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Sanofi launches dedicated vaccines mRNA Center of Excellence
Sanofi will invest approximately €400 million annually in a first-of-its kind vaccines mRNA Center of Excellence. The Center will work to accelerate the development and delivery of next-generation vaccines by bringing together approximately 400 dedicated employees integrating end-to-end mRNA...
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Roches Actemra/RoActemra receives U.S. FDA EUA for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised adults and children
Roche announced that the U.S. FDA has issued an EUA for intravenous Actemra/RoActemra® (tocilizumab) for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised adults and paediatric patients (two years of age and older) who are receiving systemic corticosteroids and require supplemental...
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Fujitsu Japan Embarks on Joint Research for COVID-19 Therapies Using Fugaku
Fujitsu Japan Limited announced that it will initiate a new research project with a research team led by Takefumi Yamashita, Project Associate Professor of Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) , the University of Tokyo utilizing the...
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Coriolis Pharma Expands ATMP Development Facilities
Coriolis Pharma, a provider of research and development of for (bio)pharmaceutical drugs, is expanding its advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMP) development facilities under biosafety level S2 (BSL2 / S2).
Re-construction of an existing building near the Coriolis headquarters started in...
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UNC researchers develop potential universal coronavirus vaccine
Scientists at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health have developed a universal vaccine that protected mice not just against COVID-19 but also other coronaviruses and triggered the immune system to fight off a dangerous...
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mCureX and Samyang sign MoU for mRNA vaccine development
OliX Pharmaceuticals’ subsidiary mCureX has entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Samyang Holdings to develop a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine for Covid-19.
The companies are co-developing a vaccine that could potentially target Covid-19 viral variants.
According to the deal,...
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AGC Biologics Heidelberg Facility to Further Supply Plasmid DNA for COVID-19 Vaccine
AGC Biologics, a leading global Biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), has announced its partnership with BioNTech SE to further supply Plasmid DNA (pDNA) starting material for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, at AGC’s Heidelberg, Germany facility.
“We are honored...
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