FDA panel backs first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology
On Jun. 18, 2026, a new kind of flu vaccine moved a step closer to the U.S. market…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | FDA | Neurology
U.S. FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation to Laguna Diagnostics’ mRNA Gene Biomarker Test to Aid in Differentiation of Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder
On Apr. 28, 2026, Laguna Diagnostics announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough…
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EMA recommends Moderna’s combined mRNA vaccine for protecting older adults against COVID-19 and flu
On Feb. 27, 2026, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced it’s recommending marketing authorization for mCombriax, Moderna’s combined…
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first side-by-side comparison of how three major COVID-19 vaccines trigger immune responses
On Dec. 2, 2025, a Northwestern Medicine led study provided the first side-by-side comparison of how three major…
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Sanofi to acquire Vicebio for $1.15 Billion, expanding respiratory vaccines pipeline
On Jul. 22, 2025, Sanofi announces it has entered into an agreement to acquire Vicebio, a privately held…
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Houston Zoo Elephant Received First Ever mRNA EEHV Vaccine
On Jun. 18, 2024, the Houston Zoo announced that Tess, a 40-year-old Asian elephant at the Zoo, had…
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$140 million for UBC-led research hub to accelerate drug development and biomanufacturing
On May 31, 2024, a national research coalition led by the University of British Columbia (UBC) announced a…
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NIH launched clinical trial of mRNA Nipah virus vaccine
On Jul. 11, 2022, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) launched an early-stage clinical trial…
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Pfizer and BioNTech submitted a variation to EMA for vaccination of children ages 6 months to less than 5 Years with COMIRNATY
On Jul. 8, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the companies had submitted a variation to the European…
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CDC reported effectiveness of COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination in preventing COVID-19 among children and adolescents
On Mar. 1, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech…
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10 million doses of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine supplied to Taiwan Region
On Jul. 12, 2021, BioNTech announced that Fosun Industrial Co. had reached advance procurement agreements for the mRNA-based…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Infectious Disease | NIH | Vaccine
Pfizer and BioNTech announced agreement with US government for up to 600 million doses of mRNA-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2
On Jul. 22, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced execution of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Health…
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GSK and CureVac announced strategic mRNA technology collaboration
On Jul. 21, 2020, GlaxoSmithKline and CureVac announced the signing of a strategic collaboration agreement for the research, development,…
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Pfizer and BioNTech announced early positive data from ongoing phase 1/2 study of mRNA-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2
On Jul. 1, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced preliminary data from the most advanced of four investigational vaccine…
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Sanofi and Translate Bio expanded collaboration and license agreement to develop mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases
On Jun. 23, 2020, Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines global business unit of Sanofi, and Translate Bio, a clinical-stage…
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Moderna advanced late-stage development of vaccine (mRNA-1273) against COVID-19
On Jun. 11, 2020, Moderna announced progress on late-stage development of mRNA-1273, the Company’s mRNA vaccine candidate against…
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Moderna received FDA Fast Track Designation for mRNA vaccine (mRNA-1273) against novel Coronavirus
On May 12, 2020, Moderna announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA had granted Fast Track designation…
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Arcturus Therapeutics and Catalent announced partnership to manufacture mRNA-Based COVID-19 vaccine
On May 4, 2020, Arcturus Therapeutics and Catalent announced a partnership to support the expected manufacture of Arcturus’…
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Moderna and Lonza announced worldwide strategic collaboration to manufacture Moderna’s Vaccine (mRNA-1273) against novel Coronavirus
On May 1, 2020, Moderna and Lonza announced a 10-year strategic collaboration agreement to enable larger scale manufacture…
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Joan Steitz discovered snRNPs
In 1979, Joan Steitz discovered snRNPs, RNA-protein complexes in the cell’s nucleus that perform a crucial step in…
