Moderna and the Australian government have announced an agreement in principle to build a mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Victoria, Australia: providing up to 100 million doses a year.
As capital project delivery ramps back up to pre-pandemic levels over the coming months and years, the smaller biopharma players are looking outside their own resources for strategic manufacturing and research support, confirms a new market outlook from...
A new report reveals that “speed-to-market” has jumped up from a lower-ranking business driver before the pandemic to the top priority today for biopharma companies, overtaking cost-based considerations by a healthy margin.
GreenLight Biosciences and CDMO Samsung Biologics have announced a partnership agreement, with Samsung Biologics to manufacture GreenLight’s messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate at commercial scale.
A new clinical trial of heterologous – or ‘mix-and-match’ – combinations of COVID-19 vaccines is set to start in Pakistan: seeking to add to research on the effectiveness of such combinations.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has amended the emergency use authorizations (EUA) for Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines: authorizing the use of a booster shot for all individuals aged 18+.
A new specialized lab, office and collaboration space for over 100 life science and health technology professionals, entrepreneurs, and researchers was recently announced for The Campus, Cherrywood in South Dublin, Ireland.
CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, has announced the first funding awards under a $200m program to advance development of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 variants and other betacoronaviruses.
A clinical trial is exploring the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as an intranasal vaccine: seeing if the new route of administration could improve protection against infection and transmission.
From industrializing mRNA manufacture to the implications of a potential IP waiver on COVID-19 vaccine production, hear from the experts in our free webinar this week.
Novartis has signed a new initial agreement with BioNTech for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing: with its sterile manufacturing facilities in Ljubljana, Slovenia, to fill at least 24 million doses in 2022.
Aceto expands GMP product lines for biopharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing with acquisition of A&C Bio Buffer, growing its manufacturing footprint and strengthening its presence in Europe.
CureVac is withdrawing its first-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV, from regulatory review: instead it is re-allocating its efforts to its second-generation vaccine program with GSK. ‘The goal has not changed, but the requirements to effectively...
AstraZeneca's AZD7442, a long acting antibody (LAAB) combination, achieved a statistically significant reduction in severe COVID-19 or death compared to placebo in non-hospitalised patients with mild-to-moderate symptomatic COVID-19.
A probe has identified 'human error’ at the Spanish contract development and manufacturing organization, Rovi, as the reason for the presence of metal contaminants in Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses, leading to Japanese authorities withdrawing 1.6...
Pfizer Inc has started a trial to evaluate its investigational oral antiviral drug for the prevention of COVID-19 infection among those who have been exposed to the virus.
CureVac is streamlining its external European manufacturing network for its mRNA product pipeline; having reassessed demand for its first-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
Japan’s health ministry is to secure 150 million doses of Novavax’ vaccine candidate that Takeda is producing. The Japanese government's purchasing agreement is subject to regulatory approvals.
The European Commission and AstraZeneca have settled their dispute over the supply of COVID-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria, in a move that will see the EU receive 200 million doses of the drug maker’s shot by March 2022.
Moderna has initiated its submission to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support the authorization of a booster dose of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine at the 50-microgram (mcg) dose level.
The first COVID-19 vaccine drone delivery program in the US was launched last week by North Carolina-based health system, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.
Catalent sees COVID-19 vaccines being an 'enduring and sustainable' revenue stream for the company, particularly with the advent of boosters, and the fact that developing countries, to date, have very low vaccination rates.
The European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee (EMA CHMP) has this week approved additional manufacturing capacity for Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.
Sweden’s Biotage says its expanded facility in the UK will allow it to triple its production capacity for equipment crucial in the supply chain for the production of mRNA vaccines, and thus eliminating a bottleneck for COVID-19 vaccines.
Earlier this month, Rentschler Biopharma, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced that it had broken ground on its new production facility, adjacent to its existing site in Milford, Massachusetts, in the greater Boston...
There is “sizable demand” from manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines for vials out to 2023, suggesting that the market will remain significant for some time.
CureVac and GSK said their jointly advanced second-generation mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CV2CoV, demonstrated improved immune response and protection in a preclinical study.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat has published a list of critical inputs for COVID-19 vaccines as part of an effort to address gaps in global production and distribution of the products.
An industry study from the producer of CPhI North America shows the pandemic and other factors are contributing to a very dynamic pharmaceutical market.
The success of mRNA vaccine technology could be one of the new opportunities for US pharmaceutical manufacturing looking forward, with pandemic investments helping turbocharge the sector.
The mRNA vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech generates far higher levels of antibodies against the coronavirus than Sinovac’s inactivated virus prophylactic, according to a study.
The EU Commission has extended vaccination with Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents, following on from the EMA's recommendation in relation to the use of the shot in children aged between 12 and 17.
