Novavax announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) had approved a variation to allow…
European Medicines Agency approved SK bioscience as supplier of Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 7, 2022, Novavax announced that the European Commission had approved a variation to allow SK bioscience…
Novavax and Serum Institute of India received EUA for COVID-19 vaccine in Thailand
On Apr. 8, 2022, Novavax announced and Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by…
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…
Published study detailed proof-of-concept for COVID-19 detection via saliva screening
On Feb. 23, 2022, Agilent Technologies announced that researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in India…
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…
Novavax and Serum Institute filed for Emergency Use Authorization of Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa
On Jan. 10, 2022, Novavax and Serum Institute of India announced a regulatory submission to the South African…
COVID-19 vaccine developed by Biological E using Dynavax’s CpG 1018 adjuvant received India DCGI approval for emergency use
On Dec. 28, 2021, Dynavax announced that Biological E had reported that CORBEVAXï¾™, their COVID-19 vaccine which contains…
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…
India completed national introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
On Nov. 21, 2021, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, announced that India has completed the national introduction of pneumococcal…
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…
Oxford University researchers uncovered gene that doubles risk of death from COVID-19
On Nov. 5, 2021, scientists at Oxford University announced they had identified the gene responsible for doubling the…
INOVIO further expanded INNOVATE phase 3 trial for COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate INO-4800 in India
On Nov. 3, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that it had received authorization from India’s Central Drugs Standard Control…
Novavax and Serum Institute of India receive Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia
On Nov. 1, 2021, Novavax and Serum Institute of India announced that the National Agency of Drug and…
Novavax and Serum Institute announced submission to WHO for Emergency Use Listing of COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 23, 2021, Novavax with its partner, Serum Institute of India announced a regulatory submission to the…
Researchers developed COVID-19 severity screening method based on the Agilent Cary 630 FTIR spectrometer
On Aug. 18, 2021, Agilent Technologies announced that researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in India…
Illumina donated US $1 Million in sequencing capabilities for COVID-19 genomic surveillance in India
On Aug. 3, 2021, Illumina announced it had donated US $1 million in sequencing capabilities to the Molecular…