article thumbnail

Moderna Receives $590M From HHS To Develop Bird Flu Vaccine

Drugs.com

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu. TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 -- The U.S. This funding, announced Friday by Moderna.

Vaccine 262
article thumbnail

After a Vaccine – What? The Shift from Research and Discovery to Communications

Eye on FDA

Vaccines for COVID-19 are the focus of the moment – politically and scientifically speaking. Scientifically, there was the big news that a vaccine trial had experienced a serious adverse event bringing a pause to bear in its continuation, likely throwing further cold water on the political side of the equation.

Vaccine 82
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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

The Pharma Data

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.

Vaccine 52
article thumbnail

McKesson Fills Initial Government Orders for Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

The Pharma Data

government’s public-private partnership to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to Americans, and under the direction of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , McKesson began distributing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines and the ancillary supply kits needed to administer them. as well as handling the distribution of vaccines.

article thumbnail

Warp Speed, Vaccines, and Agile Practices

EG Life Sciences

In his last talk at Bio-IT World, Dr. Terry Barnhart spoke of the potential of Agile practices in pharmaceutical innovation. At the most recent Bio-IT World conference , Barnhart shows how Agile practices not only bring products to market faster – they also save lives.

Vaccine 52
article thumbnail

COVAXX and Aurobindo Pharma Announce COVID-19 Vaccine Partnership

The Pharma Data

company developing UB-612 a multitope peptide-based vaccine to fight COVID-19, today announced an exclusive agreement with Aurobindo Pharma to expand its global development and commercialization of UB-612 to India and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) agency. billion, to deliver the vaccine in multiple countries.

Vaccine 52
article thumbnail

Either Trivalent Flu Vaccine Safe for Use in Seniors

The Pharma Data

Either Trivalent Flu Vaccine Safe for Use in Seniors. 20, 2021 — Either the trivalent adjuvanted inactivated influenza vaccine (aIIV3) or the trivalent high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine (HD-IIV3) is safe to use in older adults, according to a study published online Jan. Professional. WEDNESDAY, Jan.

Vaccine 52