Keyword: Vaccines

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AstraZeneca CEO Goes “Off Message” on Covid Boosters

02.09.2022 -

Days before the FDA approved the new bivalent Covid-19 vaccine boosters, Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca, offered his own assessment of the need for such.

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FDA Grants EUAs to Omicron-targeted Covid Shots

02.09.2022 -

As had been widely expected, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Aug. 31 granted emergency use authorizations (EUAs) to the new Covid-19 shots developed by mRNA...

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Moderna Says Pfizer and BioNTech Infringed Vaccine Patent

30.08.2022 -

BioNTech and Pfizer are facing another lawsuit claiming that their Comirnaty-branded Covid-19 vaccine infringes another company’s patent. The latest to sue is US rival...

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Bavarian Nordic Struggles to Supply Monkeypox Shot

25.08.2022 -

To meet surging global demand for its Jynneos-branded monkeypox vaccine, Danish biotech Bavarian Nordic (BN) is pulling out all stops. Strategies include outsourcing...

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CureVac and GSK launch Phase 1 for Covid Booster

23.08.2022 -

CureVac and GSK have announced they are launching a Phase 1 clinical trial with their modified mRNA-based Covid 19 vaccine CV051, which would be recommended as a booster...

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FDA Finally Greenlights Novavax Covid Vaccine

15.07.2022 -

It took longer than expected, but the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on July 13 finally granted an Emergency Authorization (EUA) to Nuaxovid, the protein-based...

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US Government Buys 3 Million Novavax Doses

13.07.2022 -

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) have ordered 3.2 million doses of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, even before the...

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Croda Wins US Backing for Lipid Systems Expansion

01.07.2022 -

UK specialty chemical company Croda International will receive up to $75 million from the US government to expand its US capacity to produce ingredients for lipid systems...