Pioneer of nanoparticle vaccine technology is latest to get financial backing from the foundation.
Novavax Inc. has been awarded $384m from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to advance its coronavirus vaccine candidate NVX-CoV2373.
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Kostaive is the first self-amplifying mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to receive approval from the European Commission and could provide serious competition to Pfizer/BioNTech's Comirnaty and Moderna's Spikevax.
A week after a downbeat forecast at J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, the US mRNA specialist has pocketed another sizeable sum from the US Department of Health and Human Services to accelerate development of an H5N1 mRNA pandemic influenza vaccine.
Pfizer’s and Moderna’s quarterly pandemic-related product sales could not mask other weaknesses while GSK’s quarter was marred by unimpressive non-pandemic vaccines sales.
Japanese distributor Meiji Seika Pharma is considering possible legal action against what it views as online slander around COVID-19 vaccine Kostaive, which received its global-first approval in Japan last year and has now been launched for regular vaccination in the country.
Merck’s immuno-oncology blockbuster was the world’s best-selling drugs by revenues for the second year in a row, with an almost $12bn lead over its closest rival, Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 drug Ozempic.
AstraZeneca and Daiichi’s DESTINY-Breast09 trial testing Enhertu with pertuzumab versus standard of care showed a statistically significant and meaningful PFS improvement.
In the final part of an interview with Scrip, Menarini’s Asia-Pacific CEO talks about the group’s digital capabilities, including their impact on a shortage issue in Australia, and leveraging RWE to inform healthcare practices across the region. The Italian company is also revving up its business development and alliance engine.
