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Following the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approval, millions of AstraZeneca vaccines began shipping on 5 February as part of the initial 17m doses that are due to be delivered over the next weeks, with more planned in March. AstraZeneca and...

Qatari authorities have issued an emergency use authorisation for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, the second coronavirus jab approved in the country after the one developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) said the move on Wednesday came...

Evonik is investing in the short-term expansion of its specialty lipids production which are essential for mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines. Commercial lipid quantities are to be produced at Evonik’s Hanau and Dossenheim sites in Germany as early as the second...

GSK has announced it has reached an agreement with Sandoz, a Novartis division, to sell its Cephalosporin antibiotics business. Sandoz will pay GSK USD 350 million at closing, plus additional milestone payments up to USD 150 million, subject to...

Moderna announced two supply agreements for the Covid-19 Vaccine Moderna: one with the government of Taiwan for 5 million doses and another with the government of Colombia for 10 million doses. Under the terms of the agreements, deliveries would begin...

Samsung Biologics announced another successful Investigational New Drug (IND) clearance from the FDA for its client to begin clinical trials on a cancer immunotherapy, furthering the company’s track record as a premiere CDO service provider in the global market. In...

The New Zealand Government has granted formal approval for use of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine as a critical step to ensure the vaccine is safe and effective. Last week, the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, Medsafe,...