Brain disease drug developer Neumora Therapeutics received a $100 million equity investment from U.S. biotech firm Amgen Inc. As a result, Neumora will receive global rights to produce and distribute some of Amgen's experimental drugs aimed at neurodegenerative diseases.
Together with the $400 million that the company raised from investors...
Johnson & Johnson revealed recently that it has begun the process of seeking emergency use authorization of the booster shot for its COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 years of age and older. In order to embark on the process, the pharmaceutical giant submitted data to the U.S. Food and...
Britain's antiviral taskforce chair Eddie Gray hinted at Britain's interest in buying the molnupiravir, an experimental oral COVID-19 drug developed by Merck & Co Inc.
While Gray declined to comment directly on any potential talks being held between Britain and Merck & Co Inc, he did mention the following: "We...
Japan announced on Tuesday that it will donate an additional 1.3 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to Taiwan and other neighboring countries. The additional AstraZeneca Plc doses (approximately 500,000) will bring Japan's total donations to the island to 3.9 million, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters.
According to sources in...
Terry Gou, the founder of major Apple Inc supplier Foxconn, has requested that vaccine maker BioNTech SE reserve an order of 30 million units of its coronavirus vaccine for Taiwan. According to Gou, Taiwan is very keen to receive vaccination doses from BioNTech, jointly developed with Pfizer. This comes...
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE have announced that they are currently seeking approval for the release of their COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. The application is scheduled to be submitted by the end of this week.
Competitors such as Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are making inroads of their own with...
AstraZeneca has secured an order from Thailand for the sale of 61 million of their COVID-19 vaccine doses this year, a spokesperson for the Thai government. This comes as the Southeast Asian country looks to combat a recent uptick in coronavirus cases that have affected the nation.
Despite being AstraZeneca's...
South Korea's health ministry confirmed on Sunday that it has secured an order for 7.01 million doses of coronavirus vaccines from Moderna Inc. This is in addition to the 1.3 million Moderna doses that were delivered to South Korea earlier this month.
The 7.01 million dose top-up comes after the...
The World Bank and COVAX revealed on Monday their financing mechanism intended to speed up the supply of COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries, where vaccination rollouts are occurring at a significantly slower rate than in wealthier nations. This plan will see COVAX, the global vaccine distribution program, accept advance...
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE revealed on Wednesday that they've completed a deal with the South African Biovac Institute to process and distribute approximately 100 million COVID-19 vaccines to members of the African Union. While production will begin in 2022, equipment installations, on-site developments, and the transfer of technology...