Vaccine
EMA launch investigation into J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine amid US blood clot reports
April 12, 2021Sales and Marketing COVID-19, EMA, J&J, JJ, Vaccine
The EMA is reviewing reports of rare blood clots in four people in the US who received Johnson & Johnson’s …
AstraZeneca halt paediatric trial of COVID-19 vaccine amid blood clot probe
April 7, 2021Research and Development AstraZeneca, COVID-19, Vaccine
AstraZeneca has halted the trial of its COVID-19 vaccine on children aged between 6 and 17, while regulators investigate a …
GSK to support manufacture of 60m Novavax COVID-19 vaccines
March 30, 2021Manufacturing and Production COVID-19, GSK, UK, Vaccine
GSK has reached an agreement with Novavax and the UK Government Vaccines Taskforce to support the production of up to …
500,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to arrive in UK next month
March 29, 2021Sales and Marketing COVID-19, Moderna, Vaccine
More than 500,000 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine are set to arrive in the UK next month, ministers have confirmed. …
Novavax delays 100 million vaccines to the EU
March 26, 2021Medical Communications COVID-19, EU, Vaccine
Novavax is delaying the signing of a contract to supply COVID-19 vaccines to the EU, as the company warned it …
Pfizer begins COVID-19 vaccine testing on young children
March 26, 2021Medical Communications COVID-19, Pfizer, Vaccine
Pfizer have begun testing its COVID-19 vaccine on children under the age of 12, with the trials’ first participants, a …
AstraZeneca vaccine found to be 3% less effective after further trial analysis
March 25, 2021AstraZeneca, AstraZeneca vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Vaccine
AstraZeneca have revised their findings from the US study AZD1222 of their COVID-19 vaccine, announcing a 76% efficacy against symptoms …
AstraZeneca and J&J COVID-19 vaccines face viral vector shortage
March 25, 2021Astrazenaca, COVID-19, Johnson & Johnson, Vaccine
Both AstraZeneca and J&J face major manufacturing deficiencies for their recombinant vector COVID-19 vaccines, forcing competition over limited production capacity …
Daiichi Sankyo begins trial for mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in Japan
March 22, 2021Sales and Marketing COVID-19, Vaccine
Daiichi Sankyo, a global pharmaceutical company that provides services in 20 countries worldwide, has announced the first vaccinations as part …
RDIF & Stelis Biopharma to supply 200 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine
March 19, 2021Medical Communications COVID-19, Russia, Vaccine
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Stelis Biopharma have today announced a partnership which aims to produce and supply …
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine deemed “safe and effective” by EMA
March 19, 2021Medical Communications AstraZeneca, COVID-19, EMA, Vaccine
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been cleared for continued use by the EMA following an investigation into the reports of 37 …
Florida woman gives birth to first-known baby born with COVID-19 antibodies
March 18, 2021COVID-19, Moderna, Vaccine
A woman from Florida has given birth to the first-known baby born with COVID-19 antibodies, according to findings recently published …
Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN jab 81% effective in Phase III trial
March 4, 2021Bharat Biotech, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Vaccine, bharat
Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has shown an interim efficacy of 81% in a Phase III trial, the company announced …
Single Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine dose drastically reduces COVID-19 hospitalisations in over-80s
March 2, 2021Manufacturing and Production AstraZeneca, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer, Vaccine
A single dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine reduces UK hospitalisations in over-80s by 80%, a Public Health …
Dynavax’s hepatitis B vaccine gets EU approval
February 23, 2021Manufacturing and Production EU, Vaccine, hepatitis B
The European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorisation Dynavax Technologies Corporation’s HEPLISAV B vaccine for the active immunisation against hepatitis …
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