Moderna has initiated the Phase 3 portion of its pivotal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine trial: looking towards its ultimate goal to combine the vaccine with its COVID-19 and flu boosters into a single dose booster.
AstraZeneca has announced a long-term research collaboration with VaxEquity for the discovery, development and commercialization of its self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) therapeutics platform.
Co-administration of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate and an approved influenza vaccine induced robust immune responses, according to data from a clinical trial. “The findings suggest simultaneous vaccination may be a viable immunization strategy,”...
Moderna will take mRNA flu and HIV vaccines into Phase 1 trials this year, as well as beginning a pivotal Phase 3 study for its cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine candidate.
In 2020, GSK and Vir Biotechnology partnered to research and develop therapies for coronaviruses. This agreement has now been extended to include new therapies for influenza and other respiratory viruses, with GSK investing $345m in the extended partnership.
A single-dose intranasal influenza vaccine is safe and produces a durable immune response, according to a Phase 1 study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation this week.
Vaxart says its tablet delivery platform has simplified vaccine production so significantly it may bring manufacturing currently contracted to Lonza back in-house.
An influenza vaccine produced in tobacco plants could make a big impact in the market if it reaches the market in the US in time for the 2018-19 flu season, says a market analyst.
Influenza research completed just before the US banned ‘gain-of-function’ studies could help vaccine makers boost virus yields and accelerate production say scientists.
Takeda is closing three US R&D facilities and relocating its global HQ to a site in Massachusetts as part of plans to consolidate its vaccine business.
Medicago has ploughed $245m into an influenza vaccine plant that will use a tobacco-based technology it says produces high yields quicker than with egg-based platforms.
Seattle-based Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) has received $4m in funding from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop an adjuvant manufacturing hub with both preclinical and clinical expertise to...
US government scientists told a House subcommittee on oversight and investigations on Tuesday that the six months production time necessary for flu vaccine manufacturers can create difficulties for health experts selecting the appropriate virus strains...
Flu vaccine maker Protein Sciences, and Japan-based UMN Pharma and IHI Corp. have entered into an agreement to assess the feasibility of sourcing the active ingredients of Flublok influenza vaccine from Japan.
Baxter has sold its pandemic flu portfolio and Vero cell technology to Nanotherapeutics in preparation for the launch of its haematology and oncology-based spinout company Baxalta.
Novartis’ seasonal flu vaccine Fluad has been deemed safe by the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) after testing the two batches connected to over a dozen deaths.
Italy has suspended the use of Fluad despite Novartis saying no causal relationship has been established between its seasonal flu vaccine and three deaths.
The World Health Organisation says a meeting between drugmakers and high-level government representatives last week has yielded plans to fast-track scale-up of Ebola vaccines in the face of incomplete trials and leaked production problems.
Novartis has shipped the first of its cell-culture - rather than chicken egg - based vaccines for the 2014-2015 flu season from its North Carolina facility.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has released a second module of a new guideline on influenza vaccines for a six-month public consultation, which covers the non-clinical and clinical requirements for the development of new flu vaccines.
Regulations governing the production of vaccines in China have been praised by WHO director general Margaret Chan following an assessment of the CFDA's oversight of the sector conducted last October.
GSK is confident it can meet Flulaval production targets ahead of this winter’s flu season despite ongoing endotoxin contamination problems at a Canadian plant hit with US FDA warning letter.
A long dead cocker spaniel will play a key role in helping people avoid the flu this winter after a landmark approval from the US FDA for Novartis’ cell culture based vaccine plant.
Small biotechs should consider buying mothballed plants when scaling-up according to Protein Sciences, which says an ex-Pfizer facility was key to accelerating production of its vaccine Flublok.
Armed with a $285m investment from the US Department of Health and Human Services – the largest of three investments -- the Texas A&M Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM) is now using advanced manufacturing techniques...
The US agency that oversees biologics approved eight vaccines for diseases ranging from influenza to Japanese encephalitis in 2013 according to a new report.
Less H5N1 influenza vaccine than expected will be available in Japan this year after downstream processing problems at a plant being set up by Daiichi Sankyo.
The US regulatory scientists who oversee biopharmaceuticals appear to be getting the funding they asked for after politicians pass a $1.2tr (€882bn) Government spending plan for fiscal 2014.
The US Department of Health and Human Services has awarded almost $40m (29m Euros) in contracts to four contract flu vaccine manufacturers as part of an effort to increase fill and finish capacity by 20%.
The US FDA approval of the new quadrivalent flu vaccine in June has not quite given manufacturers enough time to meet demand expectations, as production time can take up to about six months.
