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Moderna signs contract to supply Covid-19 booster vaccines to the US

Pharmaceutical Technology

Moderna has entered a new supply contract with the US Government to deliver 66 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine booster candidate, mRNA-1273.222. The contract comprises a $1.74bn award to produce and supply these vaccine doses and options to further procure up to 234 million additional doses of the company’s booster candidates.

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FDA revokes EUAs of Pfizer/BioNTech’s and Moderna’s original Covid-19 vaccines

Pharmaceutical Technology

4/5 Covid-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines. The expanded EUAs state that these current bivalent vaccines are now to be used for all primary and booster doses administered to individuals ages six months of age and older. 1 vaccines by both companies were revoked by the FDA in August 2022, after the BA.5

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UK MHRA grants authorisation for Moderna’s Covid-19 booster vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted conditional authorisation for Moderna ’s Covid-19 booster vaccine, mRNA-1273.214 (Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron), for use in adults aged 18 years and above. It comprises mRNA-1273 (Spikevax) and a vaccine candidate that acts on the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ BA.1

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Transforming cold chain infrastructure: ‘Ultra-cold smart container can transport all of the leading vaccine candidates for COVID-19’

BioPharma Reporter

Up to 10% of vaccines can be reportedly lost in transit due to breakage or fluctuations in sub-zero temperatures required for preservation, but a manufacturer of data-driven temperature-controlled smart containers says it can cut that rate to just 0.1%.

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US FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation for Moderna’s RSV vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation for Moderna ’s investigational mRNA vaccine candidate, mRNA-1345, for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in adult patients. It contains a single mRNA sequence encoding for a stabilised prefusion F glycoprotein. The findings showed 83.7%

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Polio cases derived from new oral vaccine reported for first time

STAT News

Experts have long understood that a new polio vaccine developed to try to minimize the risks associated with the oral polio vaccine made by Albert Sabin might also cause the problem it was created to sidestep. The “2” signals the vaccine targets type 2 polioviruses.) Read the rest…

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CureVac gets an early date in Covid-19 vaccine patent case with Pfizer/BioNTech

Pharmaceutical Technology

The Covid-19 pandemic saw a proliferation in novel vaccine technologies being produced rapidly. With the emergence of vaccines came accusations of technology encroachment amongst biotech companies. CureVac’s lawsuits add to a complex legal landscape for Pfizer/BioNTech that already includes ones from Moderna.

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