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PHL partners with Serum Institute of India which will produce vaccines (Eagle News) — The Philippines has secured 30 million doses of the vaccine, Covovax, which was developed by Novavax Inc, a biotechnology company based in the United States, and is set to be produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII). Palaca spokesperson Harry Roque said that this is second good news that the Philippine government has on the matter of securing COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine vaccine czar Calito Galvez Jr., said that the first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines in the country will be by February 20, and that the vaccines will be administered by the “third or fourth week of February”. In a senate hearing probing the National plan on COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, January 11, 2021, Galvez said that there are still negotiations on their final stages but that they cannot disclose details about […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Clinical trials to determine the safety and efficacy of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate from American biotech company Novavax have begun in the United States and Mexico, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Monday. A similar Phase 3 trial for the same vaccine, called NVX-CoV2373, is also under way in the United Kingdom, where about 15,000 volunteers have been recruited. In the US and Mexico, the new trials will […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US biotech firm Novavax said Thursday it was initiating its final Phase 3 clinical trial for its experimental Covid-19 vaccine. The trial will be carried out in the United Kingdom and aims to enroll 10,000 volunteers, aged 18-84, with and without underlying conditions, over the next four to six weeks. “With a high level of SARS-CoV-2 transmission observed and expected to continue in the UK, we are optimistic that this […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US biotech company Novavax on Tuesday announced its experimental COVID-19 vaccine elicited a robust immune response, producing more antibodies than are present in recovered patients, and with generally tolerable side-effects in its early-stage trial. The company was given $1.6 billion by the US government last month to develop and fund the drug under Operation Warp Speed — but in terms of timeline it is behind other firms including Moderna and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US on Tuesday announced it was providing $1.6 billion in funding for the development and manufacture of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate produced by biotech firm Novavax, the largest amount awarded under Operation Warp Speed. Separately, the US also said it was providing $450 million to Regeneron for its experimental COVID-19 treatment and prophylaxis, a combination of two antibodies. Under the terms of its agreement with the Department of Health […]
