WHO COVID-19 Solidarity Trial picks Taiwan-based Medigen's vaccine

Taiwan's Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp (MVC) vaccine candidate, MVC-COV1901, has been recommended by an indep...

October 27, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo to commercialize mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in Japan within 2022

Daiichi Sankyo has announced the progress of development of DS-5670, an mRNA vaccine in Japan, being evaluated against t...

October 26, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia makes breakthrough in vaccine development to prevent hookworm infection

There’s been a significant breakthrough in the development of a vaccine to prevent hookworm infection, a parasite ...

October 26, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore grants interim authorisation for Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has granted an interim authorisation under the Pandemic Special Access ...

October 25, 2021 | Monday | News
Addressing Consumer Questions About COVID Booster Shots

1. Who Is Eligible for a COVID Booster Shot?   As of now, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CD...

October 25, 2021 | Monday | Opinion
Taiwan's Medigen explores EUA for COVID-19 vaccine in different countries

Taiwan-based Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corporation has recently stated that MVC-COV1901, a recombinant protein vacc...

October 18, 2021 | Monday | News
One-shot Sputnik Light vaccine demonstrates 70% efficacy against Delta variant

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) and Gamaleya National Research Cent...

October 14, 2021 | Thursday | News
CEPI explores impact of small booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines

Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, or CEPI, has launched a new call for proposals to fund cli...

October 12, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Moderna to build state-of-the-art mRNA vaccine facility in Africa

American firm Moderna, Inc. will build a state-of-the-art mRNA facility in Africa with the goal of producing u...

October 8, 2021 | Friday | News
WHO recommends groundbreaking malaria vaccine for children

The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine (Mosquirix)...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore to strengthen biopharma sector with new vaccine facility

To boost Singapore’s biopharmaceutical sector, Australia-based Lendlease is commencing construction of a large-sca...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Korea inks MoU with US for collaborative vaccine research

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in South Korea, the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Develop...

September 30, 2021 | Thursday | News
China focuses on mRNA vaccine R&D and industrialisation

Jiangsu Recbio Technology and Shenzhen Rhegen Biotechnology have recently signed a joint venture agreement to establish ...

September 30, 2021 | Thursday | News
Serum Institute, Novavax submit COVID-19 vaccine emergency use listing to WHO

Indian vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII) and its US-based partner Novavax, have announced a regulatory...

September 24, 2021 | Friday | News
Vietnam signs MoU with India for COVID-19 vaccine

Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India ha...

September 24, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore receives extra 101,000 doses of SINOVAC COVID-19 vaccines (CoronaVac®)

SINOVAC Biotech Ltd. is supplying 101,000 doses of the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine (CoronaVac®), to Singapore. ...

September 15, 2021 | Wednesday | News
UK launches antibody surveillance program to analyze COVID-19 infection/vaccination

UK Health Security Agency to launch UK-wide antibody surveillance programme for the general public for the first time H...

September 14, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Everest Medicines to advance mRNA vaccines & therapies in Asia emerging markets

China-based startup Everest Medicines has inked two separate definitive agreements with Canadian biotech firm Provi...

September 14, 2021 | Tuesday | News