AstraZeneca invests in Imperial's self-amplifying RNA technology with eye on future drugsVaxEquity, a startup founded by Imperial vaccinologist Robin Shattock, could receive up to $195 million if certain milestones are met, in a...
23 Sep, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
Centre inks deal with Hyderabad-based Biological-E for second Made-In-India Covid shotThe vaccine, which is currently undergoing phase-3 clinical trials, is likely to be available in the next few months, the health ministry s...
03 Jun, 2021, 12.08 PM IST
India's Biological E. to make Providence Therapeutics' mRNA COVID-19 vaccineProvidence will sell up to 30 million doses of its mRNA vaccine, PTX-COVID19-B, to Biological E., and will also provide the necessary techn...
01 Jun, 2021, 05.20 PM IST
US should press vaccine makers for India supply, says Congressman Ro KhannaWashington has tremendous leverage to push these companies to share mRNA vaccine technology with manufacturers in India and around the worl...
24 May, 2021, 08.53 AM IST
What is the Moderna COVID vaccine? Does it work, and is it safe?Boston-based pharmaceutical company Moderna announced a new supply agreement with Australia for 25 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. T...
16 May, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
Vaccine tech transfer hard, next six months key in Covid fight, says leading vaccine makersOn Friday, senior executives from companies such as Moderna, GSK and Bharat Biotech addressed various issues on Covid vaccines, including e...
24 Apr, 2021, 08.29 AM IST
Bioreactor bags are SII’s critical input under export banAmong them are giant plastic bags called bioreactor bags needed to manufacture and process vaccines. These are made by a handful of compani...
18 Apr, 2021, 06.17 AM IST
COVID-19 vaccines in India in a nutshellThe Drugs Control General of India has permitted emergency use of Covid vaccine Sputnik V with certain conditions, clearing the way for a t...
13 Apr, 2021, 11.03 PM IST
View: Joe Biden has a rare chance to score on multiple fronts by sharing the vaccine formulaBiden can score on multiple fronts at once by sharing the vaccine formula to increase access. He can prove the US can be a force of good. H...
30 Mar, 2021, 11.40 PM IST
COVID-19 vaccine race: Main candidates and where they standCo-developed by the University of Oxford and British-Swedish company AstraZeneca and known as Covishield in India, the vaccine was the firs...
10 Jan, 2021, 11.56 AM IST
COVID-19 vaccine race: Where they stand currentlyDeveloped by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Institute of Virology, the indige...
09 Jan, 2021, 06.44 PM IST
Scientists outline steps for safely receiving COVID-19 vaccineAfter closer review of the data related to allergic reactions, the US FDA recommended that the mRNA vaccines, based on the genetic material...
02 Jan, 2021, 02.17 PM IST
Chief of Asia's largest pharmaceutical company urges transparency in virus vaccine rolloutTakeda, one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, is not developing its own vaccine but has contracts with several firms to dist...
20 Dec, 2020, 10.12 AM IST
Moderna's mRNA coronavirus vaccineIt will seek emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and conditional approval from the European Union on Mon...
30 Nov, 2020, 06.03 PM IST
Anthony Fauci not advising Biden, sees no reason to quit Trump nowSince January, Fauci has served on President Donald Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force, a position that has frequently put him at o...
13 Nov, 2020, 05.46 PM IST
Fooya! founder in patent war over digital vaccine with US Pharma giantModerna has filed for the 'digital vaccines' trademark and the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is opening up the case for public com...
13 Jan, 2018, 04.48 PM IST
This $5 billion startup made its first Cancer vaccine - for just one personNovel cancer drugs often come with six-figure price tags, so success could be lucrative. Numerous companies are chasing a cancer vaccine. O...
16 Nov, 2017, 09.13 AM IST