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Moderna’s mRNA-based vaccine secured Emergency Use Listing from WHO.
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WHO granted Moderna’s vaccine Emergency Use Listing on Friday, according to a press release from the…
Colorado-based diagnostics firm InDevR announced last week the commercial launch of its VaxArray measles and rubella (MR) antigen quantification kit. The MR vaccine potency test measures antigen content in five hours—a “fraction” of the 10-14 days needed for conventional tissue culture infectious dose measurement—potentially reducing the cost per dose of the final vaccine, according to the press release.
InDevR developed the Gates Foundation-funded product in collaboration with…
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The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine secured its first authorizations.
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UK authorizes AstraZeneca/Oxford jab: Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency…
Seoul’s International Vaccine Institute (IVI) announced Thursday that SK Bioscience’s Vi-DT typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) has met the primary endpoints in Phase 3 trials in Nepal.
The diphtheria toxoid-based candidate induced an immune response that was non-inferior to Bharat Biotech International Limited’s WHO-prequalified Typbar-TCV and was shown to be safe in all 1,350 participants (ages 6 months to 45 years).
IVI, which developed the Vi-DT vaccine, transferred the…
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Moderna’s became the second Covid-19 vaccine to receive U.S. FDA Emergency Use Authorization.
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The U.S. FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA…
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Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine won U.S. FDA Emergency Use Authorization.
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The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine extended its regulatory lead this week with new authorizations, including a U.S. nod.
The U.S.…
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Pfizer and BioNTech submitted a U.S. FDA Emergency Use Authorization request for their vaccine.
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Pfizer/BioNTech request EUA: Friday’s submission to the U…
The Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network announced last month that it has launched an international consortium to assess replacing the standard mouse protection test with the pertussis serological potency test (PSPT) for batch testing whole-cell pertussis vaccines.
Members of the project—funded by a $750,000 grant from the U.S. National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals—include Bharat Biotech, Bio Farma, Biological E, BB-NCIPD, Central Drugs…
Hyderabad-based Biological E. Limited (BioE) used the opening of a new vaccine plant this week to announce that Indian authorities have approved its single-dose typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) for people 6 months and older.
According to the press release, the company anticipates WHO prequalification this year for the vaccine. GSK’s Italy-based Vaccines Institute for Global Health originated the shot, transferring it to BioE in 2013 for subsequent development and clinical trials.
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The Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN) announced last week its new executive committee, elected in October of last year at its annual meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
Its seven voting members are Bharat Biotech International Limited’s Sai Prasad (India), Biovac’s Patrick Tippoo (South Africa), Butantan’s Tiago Rocca (Brazil), China National Biotec Group’s Lingjiang Yang, Sinergium’s Fernando Lobos (Argentina), Innovax’s Wendy Huang (China), and Bio Farma’s…