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
Oncotype DX test can now spare chemotherapy use in early-stage breast cancer

Exact Sciences Corp. on 9 Dec 2020 announced that data from the Rx for Positive Node, Endocrine Responsive Breast Cancer...

December 30, 2020 | Wednesday | News
NIH funds research to study pediatric COVID-19 and related conditions

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US has awarded eight research grants to develop approaches for identifyin...

December 31, 2020 | Thursday | News
FAO, OIE and WHO commit to joint multi-sectoral efforts in APAC

COVID-19 reignites drive for a “One Health” approach to tackle preventable illnesses at the animal-human-eco...

December 28, 2020 | Monday | News
Argentina officially registers Sputnik V vaccine

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announces the registration of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronaviru...

December 24, 2020 | Thursday | 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
BD surpasses 1B injection device orders for COVID-19 vaccination

BD, a leading global medical technology company, has announced that it has received orders for needles and syringes in t...

December 18, 2020 | Friday | News
SUEZ unveils new Sievers TOC analyzers for online ultrapure water monitoring

SUEZ – Water Technologies & Solutions has announced the launch of two new Total Organic Carbon (TOC) online an...

December 17, 2020 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca to acquire Alexion for $39B

British multinational AstraZeneca and US based Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement fo...

December 15, 2020 | Tuesday | News
WHO launches year-long campaign to help 100 M people quit tobacco

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 - “...

December 14, 2020 | Monday | News
Gates Foundation commits additional $250M in global effort against COVID-19

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that it will commit an additional $250 million to support th...

December 11, 2020 | Friday | News
WHO announces updates on systematic screening for tuberculosis

World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a number of updates to its forthcoming guidance on the systematic screen...

December 9, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Merck expands life science production capacities in US

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced the broadening of its manufacturing footprint with a comb...

December 8, 2020 | Tuesday | News
INOVIO expands global manufacturing consortium for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate

INOVIO, a biotechnology company focused on bringing to market precisely designed DNA medicines to treat and protect peop...

December 4, 2020 | Friday | News
Initial COVID-19 global vaccines roll-out to see some vaccine nationalism

A new report from CPhI explores the potential implications in 2021 of impending vaccine approvals, a new administration ...

December 4, 2020 | Friday | News
BioNTech-Pfizer apply CMA for COVID-19 Vaccine to the EMA

BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc. on 30 Nov 2020 have submitted a formal Application for Conditional Marketing ...

December 2, 2020 | Wednesday | News
COVID R&D Alliance announces first patient enrollment in COMMUNITY Trial

Three members of the COVID R&D Alliance - Amgen Inc, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd and UCB announced the fi...

December 2, 2020 | Wednesday | News
AstraZeneca vaccine meet primary efficacy endpoint in preventing COVID-19

Positive high-level results from an interim analysis of clinical trials of AZD1222 in the UK and Brazil showed the vacci...

November 27, 2020 | Friday | News