Taiwanese startup launches zero-contact medical station

Brain Navi Biotechnology Co., Ltd., a brain surgery robotic company, has launched "zero-contact" medical stations i...

May 17, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia to soon roll-out single-dose COVID-19 vaccine

A single-dose vaccine that targets new COVID-19 variants has been awarded funding to fast-track testing in human trials....

May 17, 2021 | Monday | News
Moderna to supply 25 M vaccine doses to Australia

Moderna, Inc., has announced a new supply agreement with the government of Australia for 25 million doses. Thi...

May 14, 2021 | Friday | News
Fosun, BioNTech invest $200 M to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine in China

Shanghai Fosun Pharma has signed a Joint Venture with BioNTech to manufacture mRNA vaccine in China. The JV will ha...

May 12, 2021 | Wednesday | News
EU inks the third contract with BioNTech/Pfizer securing 1.8 billion doses

The European Commission has approved a contract for 1.8 billion doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine. The contract cove...

May 11, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan aids India with oxygen generation plants

The Government of Japan and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India have partnered to provide oxygen generatio...

May 11, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan secures supply of investigational antibody cocktail for COVID-19 treatment

Chugai Pharmaceutical has announced that the company has agreed with the Japanese government regarding the antibody cock...

May 11, 2021 | Tuesday | News
US approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for adolescents

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech C...

May 11, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia's CSIRO suggests nasal delivery of Oxford-AZ vaccine to improve efficacy

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, has...

May 11, 2021 | Tuesday | News
China focuses on next-generation intranasal COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 infections continue to rise with several countries facing second-and third-wave infections with the newly evolv...

May 10, 2021 | Monday | News
FedEx delivers COVID-19 relief aid to India

FedEx is currently supporting the transportation of more than 25,000 oxygen concentrators and transducers through initia...

May 10, 2021 | Monday | News
Pfizer, BioNTech to help vaccinate athletes at 2020 Tokyo Games

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Oly...

May 7, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia gives major boost to COVID-19 vaccination programme

In a major boost to the COVID-19 vaccination program, the Australian government is ramping up the weekly number of doses...

May 6, 2021 | Thursday | News
Moderna inks supply agreement with Gavi for up to 500 M vaccine doses

US based firm Moderna, Inc. has announced an agreement with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to supply up to 500 million ...

May 4, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Novacyt to support UNICEF with donation of one million COVID-19 tests

Novacyt S.A., an international clinical diagnostics company, will donate one million COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction ...

May 4, 2021 | Tuesday | News
WHO issues emergency use listing to Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Moderna, Inc., a US based biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, has announced...

May 1, 2021 | Saturday | News
UK to host global fund-raising summit with CEPI to accelerate vaccine development

Plans to speed up vaccine development to prevent future pandemics and save lives will be boosted by a UK-hosted summit t...

May 3, 2021 | Monday | News
CRISPR COVID-19 diagnostic kits receive global development and distribution license

The 221b Foundation, a nonprofit organization established by Sherlock Biosciences to address the global COVID-19 pandemi...

April 30, 2021 | Friday | News