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Trump Administration selects five coronavirus vaccine candidates as finalists
3 June 2020 - The Trump administration has selected five companies, including Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer, as the most likely ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jun 2020
The FDA should not rush a COVID-19 vaccine
2 June 2020 - Vaccines are widely expected to offer the best way out of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2020
‘Vaccine nationalism’: a new dynamic in the race to quash coronavirus
27 May 2020 - International pursuit for a shot is shifting into a contest of which world power can immunise its ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
Inside the science: companies racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine
25 May 2020 - Even as some states move to ease the lockdowns that have cost tens of millions of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 May 2020
U.S. is ahead of China in vaccine race, former FDA chief says
24 May 2020 - Data on Chinese vaccines in clinical development “didn’t look overwhelmingly strong,” Scott Gottlieb said. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 May 2020
What to expect when a coronavirus vaccine finally arrives
20 May 2020 - Sobering lessons from the history of the polio vaccine. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 May 2020
AstraZeneca secures orders for virus vaccine under testing
21 May 2020 - Drug maker AstraZeneca has secured the first agreements Thursday for 400 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2020
A new entry in the race for a coronavirus vaccine: hope
20 May 2020 - Scientists are increasingly optimistic that a vaccine can be produced in record time. But getting it manufactured ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 May 2020
Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV): an unprecedented partnership for unprecedented times
18 May 2020 - It has been more than a century since the world has encountered a pandemic like coronavirus disease ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2020
Russia says search for a coronavirus treatment should not be a medical ‘arms race’
14 May 2020 - Russia’s sovereign wealth fund has been funding Russian development and production of the drug favipiravir, an anti-influenza ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 May 2020
Moderna receives FDA fast track designation for mRNA vaccine (mRNA-1273) against novel voronavirus
12 May 2020 - Finalizing protocol for Phase 3 study of mRNA-1273, expected to begin in early summer of 2020. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 May 2020
COVID-19 update: FDA takes new actions to accelerate development of novel prevention, treatment options for COVID-19
11 May 2020 - Today, the U.S. FDA took important actions to help accelerate the development of prevention and treatment options ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 May 2020
The equitable distribution of COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines
7 May 2020 - Scientists from across the globe are racing to develop effective vaccines and therapeutics for COVID-19. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 May 2020
Pfizer and Biontech dose first participants in the U.S. as part of global COVID-19 MRNA vaccine development program
5 May 2020 - Pfizer and BioNTech ramping up manufacturing capabilities to further increase production capacity in 2020/2021. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2020
The race for coronavirus vaccines: a graphical guide
28 April 2020 - Eight ways in which scientists hope to provide immunity to SARS-CoV-2. ...