China's Clover Biopharma receives additional funding for booster dose evaluation

China-based Clover Biopharmaceuticals and Norway-based CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovat...

November 19, 2021 | Friday | News
China's COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac to be safe for children and adolescents

China-based SINOVAC Biotech has announced that results from blind data analysis of a multi-centre, case-driven, ran...

November 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
mRNA Victoria, Ginkgo Bioworks to grow bioeconomy & biosecurity capabilities in Australia

mRNA Victoria, the agency of the Australian State of Victoria Government charged with building the State's mRNA man...

November 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Thailand approves 3.6 B Baht to develop local COVID-19 vaccines

The government has approved a fund of 3,625 million baht for two Thai vaccine projects against COVID-19, ChulaCov19 mRNA...

November 11, 2021 | Thursday | News
Q2 Solutions Beijing joins CEPI's global network of COVID-19 vaccine testing labs

Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and Q2 Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of ...

November 3, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Novavax, Serum Institute of India get EUA for COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia

US-based Novavax, Inc. and Serum Institute of India have announced that the National Agency of Drug and Food Contro...

November 1, 2021 | Monday | News
Vaccine Immunology- Potentially the Biggest Game Changer in Asian Healthcare

There is a common pearl of Indian wisdom that encourages parents to let their children play outside in the sun, rain, ga...

November 1, 2021 | Monday | Opinion
WHO COVID-19 Solidarity Trial picks Taiwan-based Medigen's vaccine

Taiwan's Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp (MVC) vaccine candidate, MVC-COV1901, has been recommended by an indep...

October 27, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Daiichi Sankyo to commercialize mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in Japan within 2022

Daiichi Sankyo has announced the progress of development of DS-5670, an mRNA vaccine in Japan, being evaluated against t...

October 26, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia makes breakthrough in vaccine development to prevent hookworm infection

There’s been a significant breakthrough in the development of a vaccine to prevent hookworm infection, a parasite ...

October 26, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore grants interim authorisation for Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has granted an interim authorisation under the Pandemic Special Access ...

October 25, 2021 | Monday | News
Addressing Consumer Questions About COVID Booster Shots

1. Who Is Eligible for a COVID Booster Shot?   As of now, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CD...

October 25, 2021 | Monday | Opinion
Taiwan's Medigen explores EUA for COVID-19 vaccine in different countries

Taiwan-based Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corporation has recently stated that MVC-COV1901, a recombinant protein vacc...

October 18, 2021 | Monday | News
One-shot Sputnik Light vaccine demonstrates 70% efficacy against Delta variant

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) and Gamaleya National Research Cent...

October 14, 2021 | Thursday | News
CEPI explores impact of small booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines

Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, or CEPI, has launched a new call for proposals to fund cli...

October 12, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Moderna to build state-of-the-art mRNA vaccine facility in Africa

American firm Moderna, Inc. will build a state-of-the-art mRNA facility in Africa with the goal of producing u...

October 8, 2021 | Friday | News
WHO recommends groundbreaking malaria vaccine for children

The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine (Mosquirix)...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore to strengthen biopharma sector with new vaccine facility

To boost Singapore’s biopharmaceutical sector, Australia-based Lendlease is commencing construction of a large-sca...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News