Moderna announced expansion of its manufacturing technology center in Massachusetts
On May 4, 2021, Moderna announced an expansion of the Moderna Technology Center (MTC) in Norwood, MA including…
Moderna announced supply agreement with Gavi for up to 500 million doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna for COVAX
On May 3, 2021, Moderna announced an agreement with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to supply up to 500…
Novavax initiated pediatric expansion for phase 3 clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine
On May 3, 2021, Novavax announced that it had initiated a pediatric expansion of its Phase 3 clinical…
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…
Moderna announced Emergency Use listing granted by the WHO for its COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 30, 2021, Moderna announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) had issued Emergency Use Listing (EUL)…
Lonza and Moderna entered agreement to double drug substance production for COVID-19 vaccine in Visp
On Apr. 29, 2021, Lonza announced the expansion of its collaboration with Moderna to manufacture the drug substance…
Moderna announced an increased global supply for COVID-19 vaccine to up to 3 billion doses in 2022
On Apr. 29, 2021, Moderna announced it was making new funding commitments to increase supply at its owned…
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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…
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Moderna announced agreement with Sanofi for manufacturing of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine in the U.S.
On Apr. 26, 2021, Moderna announced that it had entered into an agreement with Sanofi for fill/finish sterile…
Moderna announced new COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with Israel for 2022
On Apr. 20, 2021, Moderna announced a new supply agreement with Israel for 2022 whereby Israel also retained…
Broad Institute expanded COVID-19 viral sequencing efforts for variant surveillance in the Northeast
On Apr. 19, 2021, the Broad Institute of MIT in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and…
Tonix Pharma entered worldwide licensing agreement to develop antiviral SARS-CoV-2 inhibitor for treatment of COVID-19
On Apr. 19, 2021, Tonix Pharmaceuticals and OyaGen announced an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement for an antiviral inhibitor…
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Texas A&M lab identified new COVID-19 variant; genome suggested potential resistance to antibodies
On Apr. 19, 2021, scientists at the Texas A&M University Global Health Research Complex (GHRC) announced they had…
CytoDyn submitted Most Crucial Section of interim order to Health Canada for COVID-19 under rolling review
On Apr. 19, 2021, CytoDyn announced it had submitted the manufacturing section (CMC) of the application for an…
NIH funded new influenza research network
On Apr. 15, 2021, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced it had had established…
INOVIO’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate provided broad cross-reactive immune responses In humans against variants
On Apr. 15, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced the results of a study focusing on the human immune responses…
CytoDyn executed agreement with Chiral Pharma to provide up to 200,000 vials of leronlimab to Philippines
On Apr. 15, 2021, CytoDyn announced it had executed an exclusive supply and distribution agreement with Chiral Pharma…
Alternating vaccines trial expanded to include two additional vaccines
On Apr. 14, 2021, researchers running the Com-Cov study, launched in February to investigate alternating doses of the…
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…
Novavax announced participation in University of Oxford Com-COV2 study comparing mixed COVID-19 vaccine combinations
On Apr. 14, 2021, Novavax announced its participation in an expanded investigator-initiated Phase 2 clinical trial called Comparing…
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…
Health Canada Issued Resverlogix authorization to begin immediate clinical studies of apabetalone for COVID-19
On Apr. 12, 2021, Resverlogix announced that it had successfully received its desired ‘No Objection Letter’ from Health…
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 began study of allergic reactions to Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines
On Apr. 7, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that a clinical trial was underway to…
Moderna announced publication of antibody persistence data of its COVID-19 vaccine in the NEJM
On Apr. 7, 2021, Moderna announced publication of antibody persistence data out to 6 months following the second…
Moderna and Catalent announced long-term strategic collaboration for vial filling of COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 6, 2021, Moderna and Catalent announced the expansion of their strategic collaboration to dedicate a new…
Anixa Biosciences and OntoChem entered next stage of development for Covid-19 therapeutic
On Apr. 5, 2021, Anixa Biosciences announced that based on Proof of Concept animal study results, it was…
Novavax initiated COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial crossover
On Apr. 5, 2021, Novavax announced the initiation of crossover arms in two ongoing clinical trials of NVX-CoV2373,…
Emergent announced support of manufacturing capacity expansion for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 4, 2021, Emergent BioSolutions announced it had received a contract modification to increase the original task…
FDA revised Moderna COVID-19 vaccine EUA to increase the number of vaccine doses available
On Apr. 1, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced two revisions regarding the number of…