Merck pays $250M to license Moderna cancer vaccine
Bio Pharma Dive
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The drugmaker’s decision to grab rights to the shot deepens its ties with the COVID-19 vaccine developer and comes weeks before a key data release.
CureVac cuts jobs, licenses out vaccines to GSK
Bio Pharma Dive
JULY 3, 2024
The mRNA specialist plans to eliminate 30% of its workforce as part of a restructuring that will prioritize “high-value” projects like its cancer vaccines.
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Sanofi signs $1.2bn licensing agreement for Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine
Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 10, 2024
Sanofi has signed a $1.2bn licensing agreement with Novavax to co-commercialise its stand-alone adjuvanted Covid-19 vaccine.
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Dyadic expands Covid-19 licence with Rubic to bolster vaccine production in Africa
Pharmaceutical Technology
APRIL 13, 2023
The expanded licence will include the development of vaccines and therapeutic proteins beyond Covid-19 for human and animal health markets in Africa. During the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccination rates of many countries in Africa were significantly trailing the rest of the world.
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Moderna pays US government $400M 'catch-up payment' under new COVID-19 vaccine license
Fierce Pharma
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Moderna pays US government $400M 'catch-up payment' under new COVID-19 vaccine license esagonowsky Fri, 02/24/2023 - 09:18
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BARDA awards contract for Sabin’s Ebola Sudan and Marburg virus vaccines
Pharmaceutical Technology
JANUARY 13, 2023
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has awarded a multi-year contract to the Sabin Vaccine Institute for developing and producing single-dose vaccine candidates for Ebola Sudan and Marburg virus diseases. Currently, there are no licensed vaccines against these viruses.
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GreenLight and US NIH partner to develop Covid-19 vaccine for variants
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 1, 2022
GreenLight Biosciences has entered a partnership with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of Covid-19 vaccines, which offer broader protection against new variants and with durable effects. They intend to develop vaccines that provide lasting immune responses compared to existing vaccines.
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India’s CDSCO approves Bharat Biotech’s intra-nasal vaccine for Covid-19
Pharmaceutical Technology
DECEMBER 2, 2022
India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has granted approval for Bharat Biotech’s BBV154 vaccine for treating Covid-19. BBV154 is claimed to be the first intra-nasal vaccine for Covid-19 in the world.
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Oral COVID-19 vaccine beckons, as ImmunityBio licenses iosBio tech
pharmaphorum
JANUARY 12, 2021
ImmunityBio has licensed technology underpinning a COVID-19 vaccine that could be administered orally rather than by injection from UK biotech iosBio. One of the primary advantages of this approach is that the oral vaccine capsules are stable at room temperature, which means they do not require cold chain storage.
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India's role in coronavirus vaccine manufacturing grows with new deals
Bio Pharma Dive
AUGUST 6, 2020
The Serum Institute, one of the world's largest vaccine producers, licensed Novavax's experimental shot, while Wockhardt signed on with the U.K. to help make AstraZeneca's candidate.
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GSK and CureVac restructure mRNA vaccine development deal
Pharmaceutical Technology
JULY 3, 2024
GSK and CureVac have announced the restructuring of their existing partnership into a new licensing agreement for mRNA vaccine candidates.
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F.D.A. Aims for Full Approval of Pfizer Covid Vaccine on Monday
NY Times
AUGUST 20, 2021
Federal regulators are winding down the process of licensing Pfizer’s two-dose coronavirus vaccine, setting up an approval possibly by Monday and possibly kicking off a wave of new mandates.
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IXCHIQ Chikungunya Vaccine Trial Shows Sustained Immune Response in Adolescents
XTalks
JANUARY 22, 2025
Valneva SE, who developed the worlds first FDA-approved chikungunya vaccine , has now unveiled promising Phase III data for its single-shot chikungunya vaccine, IXCHIQ, in adolescents aged 12 to 17. IXCHIQ is the only licensed chikungunya vaccine in the US for adults aged 18 and older at increased risk of exposure to the virus.
Swiss startup LimmaTech licenses GSK vaccine, hires ex-CureVac chief as CEO
Bio Pharma Dive
JULY 20, 2023
The startup will take on development of a shigellosis vaccine GSK inherited when it acquired LimmaTech’s predecessor, GlycoVaxyn, in 2015.
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LakeShore commences BLA submission to DRAP for rabies vaccine
Pharmaceutical Technology
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
LakeShore Biopharma has commenced the submission of its biologics license application (BLA) to the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) seeking conditional approval for its PIKA Rabies Vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP).
