The Evolving Global Landscape in Vaccine Development: Novotech and Endpoints News Webinar

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]