World / Science & Health Sep 18, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine leaders make trial plans public in transparency push
The moves come amid increasing concern that the effort to develop a COVID-19 vaccine is becoming politicized.
National / Science & Health Aug 29, 2020
Japan in vaccine talks with Moderna to cover 20 million people
If they reach a deal, it will be a major step toward the government's goal of securing enough medicine to inoculate everyone in the first half of 2021.
World Jul 15, 2020
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine enters final-stage trial this month
The U.S. biotech firm Moderna said Tuesday it would enter the final stage of human trials for its COVID-19 vaccine on July 27, after promising early results were published in an influential journal. The Phase 3 trial will recruit 30,000 participants in the U.S., with ...
Business / Corporate Jul 14, 2020
Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine candidates on FDA fast track
The U.S.-listed shares of the German firm climbed about 15 percent, while Pfizer's stock rose about 5 percent.
World / Science & Health Jul 7, 2020
Moderna spars with U.S. scientists over COVID-19 vaccine trials
As the United States accelerates the search for a coronavirus vaccine, tensions have erupted between government scientists and Moderna Inc., one of the leading developers, it has been learned. The federal government is supporting Moderna’s vaccine project with nearly half a billion dollars and has ...
Business Jul 3, 2020
How Moderna execs are cashing in during the race to develop COVID-19 vaccine
by Tom Bergin and Robin Respaut
Biotech firm Moderna Inc. could reap tens of billions of dollars in sales and stock appreciation if it wins the race for a COVID-19 vaccine. If it loses, the early-stage company’s value could crash. In the meantime, the firm’s chief executive is pocketing millions of ...
National / Science & Health May 22, 2020
Japan to subsidize mass production of eventual coronavirus vaccine
More than 110 coronavirus vaccine development projects are underway worldwide, with some in the clinical testing phase, according to a WHO list.
World / Science & Health May 19, 2020
U.S. drugmaker reports promising early results from COVID-19 vaccine test
U.S. biotech firm Moderna reported promising early results on Monday from the first clinical tests of an experimental vaccine against the novel coronavirus performed on a small number of volunteers. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company said the vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, appeared to produce an immune response ...
Business / Corporate Mar 31, 2020
Firms sign deals with U.S. to prep for mass-producing virus vaccines
The U.S. government has cut deals with Johnson & Johnson and Moderna Inc. and said it is in talks with at least two other companies to prepare them to produce massive quantities of coronavirus vaccines even before safe and effective ones become available. There are ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Jan 29, 2020
U.S. developing vaccine against deadly China virus and urges Beijing cooperation
The United States said Tuesday it was developing a vaccine against a deadly virus that originated in China, and urged Beijing to step up its cooperation with international health authorities. The U.S. government is keen to place its own teams on the ground to review ...