SYDNEY, AU, Feb 15, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Novotech, the leading Asia Pacific centred biotech CRO with extensive experience in vaccine trials, is convening an expert panel webinar covering the evolving landscape in vaccine development. Register here https://webinars.endpts.com/keeping-pace-with-the-evolving-global-landscape-in-vaccine-development/ Between 2017 and 2021, there were close to 1,400 industry-sponsored single country vaccine based […]
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Vaccine contracts ready for audit, says Galvez
THE PREVIOUS administration’s COVID response task force head said on Wednesday they are prepared to have the Commission on Audit (CoA) examine vaccine procurement contracts currently under investigation by the Senate due to non-disclosure. Peace Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr., who was chief of the COVID team of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, said they […]
44M doses of Covid-19 vax expired, damaged
FORTY-FOUR million doses of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines in the country are now considered wastage, based on the latest numbers from the Department of Health (DOH). A special audit of the country’s Covid-19 vaccination program has been set and the DOH committed to cooperate. In a press conference, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the […]
CoA vows to audit Health department’s COVID vaccine purchases
THE COMMISSION on Audit’s (CoA) chairman, whose nomination was confirmed on Wednesday, vowed to audit coronavirus vaccine purchases of the Health department. The agency is not bound by confidentiality agreements signed by the Department of Health (DoH) and vaccine suppliers, national auditor Gamaliel A. Cordoba told lawmakers of the Commission on Appointments. “We will demand […]
Researchers test mRNA technology for universal flu vaccine
An experimental vaccine provided broad protection against all 20 known influenza A and B virus subtypes in initial tests in mice and ferrets, potentially opening a pathway to a universal flu shot that might help prevent future pandemics, according to a US study published on Thursday. The two-dose vaccine employs the same messenger RNA (mRNA) […]
InaVac gets emergency approval from BPOM
Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Nov 14, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) has issued emergency use authorization (EUA) for InaVac, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by researchers from Airlangga University (Unair). InaVac, COVID-19 vaccine, is developed by the University of Airlangga in Surabaya, East Java Province. (ANTARA/HO-BPBRIN Unair) […]
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan Approves Partial Change to a New Drug Authorization for Moderna’s Omicron-Targeting Bivalent Booster COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA-1273.222
EQS Newswire / 01/11/2022 / 04:21 EST/EDT Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan Approves Partial Change to a New Drug Authorization for Moderna’s Omicron-Targeting Bivalent Booster COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA-1273.222 CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESSWIRE / November 1, 2022 / Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced […]
Pfizer expects to hike US COVID vaccine price to $110–$130 per dose
NEW YORK — Pfizer Inc. expects to roughly quadruple the price of its COVID-19 vaccine to about $110 to $130 per dose after the United States government’s current purchase program expires, Pfizer executive Angela Lukin said on Thursday. Ms. Lukin said she expects the vaccine — currently provided for free to all by the government […]
AIM Vaccine Announces Global Offering Results, Offer Price of HK$16.16 per H Share
HONG KONG, Oct 5, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – AIM Vaccine Co., Ltd. (“AIM Vaccine” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”, stock code: 06660.HK), the second largest vaccine company in China in terms of 2021 approved lot release volume (excluding COVID-19 vaccines), today announced the allotment results of its Global […]
Bio Farma secures multi-year Purchase Contract from UNICEF for its novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2 (nOPV2)
BANDUNG, INDONESIA, Oct 2, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – PT Bio Farma (Persero), the holding company for pharmaceutical state-owned enterprises (SOEs), will export its novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) having secured a purchase contract with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for 2022 & 23. Under the contract, Bio Farma will […]
AIM Vaccine Announces Proposed Listing on the Main Board of SEHK
HONG KONG, Sep 23, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – AIM Vaccine Co., Ltd. (“AIM Vaccine” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”, stock code: 06660.HK), the second largest vaccine company in China in terms of 2021 approved lot release volume (excluding COVID-19 vaccines), announced the proposed listing of its H shares […]
Indonesia’s Bio Farma ready to produce ‘IndoVac’ Covid-19 vaccines
BANDUNG, INDONESIA, Sep 12, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – PT Bio Farma, the holding company for state-owned pharmaceutical companies in Indonesia, announced a new milestone in manufacturing IndoVac, its Covid-19 vaccines brand, including primary series vaccines, booster vaccines and vaccines for children, in development since November 2021. IndoVac Covid-19 vaccine in production at […]
Indonesian pharmaceutical Bio Farma ready to produce IndoVac Covid-19 vaccines
Bandung, W Java, Indonesia, Sep 9, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – PT Bio Farma, the holding company for state-owned pharmaceutical companies in Indonesia, announced a new milestone in the manufacturing of IndoVac, a Covid-19 vaccine brand it has developed since November 2021. IndoVac Covid-19 vaccine in production at PT Bio Farma’s facilities near […]
Moderna Reviews Clinical Trial Programs Across Portfolio at 2022 R&D Day
EQS Newswire / 08/09/2022 / 23:42 EST/EDT Moderna Reviews Clinical Trial Programs Across Portfolio at 2022 R&D Day Interim data from Phase 1/2 propionic acidemia (PA) multi-dose Paramount trial shows mRNA-3927 was well-tolerated to date, with encouraging early signs of potential for clinical benefit Interim data from Phase 1/2 glycogen storage disease 1a (GSD1a) single-dose […]
AstraZeneca nixes variant-specific COVID vaccines, eyes annual shots
There is little value in developing vaccines that target specific coronavirus variants, according to Bruce Mungall, Asia area medical director of vaccines and infectious diseases at AstraZeneca, a multinational pharmaceutical company. “In terms of whether there’s value in chasing a new updated vaccine for a specific variant, I think there’s very limited incremental value in […]
Preparing for monkeypox
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared the escalating global monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). According to the WHO, there are now more than 19,000 reported cases from 78 countries and territories. On July 29, the Department of Health (DoH) reported the first case of monkeypox in the country — […]
Twenty million lives
In the first year of global vaccination programs, close to 20 million out of a potential 31 million coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths were prevented worldwide, according to a study. Researchers from the Imperial College London MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis estimated the impact of global vaccination programs by using an established model […]
Dengue vaccine studies being done in Cebu City
A TOP official of the Cebu City Health Department (CHD) believes it is now the right time to roll out vaccines against the dengue virus.Dr. Ilya Tac-an, CHD’s head of the Epidemiology, Surveillance, Research and Infection Control Division, said in a news forum Tuesday, July 26, 2022, that there are a lot of vaccine studies […]
MegaPro Successfully Completes the biological evaluations of IOP as Vaccine Adjuvant T cell mediated Immunity is Substantially Enhanced, Improving the Efficacy of Vaccines
EQS Newswire / 26/07/2022 / 10:41 UTC+8 MegaPro Biomedical (6827) Successfully Completed IOP Vaccine Adjuvant Cell Experiment Press Release MegaPro Successfully Completes the biological evaluations of IOP as Vaccine Adjuvant T cell mediated Immunity is Substantially Enhanced, Improving the Efficacy of Vaccines MegaPro Biomedical Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “MegaPro”, Taiwan OTC […]
Therapeutic Goods Administration Grants Provisional Approval for Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine in Children Aged Six Months to Five Years
Cambridge, MA, Jul 19, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia has granted provisional registration for the use of Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in a two-dose series of 25 ug per […]