Formulation and Drug Delivery

Baxter will provide commercial-scale manufacturing services at its Halle/Westfalen, Germany facility to prepare Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate for distribution in the United Kingdom and European markets.

The company plans to deliver initial doses by mid-2021, and Australia will have the option to purchase up to 10 million additional doses through the agreement.

Bayer will support the development and supply of CureVac’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV.

Intravacc and Cristal Therapeutics have entered into a strategic collaboration for the development of novel vaccine programs against human diseases.

Amid pressure to get more vaccines administered faster, FDA pushes back against changes in dosing regimens.

Vendors are finding ways to address the increasingly complex analytical challenges in the biopharmaceutical industry to further biotherapeutic development.

Using rDNA technology to synthesize production of proteins and peptide hormones, the biotech startup has achieved synthetic production of insulin, potentially lowering insulin cost by 30%.

The companies have entered into an agreement to support the formulation and fill/finish of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine supply outside of the United States.

Part of Operation Warp Speed, the trial will enroll 30,000 people ages 18 to 64 and 65 and older at 115 sites.

The right partner can help companies overcome key formulation challenges for biologic drugs.

Traditional biologic-based testing methods may need an upgrade to properly test newer therapeutic modalities.

Outsourcing increases as the industry balances development and manufacturing of both COVID-19 treatments and non-pandemic-related medicines.

Shutting down the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global, selfless effort.

GEMÜ’s process solenoid valve with pressure compensation, the GEMÜ M75, uses a double bellows principle to balance pressure forces, which allows the valve to be used for processes with an operating pressure of up to 6 bar.

Boreas from Telstar are -86 ºC ultra-low-temperature freezers developed to house COVID-19 vaccines.

Administration of the COVID-19 vaccination from Oxford University and AstraZeneca is expected to begin in the UK in early 2021.

A report in the New England Journal of Medicine states preliminary results from a Phase III clinical trial shows the vaccine is 94.1% effective.

The agency is organizing a second public meeting on January 8, 2021 to discuss the assessment, approval, and roll-out of new COVID-19 vaccines.

Moderna’s mRNA vaccine to prevent COVID-19 disease is granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization and CDC recommendation.

A decision by the European Commission on conditional marketing authorization for the European Union’s first COVID-19 vaccine is expected soon.

The agency is answering frequently asked questions about the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on its website.

FDA is expected to issue Emergency Use Authorization for Moderna’s vaccine, enabling immediate distribution.

A newly developed polymer, DynaShield, may have the capability to ensure global access for COVID-19 treatment and prevention.

The company has formed an agreement with the Ministry of Health of Singapore to supply mRNA-1273, Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, to the people of Singapore.

The HERALD trial will involve participants 18 years and older who will receive a two-dose schedule of CVnCoV or placebo at multiple sites is Europe and Latin America.

EUA marks a milestone in COVID-19 vaccine development and is hailed as a turning point in pandemic fight.

Success in combatting the pandemic depends on the ability of manufacturers to quickly and efficiently produce and distribute the huge quantities of vaccines demanded by the United States government and public health organizations around the world.

Committee recommends Emergency Use Authorization of first mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine; FDA approval is pending.

Evonik offers lipid nanoparticles for gene-based drug development and manufacturing.

The company has received $500 million in funding from Sino Biopharmaceutical for further development, capacity expansion, and manufacturing of CoronaVac, its COVID-19 vaccine candidate.