IVI-SK’s new typhoid conjugate vaccine meets primary endpoints in ph III study in Nepal

Vi-DT typhoid conjugate vaccine, developed jointly by the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and SK bioscience, has m...

January 4, 2021 | Monday | News
India approves SII and Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccines, EUA

The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved Serum Institute of India (SII) Covishield (developed by Ox...

January 4, 2021 | Monday | News
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine first to receive emergency validation from WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/...

January 1, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore initiates COVID-19 vaccination with Pfizer-BioNTech jab

Singapore kick-started its national Covid-19 vaccination programme on 30 Dec 2020, with a senior staff nurse w...

January 1, 2021 | Friday | News
CEPI partners India based vaccines developer to advance COVID-19 vaccine candidate

CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and Biological E Limited, India (Bio E), a Hyderabad-based vac...

December 31, 2020 | Thursday | News
Taiwan secures 10 M doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Taiwan's Health Minister and Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has announced that the country has purchased ...

January 1, 2021 | Friday | News
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine receives EUA in the UK

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency supply in the UK, with the first doses being releas...

December 31, 2020 | Thursday | News
Moderna to supply 40 M COVID-19 vaccine doses to South Korea

Moderna, Inc., a US based biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today confirm...

December 31, 2020 | Thursday | News
Indonesia donates $1 M to further CEPI’s vaccine research

The Government of Indonesia and Norway based CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations,  have a...

December 29, 2020 | Tuesday | News
New Zeland to provide $75 M for Pacific and global COVID-19 vaccination support

New Zealand has announced $75 million of Official Development Assistance earmarked to support Pacific and global v...

December 29, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Korea secures COVID-19 vaccines via deals with Janssen, Pfizer

The Korean government has concluded deals with global pharmaceutical giants Janssen of Johnson and Johnson and...

December 28, 2020 | Monday | News
Australia rolls out strategies for COVID-19 vaccine supply and distribution

Australian Government has announced that it has signed contracts with the companies to partner for safe distributio...

December 28, 2020 | Monday | News
New Zealand secures AstraZeneca & Novavax COVID-19 vaccines

The New Zealand Government will purchase COVID-19 vaccines from pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Novavax, me...

December 24, 2020 | Thursday | News
DHL delivers first batch of COVID-19 vaccine to Singapore

DHL, the leading global brand in the logistics industry has announced the successful delivery of the first batch of COVI...

December 22, 2020 | Tuesday | News
COVAX plans global rollout of COVID-19 vaccine starting Q1 2021

COVAX, the global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries, regardless of ...

December 21, 2020 | Monday | News
Moderna assures COVID-19 vaccine supply to Singapore

Moderna, Inc., a US based biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a ne...

December 18, 2020 | Friday | News
Sputnik V vaccine shows 91.4% efficacy in phase 3 clinical trials

The National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. Gamaleya of the Ministry of Health of th...

December 15, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Fosun Pharma inks agreement with BioNTech for COVID-19 vaccine supply in China

BioNTech and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co, Ltd have announced an agreement to supply Mainland China with 100...

December 16, 2020 | Wednesday | News