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The state of the fight: 

Medicines Patent Pool sublicensed Pfizer’s Paxlovid to 35 generics manufacturers.
  Key WTO members reached a tentative agreement to waive some IP rights on Covid-19 vaccines.
  Moderna and Pfizer asked the U.S. FDA to authorize fourth doses of their respective jabs.   AUTHORIZED VACCINES

 
Medigen’s protein subunit vaccine (MVC-COV1901) offered similar safety and immunogenicity for adolescents as it did for adults, the Taipei-…

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Moderna applied for South African patents on its vaccine, potentially jeopardizing the work of the WHO-led mRNA vaccine “hub” operating in the country.
  WHO named five additional African countries that will receive vaccine technology from the hub.
  Laboratorios Farmacéuticos Rovi inked a 10-year mRNA vaccine manufacturing extension with Moderna.   AUTHORIZED VACCINES

                                       
Medigen’s protein…

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Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech launched trials of Omicron-specific vaccine candidates.
  India fully approved SII’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin shots.
  CEPI tapped BioNet to develop a “variant-proof” pan-coronavirus mRNA-based vaccine.

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New data on rates of myocarditis following mRNA-based vaccination trickled in this week, highlighting an increased risk of the heart inflammation side effect in young…

The state of the fight: 

African vaccine production advanced on multiple fronts, including the opening of a new manufacturing plant in South Africa.
  The COVAX AMC seeks an additional $5.2 billion this year.
  Merck will supply UNICEF with up to 3 million courses of molnupiravir in the first half of 2022.

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The Chilean health ministry released data on the Sinovac jab’s effectiveness in children. In kids ages 6-11, the topline numbers…

The state of the fight: 

WHO issued an Emergency Use Listing for Serum Institute of India’s version of Novavax’s vaccine.
  The U.S. CDC recommended mRNA-based vaccines over J&J’s.
  Data on the effectiveness of monoclonal antibody therapies against the Omicron variant began pouring in.

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A U.S. CDC advisory panel recommended mRNA-based vaccines over the J&J jab, citing blood clot side effects stemming from the single-…

The state of the fight: 

New studies supported heterologous primary regimens and heterologous boosters.
  Serum Institute of India is weighing slashing Covishield production by 50%.
  The U.S. FDA OK’d AstraZeneca’s Evusheld long-acting monoclonal antibody therapy as PrEP for certain groups.

 

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Mixing the AstraZeneca/Oxford or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines with a second dose of Moderna’s shot generated non-inferior immune responses…

The state of the fight: 

A slew of vaccine manufacturers announced plans to tackle the Omicron variant.
  Aspen Pharmacare and J&J neared a deal that would let the South African manufacturer market its own version of the Janssen shot.
  Gavi’s board approved the alliance’s COVAX strategy for 2022.

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New research on the Pfizer/BioNTech shot affirmed its efficacy in younger people and its safety in older people.
 
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The state of the fight: 

U.S. regulators signed off on boosters for all adults.
  India raised a syringe export limit to allow supplies to reach PAHO and UNICEF.
  Pfizer will let Medicines Patent Pool sublicense its oral antiviral to manufacturers in 95 countries.

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Pfizer/BioNTech’s shot generated stronger antibody responses than three rival vaccines. Comirnaty’s performance bested those of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, the…

GSK issued a press release Wednesday welcoming WHO’s new recommendation for widespread use of the company’s RTS,S malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum transmission.

The shot disappointed in a 2009-2014 trial, showing only 39% efficacy against clinical malaria. But new Phase 3 results in August demonstrated that seasonal RTS,S vaccination in combination with chemoprevention reduced uncomplicated malaria by 63% and…

The state of the fight: 

COVAX will overhaul its vaccine allocation methodology.
  An investigational antiviral pill from Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics cut the rate of hospitalizations or death some 50% in a Phase 3 trial.
  India plans to resume Covid-19 vaccine exports by the end of October.

 

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The AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 shot demonstrated 74% efficacy against symptomatic disease 15 days or more after a…