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Evaluating Pfizer vaccine for possible listing for emergency use: WHO
expresspharma
December 03, 2020
WHO is in discussions with MHRA for accessing some of information from their assessment which may expedite WHO’s emergency listing.
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WHO report suggests African countries are not ready for COVID-19 vaccines
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
November 30, 2020
The WHO Regional Director for Africa urges governments to “ramp up readiness” as report suggests the region is not prepared for a COVID-19 vaccine roll-out.
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WHO says would be ‘highly speculative’ to say COVID did not emerge in China
expresspharma
November 30, 2020
China is pushing a narrative via state media that the virus existed abroad before it was discovered in the central city of Wuhan.
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WHO takes off remdesivir from prequalification list of medicines for COVID-19
expresspharma
November 23, 2020
It is an official list of medicines used as a benchmark for procurement by developing countries.
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WHO lists first vaccine for emergency use
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
November 18, 2020
The nOPV2 vaccine has received emergency use listing and will be used to combat outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived polio viruses (cVDPVs).
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Activists urge pharma companies to be transparent about costs and terms of COVID-19 vaccine
expresspharma
November 02, 2020
No company has shared information on research and development, clinical trials or manufacturing costs of potential COVID-19 vaccines, MSF said.
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WHO to set up COVID-19 vaccine insurance scheme for 92 low-income countries
expresspharma
October 30, 2020
The scheme could foot the bill should anything go unexpectedly wrong after a COVAX-distributed vaccine is administered.
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Russian application of Sputnik V vaccine for WHO vaccine prequalification among the first applications submitted
worldpharmanews
October 29, 2020
The Russian Direct Investment Fund, (RDIF, Russia's sovereign wealth fund), has submitted applications to the World Health Organization (WHO) for accelerated registration (Emergency Use Listing, EUL) and prequalification of the world's first registered...
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Russia applies for WHO emergency use tag for its COVID-19 vaccine
expresspharma
October 28, 2020
The procedures would allow Sputnik V to be included in the list of medical products that meet leading quality.
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Work to develop a COVID-19 vaccine is faster than ever
worldpharmanews
October 23, 2020
While the Americas urgently awaits a breakthrough, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will only support the distribution of a vaccine that has proven to be safe and effective in clinical trials, reviewed by National Regulatory Authorities and ...