Moderna Inc. and Covaxx Inc. are readying for delivery more than 220 million doses of their respective COVID-19 vaccines to Europe and emerging countries in newly cut deals. Moderna, of Cambridge, Mass., said it granted an option to the European Commission to buy up to 80 million additional doses of mRNA-1273 and is set to manufacture 500 million to 1 billion doses globally in 2021. The company said the vaccine, if approved, will ship to the EU beginning in December. The company’s shares (NASDAQ:MRNA) had a solid day Nov. 25, with shares closing 10.78% upward at $109.18. Read More
CAJICA, Colombia – Cuba’s Finlay Institute of Vaccines is moving forward with Soberana 2, a domestically developed conjugate vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. This is the second vaccine under development in the small country of 12 million people. Read More
An international study led by Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has designed and synthesized broad-spectrum antimicrobial polymers (AMPs) and demonstrated the safety and efficacy of two such agents against multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in mouse models of sepsis. Read More
The combined total of biopharma nonprofit collaborations and grants in 2020 has reached about $24 billion, more than three times the amount recorded for 2019. Read More
SHENZHEN, China – Ever since Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Shenzhen last month, the southern city has been tasked with developing itself into an innovation powerhouse. Biotech veterans now see Shenzhen, designated China’s first special economic zone in 1980 and a symbol of its opening up, as a biotech innovation hub that will take Chinese innovation overseas.
BioWorld's offices will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving in the U.S. No issue will be published Thursday, Nov. 26, or Friday, Nov. 27. Read More
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma, including: The other shoe drops for former Insys CEO; NICE gives nod to new myeloma regimen; MHRA prepares for January; FDA guidances finalized. Read More
New hires and promotions in the biopharma industry, including: Abpro, Aelis, Corcept, DBV, Dragonfly, Galecto, Inmed, Lunac, Taysha, Vedanta, Venatorx. Read More
Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: Acerus, Active Biotech, Adial, Avrobio, Clovis, Destiny, Hepion, Lixte, Stealth, Stoke, Vtv. Read More
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Aim, Ascentage, Celltrion, Equillium, Inmed, Karyopharm, Medicinova, Urovant. Read More
Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Arrowhead, Axon, Biontech, Centogene, Codexis, Instadeep, Neurolucent, Postera, Preveceutical, PTC, Redhill, Santhera, Takeda. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Altimmune, Basilea, Bio-Thera, Janssen, Liquidia, Pfizer, Polaryx, Reata, Revance, Rhovac, Sirtex. Read More
