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How did pharma develop a vaccine so quickly?

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OBSERVATION: Biologics can take a long time to develop but COVID vaccines have been in development for almost 50 years and novel approaches were used to develop these vaccines. Vaccines typically take 10 to 15 years to develop, test and release to the public. However, this is time-consuming.

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Oragenics secures CQDM funding for Covid-19 vaccine antigen development

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Oragenics has secured funding from the Canadian bioresearch consortium CQDM to develop a variant-agnostic protein antigen for use in its Covid-19 intranasal vaccine. In March 2023, Oragenics and Inspirevax entered an exclusive global licence deal to develop the former’s lead intranasal Covid-19 vaccine candidate, NT-CoV2-1.

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SK Bioscience gains UK authorisation for SKYCovion Covid-19 vaccine

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SK Bioscience has received marketing authorisation from the UK’s medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency (MHRA) for its Covid-19 vaccine, SKYCovion. The authorisation allows the distribution of the vaccine in Scotland, Wales and England. This is the result of our commitment to protecting and promoting global public health.

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Dyadic expands Covid-19 licence with Rubic to bolster vaccine production in Africa

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Dyadic International has announced expansion of a licence agreement for its C1-cell protein expression platform with South African consortium Rubic One Health. The expanded licence will include the development of vaccines and therapeutic proteins beyond Covid-19 for human and animal health markets in Africa.

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WHO grants emergency use listing to SK bioscience’s SKYCovione

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted an emergency use listing (EUL) to SK bioscience’s Covid-19 vaccine, SKYCovione. SKYCovione is a self-assembled nanoparticle vaccine and the 12th Covid-19 vaccine to receive a EUL from the regulator.

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China grants EUA to Covid-19 vaccine against XBB descendent lineages

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5+delta) protein vaccine (Sf9 cell). This marks the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine approved for emergency use against XBB descendent lineages of SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine has been developed by WestVac Biopharma along with the West China Medical Center and Sichuan University. recombinant Covid-19 trivalent (XBB.1.5+BA.5+delta)

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EC approves Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine CMA expansion for adolescents

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The European Commission (EC) has granted approval for the expanded conditional marketing authorization (CMA) of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), in the European Union (EU) for adolescents of the age 12 to 17 years. A protein-based vaccine, NVX-CoV2373 is made from the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ first strain.

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