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Sanofi forges $1.2bn alliance with vaccines firm Novavax
pharmaphorum
MAY 10, 2024
Sanofi has licensed joint commercial rights to Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine and will work with the biotech on the development of combined flu/COVID shots in a deal worth up to $1.2
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Moderna Q1 reveals COVID-19 vaccine sales stats: Biologics License Application to be submitted this month
BioPharma Reporter
MAY 6, 2021
The next step will be to start a rolling submission for a Biologics License Application (BLA) for its COVID-19 vaccine with the FDA this month. Moderna has reported the first profitable quarter in the companyâs history: after 10 years of research and several billion dollars of investment in its mRNA platform.
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South Korea authorises Novavax Covid-19 vaccine as booster dose
Pharmaceutical Technology
JANUARY 19, 2023
The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (KMFDS) has granted expanded approval to Novavax partner SK bioscience for the Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), for use as a booster dose in adults aged 18 and above. Nuvaxovid is a protein-based vaccine created from the genetic sequence of the initial SARS-CoV-2 virus strain.
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Bavarian Nordic completes travel vaccine deal with Emergent
Pharmaceutical Technology
MAY 16, 2023
Bavarian Nordic has completed the acquisition of Emergent BioSolutions ’ travel vaccine portfolio for an upfront payment of $274m, with the potential for the total value to rise to $384m. Following the completion of the deal, Bavarian Nordic now boasts the only oral vaccine licensed by the U.S.
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Moderna’s COVID-Flu Combo Shot Beats Separate Vaccines in Phase III Study
BioSpace
JUNE 10, 2024
Moderna’s combination vaccine candidate for COVID-19 and influenza outperformed licensed vaccines in older adults, according to late-stage results reported on Monday.
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Evaxion and ExpreS²ion partner to develop new CMV vaccine
Pharmaceutical Technology
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Evaxion Biotech and ExpreS 2 ion Biotechnologies have entered a vaccine discovery collaboration agreement to co-develop a new cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine candidate. Until 2025, the companies will equally share the research and intellectual property licensing expenses under the partnership.
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Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine gets approval in South Korea for adolescents
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 14, 2022
Novavax and its partner SK bioscience have obtained a Post Approval Change Application approval from the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (KMFDS) for the Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), to be used in adolescents of the age 12 to 17 years. It enrolled 2,247 adolescents across 73 US sites.
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Valneva, LimmaTech ally on quest for first Shigella vaccine
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 1, 2024
Valneva has bolstered its vaccines pipeline with a shot designed to protect against shigellosis – a major global health threat – licensed from LimmaTech Biologics.The French pharma company – best known for its COVID-19 jab and recent approval for the world's first chikungunya vaccine Ixchiq – is paying €10 million upfront for a stake in LimmaTech's (..)
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Opinion: Will low-dose vaccination stretch the monkeypox vaccine supply, or backfire?
STAT News
AUGUST 9, 2022
heath secretary recently declared monkeypox as a public health emergency , paving the way for emergency use authorizations of additional vaccines or vaccine regimens to fight the disease. The same day, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf said that the U.S. — by changing the way it is given.
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Vaxcyte trains its sight on a lucrative market with pneumococcal vaccine
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 28, 2022
On 24 October, American vaccine developer Vaxcyte shared positive topline data from a Phase I/II study of its multivalent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine VAX-24 , bringing the 24-valent pneumococcal jab one step closer to market. This is in addition to its long-available pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine PPSV23.
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STAT+: Merck pays $250 million to license a Moderna skin-cancer vaccine candidate
STAT News
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Merck on Wednesday agreed to extend an ongoing collaboration with Moderna to develop a personalized vaccine for the treatment of patients with skin cancer. Moderna is getting $250 million from Merck to secure opt-in rights to the cancer vaccine candidate, called mRNA-4157.
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FDA decision on Pfizer’s maternal RSV vaccine expected by August
BioPharma Reporter
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Pfizerâs Biologics License Application (BLA) for its maternal RSV vaccine under priority review. If approved, the vaccine will become the first RSV vaccine for pregnant women to protect against RSV in infants.
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Pfizer and BioNTech seek FDA EUA for Omicron-based Covid-19 vaccine
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 23, 2022
5-adapted bivalent vaccine for Covid-19 in people aged 12 years and above. 1-adapted vaccine. The FDA also sought the vaccine’s pre-clinical and manufacturing data for addressing the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ evolution. 5-adapted bivalent vaccine will be made readily available for shipping. 5-adapted bivalent vaccine.
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CanSinoBIO developed a highly effective COVID vaccine with an inhalant version
pharmaphorum
JULY 18, 2022
MBA, managing director at CanSino Biologics Europe, tells us about Convidecia, a single dose SARS-CoV-2 vaccine offered as an injectable and inhalant that allows ease of storage, an alternative option for individuals with needle phobias, and robust elongated CD4 and CD8 cellular response. Morgon, PharmD, LL.M, How it works. Regarding the BA.4
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Monkeypox vaccine: First EUA for Bavarian Nordic amid worldwide shortages
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 26, 2022
Amid a shortage of monkeypox vaccine doses, the WHO and FDA have declared public health emergencies, and the FDA has granted its first Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to a monkeypox vaccine and opened the door for more. On the same day, the FDA granted a EUA to Bavarian Nordic’s (Copenhagen, Denmark) Jynneos vaccine.
