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J&J Accelerates COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate
americanpharmaceuticalreview
June 22, 2020
Johnson & Johnson announced through Janssen Pharmaceutical, it has accelerated the initiation of the Phase 1/2a first-in-human clinical trial of its investigational SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, Ad26.COV2-S, recombinant.
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CureVac Receives Approval to Initiate Clinical Trial of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Candidate
contractpharma
June 18, 2020
The Belgian Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP) has approved the Phase 1 clinical trial for CureVac’s vaccine program to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection. The trial will be conducted in Germany and Belgium.
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EU calls for global alliance to buy COVID-19 vaccines up front
expresspharma
June 18, 2020
It is planning to spend around $2.3 billion on the advance purchase of vaccines in testing on behalf of the 27 EU states.
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Germany to invest €300m in CureVac’s mRNA platform technology
pharmaceutical-technology
June 17, 2020
The German Federal Government is set to invest €300m in CureVac, a biotechnology company focused on using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology to develop drugs and vaccines.
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Sanofi Invests $679M in Two French Vaccine Sites
contractpharma
June 17, 2020
Will create a state-of-the-art vaccine production site and a new research center dedicated to vaccines.
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BioNTech to receive up to €100m from EIB for vaccine development
pharmaceutical-technology
June 15, 2020
German immunotherapy company BioNTech has signed a €100m debt financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the development of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, BNT162.
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EMA gives positive opinion to investigational Ebola vaccine regimen
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
June 09, 2020
Developed by Janssen, the two-dose regimen has already been given to 60,000 patients and now has the positive opinion of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP).
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Australia’s CSL says to help fund, make vaccine candidate if it proves successful
expresspharma
June 08, 2020
Early pre-clinical results for the vaccine candidate have shown it produced high levels of antibodies that can neutralise the virus, CSL said.
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Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University, NZ professor receives funding boost for vaccine research
expresspharma
June 03, 2020
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Associate Professor Bridget Stocker has received a significant funding boost for vaccine research that has potential to help with diseases ranging from bowel cancer to COVID-19.
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New vaccine for Ebola among CHMP recommendations
pharmatimes
June 02, 2020
Johnson and Johnson's experimental two-stage vaccine for protection against Ebola virus disease is among eight medicines backed by the European Medicines Agency's human medicines committee (CHMP) at its May meeting.