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Simple blood test could help detect Alzheimer’s years earlier

04-Apr-2024 By Isabel Cameron

Thousands of people across the UK will be offered a blood test to detect dementia, in a bid to revolutionize the country’s ‘shocking’ diagnosis rate.

PrecisionLife partners with University of Oxford to discover new endometriosis treatments

03-Jul-2023 By Isabel Cameron

PrecisionLife, a techbio company driving precision medicine in complex chronic diseases, has announced a data access agreement with the University of Oxford to spearhead new treatments for endometriosis.

‘All-in-one’ coronavirus vaccine gets backing from CEPI

07-Jul-2022 By Rachel Arthur

A new type of vaccine - which could provide broad protection against a variety of SARS-like betacoronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 variants - has received backing of up to $30m from CEPI.

GSK and University of Oxford launch new institute, embracing advanced technologies for drug discovery

02-Dec-2021 By Rachel Arthur

The Oxford-GSK Institute of Molecular and Computational Medicine has been created via a five-year collaboration between GlaxoSmithKline and the University of Oxford.

Could AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine be just as effective via intranasal delivery?

26-Oct-2021 By Rachel Arthur

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.

UK trial explores impact of combining different COVID-19 vaccines

04-Feb-2021 By Jane Byrne

An Oxford University trial, a world first, is looking at whether inoculating volunteers with doses of different combinations of two currently approved COVID-19 vaccines is effective.

Catalent to fill and package AZ’s COVID-19 vaccine

18-Jun-2020 By Ben Hargreaves

The CDMO seals a deal to provide vial filling and packaging services for the commercialization of AZ’s potential COVID-19 vaccine.

AZ agrees commercial manufacturing deal for COVID-19 vaccine

01-Jun-2020 By Ben Hargreaves

Oxford Biomedica signs on to produce clinical and commercial supply of AZD1222, which recently entered late-stage trials.

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AZ receives $1.2bn from BARDA for coronavirus vaccine

22-May-2020 By Ben Hargreaves

AZ and Oxford University receive injection of capital for the manufacture of 300 million doses of vaccine.

UK injects funds into COVID-19 vaccine, puts citizens front of queue

19-May-2020 By Ben Hargreaves

UK government will invest into an existing vaccine developed by the Oxford University and will speed up completion of a vaccine manufacturing center.

AZ and Oxford University partner to develop coronavirus vaccine

30-Apr-2020 By Ben Hargreaves

Under the agreement, AZ will develop, manufacture and distribute the vaccine that has already begun Phase I trials.

Manufacturing alliance set to scale Oxford University coronavirus vaccine

20-Apr-2020 By Ben Hargreaves

Halix joins a consortium to produce Oxford University’s vaccine, after first patient enrolled to clinical trial.