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BioNTech signs Covid-19 vaccine deals with Pfizer and Fosun
pharmaceutical-technology
March 18, 2020
German biotechnology firm BioNTech has partnered with Pfizer to jointly develop and distribute a potential mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine.
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First US clinical trial of Covid-19 vaccine candidate begins
pharmaceutical-technology
March 18, 2020
The first US clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate, which is Moderna’s mRNA-1273, has started at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) in Seattle.
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Pfizer, BioNTech to co-develop potential coronavirus vaccine
expresspharma
March 18, 2020
US drugmaker Pfizer has signed a deal with Germany’s BioNTech to co-develop a potential vaccine for the coronavirus using BioNTech’s mRNA-based drug development platform.
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First Patient Dosed in Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
biospace
March 17, 2020
Inside the U.S., the first clinical trial for a vaccine to the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 began.
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BioNTech teams up with Fosun Pharma to test Covid-19 mRNA vaccine in China — and scores $50M investment
endpts
March 17, 2020
Having quietly launched its own mRNA vaccine efforts against the novel coronavirus to match the higher profile campaigns of Moderna and CureVac ...
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EMA offers free advice to COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic developers
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
March 17, 2020
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced it will provide free advice to those working on COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines in the hopes of accelerating approval of a treatment.
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J&J’s Janssen and BIDMC team up on Covid-19 vaccine
pharmaceutical-technology
March 17, 2020
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutical has partnered with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) to advance Covid-19 vaccine development.
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CureVac works on mRNA vaccine for coronavirus
pharmaceutical-technology
March 17, 2020
German biopharmaceutical company CureVac is working on the development of an mRNA-based vaccine to protect against Covid-19 coronavirus infection.
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BioNTech Reports Progress on COVID-19 Vaccine Program
contractpharma
March 17, 2020
Partnered with Fosun in China and Pfizer elsewhere; anticipates start of clinical testing for vaccine in late April 2020.
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Medicago produces viable Covid-19 vaccine candidate
pharmaceutical-technology
March 16, 2020
Biopharmaceutical firm Medicago has produced a Virus-Like Particle (VLP) of the novel coronavirus, marking the first step in Covid-19 vaccine development.