UGANDA – In a government campaign, pregnant women are being urged not to put off getting their Covid jab or booster. According to the UK Obstetric Surveillance System, more than…
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Omicron vaccine to be ready in March, says Pfizer CEO
USA – Pfizer CEO, Albert Bourla has said that the company expects a Covid-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron variant to be ready in March. Albert Bourla told CNBC that the…
Read MoreInvestors push for pharma companies to broaden global access to COVID vaccines
USA – A group of institutional investors is urging companies to tie CEO pay to equitable access to the COVID vaccine. Pay packages for CEOs at COVID vaccine makers Pfizer,…
Read MoreAmgen strikes US$1.9 billion deal to develop multispecific protein therapeutics
USA – Amgen and Generate Biomedicines have formed a collaboration to discover and develop protein therapeutics for five clinical targets. Amgen will pay US$50 million in upfront funding for five…
Read MorePfizer, BioNTech tie up for mRNA-based Shingles vaccine
USA – Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have announced a new research, development, and commercialization collaboration to create the world’s first mRNA-based vaccine for shingles prevention. The agreement is Pfizer…
Read MoreVaccine makers swing into action against new Omicron Covid variant
USA – The world’s major Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers have announced that they are working quickly to investigate and adapt their vaccines to a new and highly mutated strain of the…
Read MoreChinese tech giant Baidu licenses mRNA algorithm to Sanofi to optimize mRNA vaccines & therapy designs
CHINA – Chinese tech giant Baidu has announced an agreement with Sanofi, a leading biopharmaceutical company, to integrate LinearDesign, Baidu’s messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) design optimization platform, into Sanofi’s product…
Read MoreFDA OK’s Covid-19 boosters for all adults
USA – The FDA has announced in a press release that it has officially amended its Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for both Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna’s COVID-19 single-shot booster vaccinations to…
Read MoreNovavax vaccine nearing approval in the EU
NETHERLANDS – The European Union’s drug regulator has said that it could make a decision on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine approval “within weeks” if the data it has received from the…
Read MoreSerum Institute of India to resume vaccine supply to Covax
INDIA – The Serum Institute of India (SII) has announced that it will export 20-30 million doses of Covishield jab to the WHO-backed global platform Covax by the end of…
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