Coronavirus Notebook: EU To Buy 30 Million Doses Of Valneva Vaccine, Russia To Issue Compulsory License For Remdesivir

Source : 'The Pink Sheet'

This week the European Commission announced that it had concluded exploratory talks with Valneva SE on an advance purchase agreement for 30 million doses of the French firm’s coronavirus...

FDA’s COVID-19 Pandemic Plan Calls For Ongoing Clinical Trial Innovation

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A continued focus on innovation in clinical trials is among the steps the US Food and Drug Administration could take to improve its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and future...

Biden Vaccination Plan Would Grow Domestic Manufacturing Base

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President-Elect Joe Biden included an expansion of domestic manufacturing in his proposal to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and ramp up US vaccination efforts.

Dubbed the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9tn...

Lagging COVID Antibody Uptake Continues To Worry US Government

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Two months after the coronavirus treatments were granted emergency use authorizations, uptake of Eli Lilly and Company and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies in the...

Permanent Vaccine Facility Should Be On Standby For Future Pandemics, Moncef Slaoui Says

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Moncef Slaoui, the outgoing scientific advisor to Operation Warp Speed, says the quest to rapidly develop a COVID-19 vaccine has shown the need to have a permanent dedicated facility available...