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Pharma COVID Roundup: News from J&J, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer
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The latest on COVID-19 vaccines/drugs and manufacturing from J&J, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Novavax, Regeneron, CureVac, Daiichi Sankyo, and the US government.  Manufacturing and supply of COVID-19 vaccines and drugs Update on…

US Gov’t Purchases Additional 200 M Doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine
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The US government has purchased an additional 200 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved a new manufacturing site for the vaccine. Moderna…

Pharma COVID Roundup: News from Pfizer, Moderna, and Roche
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The latest on COVID-19 vaccines/drugs, manufacturing, and testing from Pfizer, Moderna, Roche, Thermo Fisher, Inovio, Regeneron, the US government, and others. Manufacturing and supply of COVID-19 vaccines and drugs Pfizer/BioNTech,…

Global Pharma Briefs: News from Sanofi, Otsuka, and bluebird bio
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A roundup of news from Canada (Fusion Pharmaceuticals), France (Sanofi), Japan (Otsuka), and the US (bluebird bio). Canada Fusion Pharmaceuticals Partners for New Radiopharma Mfg FacilityFusion Pharmaceuticals, a Hamilton, Ontario,…

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for Biogen’s/Eisai’s Alzheimer’s Drug
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for Biogen’s and Eisai’s Aduhelm (aducanumab) for treating Alzheimer’s disease. It is the first new treatment approved by the…

Moderna Partners with UNICEF, Lonza, Thermo Fisher for COVID-19 Vaccine
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Moderna, a biopharmaceutical company developing messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, has signed a pact with UNICEF to supply up to 500 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine and has…

Pharma COVID Roundup: News from Pfizer, J&J, and Sinovac
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The latest on COVID-19 vaccines/drugs from Pfizer, J&J, Sinovac, Biological E., Providence Therapeutics, and the National Institutes of Health. Manufacturing and supply of COVID-19 vaccines and drugs EMA OKs More…

Moderna in Pacts with Samsung Biologics, Aldevron for COVID Vaccine Mfg
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Moderna has formed separate manufacturing pacts for its COVID-19 vaccine with Samsung Biologics, an Incheon, South Korea-based contract biologics manufacturer, and Aldevron, a CDMO of DNA plasmid, protein, and mRNA…

Pharma COVID Roundup: News from Pfizer, AstraZeneca, GSK, Sanofi
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The latest on COVID-19 vaccines/drugs, manufacturing, and testing from Pfizer, AstraZeneca, GSK, Sanofi, Novavax, SK bioscience, Thermo Fisher, Sharp, and Innova. Manufacturing and supply of COVID-19 vaccines and drugs Novavax…

US Supreme Court Denies Sandoz’s Petition To Review Biosimilar Case
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The US Supreme Court has denied Sandoz’s petition to review a lower court’s decision in July 2020 concerning Sandoz’s biosimilar of Enbrel (etanercept), one of Amgen’s top-selling drugs with 2020…