CEPI supports advancement of open-access coronavirus vaccines R&D roadmap with $3.2 M funding

The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, US will receive $3.2 mill...

October 13, 2024 | Sunday | News
China's CanSino receives over $17 M from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate polio vaccine development

China-based CanSino Biologics Inc. has received an additional financial boost, securing a grant exceeding $17 million to...

October 10, 2024 | Thursday | News
SK bioscience invests $3 M in US-based FinaBio specialising in next-gen conjugate vaccine technology

South Korea-based SK bioscience has signed an agreement to acquire a stake in Fina Biosolutions, a promising R&D bio...

October 8, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Cenra Healthcare to promote Moderna’s mRNA respiratory vaccine portfolio in Taiwan

Moderna, Inc. and Cenra Healthcare, the sales and marketing arm of Cenra Inc., have entered into a joint agreement regar...

October 1, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore HSA approves Abrysvo Vaccine by Pfizer to combat Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved the Pfizer's bivalent vaccine, Abryvso, for active immu...

September 25, 2024 | Wednesday | News
WHO prequalifies first vaccine against mpox

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced MVA-BN vaccine as the first vaccine against mpox to be added to its pr...

September 16, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan approves self-amplifying mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for protection against JN.1 strain

Global biotechnology leader CSL and self amplifying-mRNA pioneer Arcturus Therapeutics have announced that Japan's Minis...

September 13, 2024 | Friday | News
GSK announces launch of Herpes Zoster vaccine Shingrix in Malaysia

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Sdn Bhd (GSK) has announced the launch of its Herpes Zoster vaccine, Shingrix, ...

September 13, 2024 | Friday | News
BIOCHINA 2025: China’s Largest Bio Convention to Host Over 3,000 Biotech Companies

Looking ahead, BIOCHINA 2025 has officially announced its next conference, set for March 13-15, 2025. The 10th edition o...

September 12, 2024 | Thursday | News
French firm Osivax grants rights to KM Biologics to develop and market influenza vaccine in Japan

Osivax, a FRance-based biopharmaceutical company developing vaccines to provide broad-spectrum protection against highly...

September 10, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Moderna’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine targeting SARS-COV-2 Variant JN.1 receives approval in Taiwan

Moderna, Inc. has announced that the Taiwan Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an updated formulation of ...

September 4, 2024 | Wednesday | News
mRNA as novel active ingredient – PlasmidFactory providing the template for tomorrow’s vaccines

  Q: The usage of messenger RNA (mRNA) as novel active ingredient has attracted public attention in recent years, ...

September 2, 2024 | Monday | News
Bavarian Nordic receives approval of Smallpox and Mpox vaccine in Singapore

Danish firm Bavarian Nordic A/S has announced that Singapore’s medicines regulatory authority, Health Sciences Aut...

August 27, 2024 | Tuesday | News
New $3.3 M lab in Australia to design and manufacture cancer vaccines

A new facility at The University of Queensland (UQ) is set to provide Australian researchers with cancer vaccines tailor...

July 29, 2024 | Monday | News
Korea announces KRW 55 B funding for five years to develop vaccine storage technology, therapeutics

Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) recent...

July 27, 2024 | Saturday | News
Korea's SK bioscience invests $2 M in US biotech startup Sunflower Therapeutics

SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company based in South Korea, has signed a Simple Agreement for F...

July 25, 2024 | Thursday | News
CEPI backs Valneva with $41.3 M funding to increase access to world’s first Chikungunya vaccine

Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and French biotech firm Valneva SE, have expanded th...

July 24, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Canada reveals intention to join International Vaccine Institute in Korea

Mélanie Joly, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, visited the International Vaccine Institute’s (IV...

July 23, 2024 | Tuesday | News