Chinese firm develops antigen test kit to detect new SARS-COV-2 variant

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Jan, 2021

As the world watches a concerning new strain of SARS-COV-2 first identified in the United Kingdom, one global biote...Read more

KPower inks $6M deal to supply COVID-19 PCR kits to Indonesian firm

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Jan, 2021

The Board of Directors of KPower have announced that KPower Healthcare & Technologies Sdn. Bhd. (KPHealthTech) in ...Read more

UK invents COVID-19 RNA test giving results within minutes

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Jan, 2021

University of Birmingham researchers have invented a COVID-19 test that reduces testing time from 30 minutes to under fi...Read more

Cellid inks vaccine research service contract with IVI

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Jan, 2021

Cellid and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in South Korea have exchanged a collaborative research agreement to...Read more

Inovio adds Asian manufacturing resource to COVID-19 vaccine candidate

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Jan, 2021

INOVIO, a US based biotechnology company focused on bringing to market precisely designed DNA medicines to treat and pro...Read more

Singapore plans vaccine injury financial assistance programme

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Jan, 2021

The Ministry of Health (MOH) at Singapore will introduce a vaccine injury financial assistance programme to provide supp...Read more

Australia injects $10 M for high potential COVID-19 related clinical trials

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Jan, 2021

By mid-2021, volunteers aged between 18 and 75 years will be recruited for an accelerated clinical trial of two ‘n...Read more

Fujifilm applies for manufacturing and marketing approval for a SARS-CoV-2antigen test kit

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Jan, 2021

Fujifilm Corporation on 17 Dec 2020 announced that it has filed an application with the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devi...Read more

India approves SII and Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccines, EUA

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Jan, 2021

The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved Serum Institute of India (SII) Covishield (developed by Ox...Read more

Singapore initiates COVID-19 vaccination with Pfizer-BioNTech jab

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 01 Jan, 2021

Singapore kick-started its national Covid-19 vaccination programme on 30 Dec 2020, with a senior staff nurse w...Read more

CEPI partners India based vaccines developer to advance COVID-19 vaccine candidate

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 31 Dec, 2020

CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and Biological E Limited, India (Bio E), a Hyderabad-based vac...Read more

Taiwan secures 10 M doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 01 Jan, 2021

Taiwan's Health Minister and Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has announced that the country has purchased ...Read more

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine receives EUA in the UK

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 31 Dec, 2020

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency supply in the UK, with the first doses being releas...Read more

Panthera to evaluate AstraZeneca’s AZD7442 for the potential prevention of COVID-19

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 30 Dec, 2020

Panthera’s clinical trial sites in Preston, North Manchester and North London began dosing volunteers in the Phase...Read more

Singapore approves INEX Innovate's RT-PCR COVID-19 detection kit

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 31 Dec, 2020

INEX Innovate, a Singapore-based molecular diagnostics developer, has announced that the Singapore Health Sciences ...Read more

NIH funds research to study pediatric COVID-19 and related conditions

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 31 Dec, 2020

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US has awarded eight research grants to develop approaches for identifyin...Read more

Indonesia donates $1 M to further CEPI’s vaccine research

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 29 Dec, 2020

The Government of Indonesia and Norway based CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations,  have a...Read more

New Zeland to provide $75 M for Pacific and global COVID-19 vaccination support

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 29 Dec, 2020

New Zealand has announced $75 million of Official Development Assistance earmarked to support Pacific and global v...Read more