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BELGIUM – The European Union is set to invest 890 million euros (US$936 million) in vaccine and drug production in Latin America and Caribbean countries, European Commission chief Ursula von…
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RWANDA – The German pharmaceutical company BioNTech has broken ground for the production site of its COVID-19 vaccine in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. According to BioNTech, the facility, dubbed the African…
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USA – Enanta has filed suit against Pfizer in district court in Massachusetts, seeking damages for infringement on a patent it originally filed back in July 2020. Specifically, Enanta is…
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UNITED KINGDOM –According to the UK government, Moderna will be looking to establish a vaccine research center and a manufacturing site for a series of vaccines. Moderna will establish this…
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ETHIOPIA – New milestone as Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative has delivered over 15M vaccines across Africa and deployed rapid responders to accelerate vaccination campaigns in countries at-risk of vaccine…
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SWITZERLAND – Gavi, the vaccine alliance has launched a new US$100 million initiative in collaboration with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and World Vision (WV) to identify and reach zero-dose…
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USA – US pharma giant Pfizer has agreed to invest 90.5 million euros (US$95.2 million) to buy an 8.1% percent stake in Valneva as the companies announced developments in their…
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KENYA – The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) has appointed Kenya as the host of its first Regional Research Centre (RRC) in Africa dedicated to advanced research…
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SWITZERLAND – The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) member countries have reached a limited agreement to relax intellectual property protections on coronavirus vaccines after two years of bruising negotiations, with the…
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SOUTH AFRICA – The World Bank’s Group Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$ 474M (€454.4 million) low-interest loan to South Africa for the country’s Covid-19 Emergency Response Project…
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