JAPAN – Rajeev Venkayya, longtime head of Takeda’s vaccine unit, is stepping down to become CEO of a new company “focused on combating COVID-19 and future pandemic threats,” Takeda has…
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Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust pledge US$300 million for vaccine development
USA – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust, a global charity foundation, have each pledged US$150 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) 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 MoreNovavax vaccine wins first Emergency Use Authorization in Indonesia
INDONESIA – Novavax, an American-based biotechnology company, has announced that Indonesia has granted the world’s first emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine, which employs a different technology than currently…
Read MoreNovavax files for approval of its Covid-19 vaccine in the UK
USA – Novavax Inc. has announced that it had finished its rolling regulatory submission to the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for approval of its Covid-19 vaccine…
Read MoreSamsung Biologics rolls out the supply of domestically-manufactured Moderna vaccines in South Korea
SOUTH KOREA – Samsung Biologics, a major South Korean contract drug manufacturer, has rolled out supplies of the first batch of domestically-made Moderna vaccines. Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by Samsung…
Read MoreTakeda jumps on Japan’s Moderna vaccine mess to secure Novavax supply deal
JAPAN – Japanese drug giant, Takeda, has announced a deal where the Japanese government has agreed to purchase 150 million doses of the Novavax shot that it will produce. As…
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