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Europe to donate 70 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
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The agreement enables the EU and European Economic Area (EEA) countries to donate Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to low-income countries.
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‘Marketplace’ launched to speed up global access to COVID-19 vaccine
CEPI has launched COVAX Marketplace to accelerate the global production of COVID-19 vaccines, increasing access to doses.
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Novel COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in Canadian trial
Phase I data shows VBI-2902a induced neutralisation and antibody titres up to five times that of people who had recovered from COVID-19 infection.
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Driving biopharma innovation post COVID-19
Ahmed Bouzidi, VP of Biotech Strategic Development at ProductLife Group, discusses the opportunities – and funding and regulatory challenges – facing small and mid-sized biopharma companies as they deliver innovation to the global market.
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$150 million made available for COVID-19 vaccine adverse event compensation scheme
The COVAX No-fault Compensation Program will offer individuals in 92 lower-income countries and economies compensation for serious adverse events associated with COVID-19 vaccines distributed through COVAX.
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Africa to receive first COVID-19 vaccine doses in February
COVAX has allocated 90 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and 320,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to African countries.
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CEPI offers $140 million to support research on COVID-19 vaccines
CEPI has opened a new funding opportunity, providing up to $140 million to support additional clinical research on COVID-19 vaccines.
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Current innovations in the vaccine pipeline
As the global COVID-19 response continues, so does the rapidly expanding pipeline for a novel COVID-19 vaccine. Here, experts from Avalere Health outline ongoing US and global vaccine development efforts, including the role of public-private partnerships in accelerating vaccine development. They will also focus on the broader context of respiratory…
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Who will receive COVID-19 vaccines first?
EPR’s Hannah Balfour discusses some of the proposed COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans and how medicinal nationalism and supply deals could prevent “fair and equitable access” to COVID-19 vaccines.
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CEPI establishes centralised COVID-19 vaccine evaluation network
Five labs have been selected by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to act as a global network for the assessment of COVID-19 vaccine immunogenicity.
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WHO says 172 economies in talks for access to COVID-19 vaccines programme
The WHO has announced that many economies worldwide may participate in COVAX, an initiative aimed at providing countries with equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.
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UK government secures early access to 90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines
The government has entered partnerships with Pfizer and Valneva to secure doses of several promising COVID-19 vaccines and secured COVID-19 neutralising antibody treatments from AstraZeneca.
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AstraZeneca commits to supply Europe with 400 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
AstraZeneca plans to produce up to 400 million doses of the University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, with deliveries to begin by the end of the year.
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Gavi launches $2 billion COVID-19 vaccine funding initiative
The vaccine alliance said the Covax AMC programme is the first in a series of financing programmes to ensure low- and middle-income countries will have access to COVID-19 vaccines.
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CEPI invests $384m in Novavax COVID-19 vaccine candidate
CEPI has announced that its funding for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine candidate will go towards Phase I and Phase II trials as well as manufacturing costs.
