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Dyadic expands Covid-19 licence with Rubic to bolster vaccine production in Africa

Pharmaceutical Technology

The expanded licence will include the development of vaccines and therapeutic proteins beyond Covid-19 for human and animal health markets in Africa. During the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccination rates of many countries in Africa were significantly trailing the rest of the world.

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India's role in coronavirus vaccine manufacturing grows with new deals

Bio Pharma Dive

The Serum Institute, one of the world's largest vaccine producers, licensed Novavax's experimental shot, while Wockhardt signed on with the U.K. to help make AstraZeneca's candidate.

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India’s CDSCO approves Bharat Biotech’s intra-nasal vaccine for Covid-19

Pharmaceutical Technology

India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has granted approval for Bharat Biotech’s BBV154 vaccine for treating Covid-19. BBV154 is claimed to be the first intra-nasal vaccine for Covid-19 in the world.

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Bavarian Nordic completes travel vaccine deal with Emergent

Pharmaceutical Technology

Bavarian Nordic has completed the acquisition of Emergent BioSolutions ’ travel vaccine portfolio for an upfront payment of $274m, with the potential for the total value to rise to $384m. Following the completion of the deal, Bavarian Nordic now boasts the only oral vaccine licensed by the U.S.

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GreenLight and US NIH partner to develop Covid-19 vaccine for variants

Pharmaceutical Technology

GreenLight Biosciences has entered a partnership with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of Covid-19 vaccines, which offer broader protection against new variants and with durable effects. They intend to develop vaccines that provide lasting immune responses compared to existing vaccines.

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Evaxion and ExpreS²ion partner to develop new CMV vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

Evaxion Biotech and ExpreS 2 ion Biotechnologies have entered a vaccine discovery collaboration agreement to co-develop a new cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine candidate. Using ExpreS 2 ion’s ExpreS2 platform, the company will manufacture the antigen constructs obtained from RAVEN.

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Noxopharm in-licenses novel RNA tech for drug discovery and vaccines

BioPharma Reporter

Australiaâs Noxopharm has in-licensed novel RNA tech developed by Hudson Institute of Medical Research: focusing on RNA drug discovery and mRNA vaccine manufacture via Noxopharmâs subsidiary Pharmorage.

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