Keyword: COVID-19

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FDA Grants BioNTech Full Approval for Covid Vaccine

24.08.2021 -

First to receive US approval under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) in late 2020, the BioNTech/Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine on Aug. 23 became the first to be fully...

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CDC Nods off on Covid Shot Boosters for Vulnerable

16.08.2021 -

As the delta variant of the coronavirus tears through the US, pushing both new and breakthrough infections higher, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has now come...

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Novavax Again Delays EUA Filing with FDA

12.08.2021 -

As it continues to grapple with documentation issues, US biotech Novavax has again altered its timeline for seeking Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US Food and...

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FDA Speeds up Full Approval Process for Comirnaty

11.08.2021 -

Pfizer and BioNTech applied to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May for full authorization of their Covid-19 vaccine Comirnaty, and in the interest of...

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Biovac to Produce Comirnaty in South Africa

23.07.2021 -

As part of a new supply chain partnership, South Africa’s Biovac will produce Pfizer and BioNTech’s Comirnaty-branded Covid-19 vaccine at its Capetown site from the end...

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J&J Covid Shot to Carry Guillain-Barré Warning

13.07.2021 -

The prospects for Johnson & Johnson’s viral vector vaccine to play a major role in the global inoculation against Covid-19 in the developed world are looking increasingly...

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Final Tally of CureVac Covid Candidate Confirms 48% Efficacy

02.07.2021 -

Definitive results from CureVac’s 40,000-subject international Phase 2b/3 trial with its mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV, have confirmed an earlier finding...

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SK Bioscience Expanding Covid Vaccine Output

23.06.2021 -

South Korea-based CDMO SK Bioscience, with cash in hand from an initial public offering, has announced plans to pour 150 billion won ($132 million) into vaccine...