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Ginkgo Bioworks to discover and develop novel vaccine adjuvants 

Drug Discovery World

A five-year contract totalling up to $31 million including programme options has been awarded to Ginkgo Bioworks to discover and develop next-generation vaccine adjuvants. Licensing for human use Adjuvants are components of vaccines that help to enhance the magnitude, breadth, and duration of the immune response to vaccination.

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U.S. FDA grants Priority Review for the Biologics License Application for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Priority Review designation for the Biologics License Application (BLA) for their mRNA vaccine to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 16 years of age and older. Pfizer and BioNTech completed the rolling submission of the BLA in May 2021.

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Addressing the grand challenge of global access to vaccines

Drug Target Review

The mad scramble 1 for -80°C freezers during the COVID-19 pandemic is a vivid illustration that we remain unprepared to harness the global potential of vaccine therapeutics. 2 However, it is not just problematic cold chains that limit access to life-saving vaccines. Development was also fuelled by an avalanche 10 of public funding.

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Pfizer and BioNTech Initiate Rolling Submission of Biologics License Application for U.S. FDA Approval of Their COVID 19 Vaccine

The Pharma Data

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine is currently available in the U.S. Since then, the companies have delivered more than 170 million doses of the vaccine across the U.S. We are proud of the tremendous progress we’ve made since December in delivering vaccines to millions of Americans, in collaboration with the U.S.

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AstraZeneca takes COVID-19 vaccine to China with BioKangtai deal for 200M-dose capacity by 2021

The Pharma Data

We pointed out last week that China was a notable missing element in AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy, despite being the drugmaker’s second-largest market. The pair will also explore the possibility of producing the vaccine for other markets. The vaccine was moved into phase 2/3 in May. That has changed.

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WHO and Partners to Stockpile Ebola Vaccine

The Pharma Data

WHO and Partners to Stockpile Ebola Vaccine. 12, 2021 — Ebola vaccines are being stockpiled by the World Health Organization and other groups to combat future outbreaks of the deadly disease. © 2021 HealthDay. Posted: January 2021. Professional. TUESDAY, Jan. Nearly 7,000 doses are currently available.

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Targovax grants IOVaxis 3 months extension to the exclusive license option for TG mutant RAS vaccines in Greater China and Singapore

The Pharma Data

Due to the unforeseen delays, Targovax has extended the term of IOvaxis’s license option by 3 months, otherwise the agreement remains unchanged. To accommodate the delay caused by these unforeseen circumstances, Targovax has granted to IOVaxis an extension to the license option period by 3 months.