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Serbia gets shipment of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine made in India
expresspharma
February 22, 2021
A shipment of 150,000 COVID-19 vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University arrived at Belgrade airport on Sunday, making Serbia the first country in the Western Balkan region to receive supplies of the shot.
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World Bank striving for standard vaccine contracts, more data from vaccine producers
expresspharma
February 22, 2021
World Bank President David Malpass informed he expected the bank’s board to have approved $1.6 billion in vaccine funding for 12 countries by the end of March, with 30 more to follow shortly thereafter.
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Serum Institute of India says prioritising domestic vaccine needs
expresspharma
February 22, 2021
Many low-and middle-income countries, ranging from Bangladesh to Brazil, are depending on SII’s AstraZeneca vaccine, branded COVISHIELD.
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China approves clinical trials for 16 indigenous COVID-19 vaccines
expresspharma
February 22, 2021
China has already given conditional approval to two inactivated COVID-19 vaccines made by state-owned developers -- Sinopharm and Sinovac Biotech.
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Pfizer and BioNTech begin Covid-19 vaccine trial in pregnant women
pharmaceutical-technology
February 20, 2021
Pfizer and BioNTech have dosed the first participants in a global Phase II / III study of their vaccine in preventing Covid-19 in healthy pregnant women aged 18 and above.
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UK to pledge to share surplus Covid-19 vaccines at G7 meeting
pharmaceutical-technology
February 20, 2021
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pledge to donate surplus Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries at a virtual G7 meeting.
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Bharat Biotech seeks approval for COVID-19 vaccine in over 40 countries
expresspharma
February 20, 2021
Pricing of COVAXIN for international markets will be based upon supply timelines, purchase commitments and procurement volumes, informed the company.
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CureVac’s COVID-19 vaccine begins rolling review with EMA
pharmatimes
February 19, 2021
German biopharmaceutical company CureVac has announced the initiation of a rolling review with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine, CVnCoV.
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FDA clears Altimmune’s IND application for Covid-19 vaccine candidate trial
pharmaceutical-technology
February 19, 2021
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Altimmune’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its Phase I clinical trial of an intranasal Covid-19 vaccine candidate, AdCOVID.
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Janssen-Cilag seeks EMA authorisation for Covid-19 vaccine candidate
pharmaceutical-technology
February 19, 2021
Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) Janssen-Cilag International has announced it applied to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to obtain authorisation for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate.