COVID-19
The week began with positive updates in the vaccine development space against various infectious diseases from Emergent, Merck, Affinivax and Ocugen.
Thursday, a committee of advisors for the CDC voted unanimously for children and teens, ages six to 17 to receive Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Pfizer inked an Equity Subscription Agreement with France-based Valneva. They also updated their Collaboration and License deal for a Lyme disease vaccine that was announced in April.
Friday morning, the FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization to both Moderna’s and Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines for use in children ages 6 months to 4 years old.
The World Trade Organization approved vaccine patent waivers to increase the availability of COVID-19 vaccines to lower-income countries.
Bavarian Nordic announced that the upcoming Phase III trial for its COVID-19 booster candidate has been redesigned to compete against licensed mRNA-based vaccines.
Frederick National Laboratories, the American Cancer Society and other leaders are picking up the pieces - both good and bad - as COVID-19 becomes endemic.
Moderna’s study, dubbed BabyCove, is expected to begin recruiting in September and will include up to 700 babies three to six months of age.
An FDA advisory committee voted Wednesday to recommend both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months old.
Biopharma has been stepping up research and drug development against COVID-19 -though results haven’t always been encouraging. Here are the latest stories from this space:
PRESS RELEASES