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Successful clinical trial for re-engineered Covid vaccine 

Drug Discovery World

The University of Queensland’s re-engineered clamp platform has produced a vaccine that is equally safe and virus-neutralising as an approved Covid vaccine considered among the best in its class. He said: “CEPI is striving towards vaccines being developed within 100 days of a new virus emerging: a goal known as the 100 Days Mission.

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World Tuberculosis Day 2024: New vaccines offer hope

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The vaccines currently in late-stage development hold promise in tackling the disease burden of tuberculosis (TB), says data and analytics company GlobalData on World Tuberculosis Day 2024. According to GlobalData, there are 11 vaccines in late-stage development for TB globally. TB remains a global pandemic, with 1.8

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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. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which is based on BioNTech proprietary mRNA technology, was developed by both BioNTech and Pfizer.

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Pfizer and BioNTech to Provide U.S. Government with an Additional 200 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Help Meet Continued Need for Vaccine Supply in the U.S.

The Pharma Data

government has purchased an additional 200 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. government under its existing supply agreement to 500 million. government with 500 million doses of the companies’ COVID-19 vaccine for donation to the world’s poorest nations. This press release features multimedia.

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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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Coronavirus vaccine: UK signs deals for 90 million virus vaccine doses

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The UK government has signed deals for a further 90 million doses of coronavirus vaccine. The vaccines are being developed by the Belgian pharmaceutical company Janssen and the US biotech company Novavax. It means the UK has placed orders for six experimental vaccines, taking its potential stockpile to 340 million doses.

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Moderna sues Pfizer/BioNTech over Covid patent

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Biotechnology company Moderna has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech in relation to the use of its messenger RNA (mRNA) technology and Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 Comirnaty vaccine. Moderna alleges that Pfizer and BioNTech copied this technology, without Moderna’s permission, to make Comirnaty.

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