The EU Commission has granted a conditional marketing authorization for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by US biotech, Moderna, the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the EU.
AstraZeneca officially announced today the Serum Institute of India had obtained emergency use authorization in India for its COVID-19 vaccine. It also confirmed the vaccine has been granted emergency use authorization in Argentina, Dominican Republic,...
Akston Biosciences has announced a strategic partnership with LakePharma to manufacture commercial quantities of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, as the room temperature stable vaccine gears up to begin Phase 1/2 clinical trials this month.
The US FDA has emphasized it will not make any changes to the recommended dosing of authorized COVID-19 vaccines: saying any modifications would create a ‘significant risk’ of undermining vaccination efforts.
Preclinical contract research organization (CRO), Charles River Laboratories International, has announced the acquisition of an antibody discovery company, Distributed Bio, for US$83m in cash.
A new study suggests that CAR T-cells, which are already used to treat certain blood cancers, may also be successful against solid tumors if combined with other immunotherapeutic approaches.