Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of South Korea authorized Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On May 21, 2021, Moderna announced that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of South Korea (MFDS)…
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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…
Second-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CV2CoV, demonstrated high immunogenicity in preclinical study
On May 13, 2021, CureVac announced together with its collaboration partner GSK, first preclinical data in a rat…
Moderna announced new supply agreement with Australia for 25 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine
On May 12, 2021, Moderna announced a new supply agreement with the government of Australia for 25 million…
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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…
Moderna announced positive initial booster data against SARS-CoV-2 variants
On May 5, 2021, Moderna announced initial data from its Phase 2 study showing that a single 50…
HDT Bio, Gennova Biopharma announced volunteers dosed in phase I/II trials of COVID-19 RNA vaccine in India
On May 4, 2021, HDT Bio announced that its development partner in India, Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, had begun dosing…
Gavi signed agreement with Moderna to secure doses on behalf of COVAX Facility
On May 3, 2021, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, that it had signed an advance purchase agreement with Moderna…
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…
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…
Pfizer and BioNTech to 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…
CureVac Swiss initiated rolling submission process for mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate with Swissmedic
On Apr. 19, 2021, CureVac and Celonic Group announced their partnership for the production of CureVacï¾’s mRNA-based COVID-19…
Moderna announced clinical progress from mRNA Vaccine
On Apr. 14, 2021, Moderna announced that results from a preclinical study of the Company’s COVID-19 variant-specific vaccine…
Moderna updated clinical and supply on COVID-19 vaccine program
On Apr. 13, 2021, Moderna announced that new results from a preclinical study of the Company’s COVID-19 variant-specific…
Antiviral drug Favipiravir investigated as a possible COVID-19 treatment for at-home recovery in PRINCIPLE trial
On Apr. 8, 2021, Oxford University announced that favipiravir was to be investigated in the UK as part…
NIH clinical trial evaluating Moderna COVID-19 variant vaccine began
On Mar. 31, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that an investigational vaccine designed to protect…
Celonic and CureVac announced agreement to manufacture over 100 million doses of CureVacï¾’s COVID-19 vaccine CVnCoV
On Mar. 30, 2021, CureVac and Celonic Group announced their partnership for the production of CureVacï¾’s mRNA-based COVID-19…
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 COMIRNATYï¾®…
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…
FDA issued an EUA to the Twist Bioscience for their SARS-CoV-2 NGS assay.
On Mar. 26, 2021, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to the Twist Bioscience for their…
XPhyto announces European approval for 25 minute COVID-19 PCR test
On Mar. 18, 2021, XPhyto and 3a-diagnostics announced the European approval of its point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) RT-PCR test…
Moderna announced participants dosed in phase 2/3 study of COVID-19 vaccine in pediatric population
On Mar. 16, 2021, Moderna announced that the first participants had been dosed in the Phase 2/3 study,…
Twist Bioscience began shipping of synthetic RNA controls for B.1.351 and P.1 variants
On Mar. 15, 2021, Twist Bioscience announced that it had started shipping its new synthetic RNA reference controls,…
First participants dosed in Moderna phase 1 study evaluating mRNA-1283 next generation COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 15, 2021, Moderna announced that the first participants had been dosed in the Phase 1 study…
Agilent completed CE-IVD registration of qRT-PCR In vitro diagnostic kit for SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection
On Mar. 9, 2021, Agilent Technologies announced the launch of a real-time reverse transcription (qRT) PCR-based diagnostic kit…
Ridgeback Biotherapeutics and Merck announced preliminary findings from phase 2a trial of investigational COVID-19 therapeutic
On Mar. 5, 2021, Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, announced preliminary results from Ridgebackï¾’s Phase 2a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled…
Moderna announced NDA submitted to import and distribute Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan
On Mar. 5, 2021, Moderna announced that Takeda Pharmaceutical submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the Government…
CureVac and Novartis signed initial agreement on manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV
On Mar. 4, 2021, CureVac and Novartis announced an initial agreement for the manufacturing of CureVacï¾’s COVID-19 vaccine…
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…
Amyris announced positive pre-clinical results for COVID-19 RNA vaccine platform
On Feb. 22, 2021, Amyris announced highly promising preliminary data in a pre-clinical study of its ribonucleic acid…