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COVID-19 News: Vaxart Posts Phase I Data on Oral Vaccine, BMS Licenses mAb
BioSpace
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
The vast majority of COVID-19 vaccines on the market or in development are administered through an injection, but Vaxart is attempting to develop an oral vaccine.
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FDA grants priority review for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine BLA
BioPharma Reporter
JULY 19, 2021
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review designation for Pfizer and BioNTechâs COVID-19 vaccine Biologics License Application (BLA).
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FDA expected to make decision on Pfizer RSV vaccine in May
BioPharma Reporter
DECEMBER 8, 2022
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Pfizerâs RSV vaccine Biologics License Application (BLA) for priority review: with a decision expected in May.
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Experimental NIH Sudan virus vaccine protects macaques
Medical Xpress
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
A National Institutes of Health research group with extensive experience studying ebolavirus countermeasures has successfully developed a vaccine against Sudan virus (SUDV) based on the licensed Ebola virus (EBOV) vaccine. The new vaccine, VSV-SUDV, completely protected cynomolgus macaques against a lethal SUDV challenge.
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FDA Approves First Measles Vaccine in Half a Century
BioSpace
JUNE 5, 2022
GSK's MMR vaccine is only the second to be approved in the United States for protection against measles, mumps and rubella. The first, licensed to Merck, was approved in 1971.
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Vaccibody and Genentech in cancer vaccine R&D and commercialization tie-up
BioPharma Reporter
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Oslo headquartered, Vaccibody, a pioneer in the neoantigen cancer vaccine space, has entered into an exclusive worldwide license and collaboration agreement with Genentech.
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Ocugen turns to BLA path in the US for COVID-19 vaccine candidate
BioPharma Reporter
JUNE 14, 2021
Ocugen will pursue submission of a biologics license application (BLA) in the US for the COVID-19 vaccine candidate, COVAXIN, rather than a EUA application. The company believes that the differentiated vaccine has the potential to address variants, as well as planning to undertake paediatric and booster trials.
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Pfizer Buys Stake in Valneva to Advance Lyme Disease Vaccine
BioSpace
JUNE 19, 2022
They also updated their Collaboration and License deal for a Lyme disease vaccine that was announced in April. Pfizer inked an Equity Subscription Agreement with France-based Valneva.
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BioNTech Partners with Matinas BioPharma to Develop New Delivery Technology for mRNA Vaccines
XTalks
APRIL 18, 2022
Top COVID-19 mRNA vaccine maker BioNTech is setting out to explore new and improved delivery technologies for mRNA vaccines, recently announcing a collaboration with New Jersey-based lipid nanocrystal developer Matinas BioPharma. Related: BioNTech Unveils the BioNTainer, a Modular mRNA Vaccine Factory to Help Production in Africa.
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Russian Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine ‘will cost less than $10 a dose’
pharmaphorum
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
The developer of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V has pledged to make it available for less than $10 per dose – or $20 per two-dose course – on the same day as revealing new clinical data with the shot. Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines require much lower temperatures to prevent their active ingredients from breaking down.
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EU places firm order for AZ/Oxford Uni’s ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccine
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 16, 2020
The European Commission has placed its first advance order for a coronavirus vaccine, snapping up 300 million doses of AstraZeneca’s ChAdOx1 candidate developed by the University of Oxford, with an option on another 100 million. The EU says its advance purchase order will finance part of the upfront costs of developing the vaccine.
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Pfizer and BioNTech Advance COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy With Study Start of Next-Generation Vaccine Candidate Based on Enhanced Spike Protein Design
Pfizer
JULY 26, 2022
Pfizer and BioNTech Advance COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy With Study Start of Next-Generation Vaccine Candidate Based on Enhanced Spike Protein Design. Pfizer and BioNTech Advance COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy With Study Start of Next-Generation Vaccine Candidate Based on Enhanced Spike Protein Design. deliesschef.
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Moderna unveils $500m plan for African vaccine facility
pharmaphorum
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Moderna has said it plans to invest $500 million in a new facility for manufacturing mRNA vaccines in Africa, and has kicked off a search to find a suitable country and location. of Africans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and just 15 African nations have met the agency’s objective of 10% coverage.
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Oragenics and Inspirevax sign agreement for Covid-19 vaccine development
Pharmaceutical Technology
MARCH 1, 2023
Oragenics and Inspirevax have signed a license agreement to develop the former’s lead intranasal vaccine candidate for Covid-19, NT-CoV2-1. As part of the exclusive international agreement, Oragenics agreed to pursue the vaccine development with the new BDX301 intranasal mucosal adjuvant of Inspirevax.
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