COVISHIELD completed enrollment of phase III clinical trials under partnership of ICMR and Serum Institute
On Nov. 11, 2020, the Serum Institute of India (SII) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) announced…
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Global clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine resumed
On Oct. 23, 2020, the U.S. FDA authorised a restart of clinical trials of the ChAdOx1 nCov-2019 Oxford…
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FDA authorised restart of the COVID-19 AZD1222 vaccine US phase III trial
On Oct. 23, 2020, AstraZeneca announced that the clinical trials for the AstraZeneca Oxford coronavirus vaccine, AZD1222, had…
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COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 clinical trial resumed in Japan, follows restart of trials in the UK, Brazil, South Africa and India
On Oct. 2, 2020, AstraZeneca announced the phase I/II clinical trial for the COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 had resumed…
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Novavax initiated efficacy trial of COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa
On Aug. 17, 2020, Novavax announced the beginning of a Phase 2b clinical trial in South Africa to…
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Illumina’s donation to Africa Centre for Disease Control expanded capability for sequencing-based COVID-19 surveillance
On Apr. 28, 2020, Illumina announced that the African Union Commission, on behalf of the Africa Center for…
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Fred Hutch trial halted after promising HIV vaccine failed to show efficacy
On Feb. 4, 2020, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced that a promising HIV vaccine trial was…
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The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology located Centres India and Italy
In 1984, the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), the U.N. Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) bowed…
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Allan Cormack of Tufts University and Godfrey Hounsfield of EMI Laboratories were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology
In 1979, South African-born physicist Allan Cormack of Tufts University and British engineer Godfrey Hounsfield of EMI Laboratories…
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Outbreak in South Africa raises possibility of wild birds as a possible reservoir for influenza A viruses
In 1961, influenza virus was first isolated from wild birds in South Africa, from common terns (Sterna hirundo)….
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Johnson ﾠ&ﾠ Johnson established operations in Mexico and South Africa
In 1930, Johnsonﾠ&ﾠJohnson established operations in Mexico and South Africa.
