The clinical trials of the AstraZeneca Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, AZD1222, have been paused for a safety review as a result of an incident of an unexplained illness in a UK trial patient.

As public confidence in the drug development process waivers, leading vaccine developers promise to adhere to scientific and regulatory principles.

Industry leaders insist they will maintain high standards for clinical trials and regulatory submissions for new vaccines and therapeutics to combat COVID-19.

The companies have signed a partnership agreement to provide extractables and leachables testing at the SG US Technology Excellence Center in Boston, MA.

The new line will add capacity to Catalent’s pipeline of clinical programs and commercial launches at the site.

Alcami will provide services for Trevena’s OLINVYK (oliceridine) injection, an opioid approved for the management of acute pain severe enough to require an intravenous opioid analgesic in adults.

BIO leaders urge biopharmaceutical companies to apply scientific principles in seeking drug and vaccine approvals.

Avomeen will offer contract product development laboratory services to support the advancement of Daré’s innovative pipeline of investigational products dedicated to women’s health.

Rapid scale-up to billions of doses requires collaborative, all-out efforts by innovators, their manufacturing partners, and the entire supply chain.

AstraZeneca has potentially taken poll position in the race to develop a novel coronavirus vaccine, but will AZD1222 be ready in 2020?

Amid high expectations for a vaccine, bio/pharma readies capacity, weighs pressures.

The companies have entered into a strategic partnership for the CMC development and manufacturing of Ansun’s biologics pipeline.

The companies have signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake of PCI Pharma Services.

The companies provided an update stating that the biologic did not meet a primary endpoint in a Phase III clinical trial when compared with placebo in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

The companies will collaborate on the production of a novel anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunoadhesin in iBio’s FastPharming manufacturing system.

The guidance recommends steps to detect and prevent nitrosamine impurities in pharmaceutical products.

The agency is reviewing an application for Dexamethasone Taw for treating adult patients with COVID-19.

The agency sent a warning letter to Acella Pharmaceuticals detailing CGMP violations and failures to oversee contract manufacturers.

The agency sent a warning letter after an inspection of the company’s Sangareddy District, India found inadequate cleaning procedures.

Negotiations for a final advance purchase agreement where the Government of Canada purchases the vaccine candidate on a not-for-profit basis for emergency pandemic use are underway.

The vaccine will be supplied by Moderna and distributed in Japan by Takeda Pharmaceutical starting in the first half of 2021 if the vaccine candidate receives regulatory approval.

The facility offers office, production, sampling, and warehouse space and delivers products to all major global markets.

Novavax and the Government of Canada will finalize an advanced purchase agreement under which Novavax will supply doses of NVX-CoV2373 to Canada beginning in the second quarter of 2021.

The Ventofor Combi Fix will be brought into the Turkish market via Bilim’s development program, while the PowdAir Plus DPI is manufactured and commercialized by H&T Presspart under a patent license from Hovione.

Oxford Biomedica will reserve capacity for AstraZeneca in three of its manufacturing suites in its new commercial manufacturing center, Oxbox, for 18 months.

The new facility, located in Lenexa, KS, will rapidly expand production of viral transport media.

The acquisition will expand Nestlé’s portfolio with access to Aimmune’s Palforzia, the first and only FDA-approved treatment to help reduce the frequency and severity of allergic reactions to peanuts in children.

Hahn promises transparency in the review and approval of COVID-19 vaccines.