Japan has pre-ordered COVID-19 vaccine doses for more than four times its population, says report
Japan has procurement deals with half of the companies leading the COVID-19 vaccine development race, according to GlobalData.
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Japan has procurement deals with half of the companies leading the COVID-19 vaccine development race, according to GlobalData.
Over a six year period, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is expected to lead inoculation sales, generating $30 billion.
The MHRA has given the green light to the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for use in the UK, making it the third to be approved in the country.
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine has been approved in the EU with a conditional marketing authorisation by the European Commission.
Phase III trial data suggests the mRNA-1273 vaccine is safe and highly effective at preventing COVID-19 in adults.
Europe will receive an extra 80 million doses of Moderna's mRNA-1273, a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, following the EC's decision.
Despite the stringent storage conditions required for Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, the need for a return to normal life has levelled the playing field for all candidate prophylactics against SARS-CoV-2.
The first participants ages 12 to less than 18 have been dosed in the study of mRNA-1273, Moderna's vaccine candidate against COVID-19.
According to the alliance, 70 poor countries will only be able to vaccinate one in 10 people against COVID-19 next year after rich countries bought up most prophylactics.
The company has submitted for Emergency Use Authorization in the US and Conditional Marketing Authorization in Europe for its mRNA-1273 vaccine against COVID-19.
After purchasing an additional two million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, the UK will now receive a total of 357 million doses of vaccines from seven developers.
The European Commission and Moderna have agreed that the company will supply at least 80 million doses of mRNA-1273, the company's COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
The rolling review will shorten the approval timeframe by evaluating data on the safety, efficacy and quality of the mRNA-1273 vaccine as it becomes available.
The analysis reveals that mRNA-1273 was generally well tolerated and prevented COVID-19 with an efficacy of 94.5 percent in a Phase III study.
Takeda will import and distribute 50 million doses of the mRNA-1273 vaccine candidate under an agreement with Moderna and Government of Japan.