Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Daily Archives

Moderna trialing refrigerator stable COVID-19 vaccine

Moderna has another COVID-19 vaccine in its clinical pipeline, which if successful will potentially make distribution and administration easier. The firm already has an mRNA cell-free COVID-19 vaccine, 1273, approved under FDA emergency authorization. However, it is developing an additional COVID-19 vaccine candidate coded 1283, which it believes will be easier to allocate and administrate due to it potentially being refrigerator stable. According to the firm, the next generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate is made from portions of the spike protein,…

Ins & outs: High level leadership changes at Novavax

Novavax has switched up its leadership with multiple changes. Meanwhile there are changes at Kyverna and Precision BioSciences. Put your feet up and enjoy BioProcess Insider’s Ins & Outs. US-based biotechnology company Novavax develops and commercializes various vaccines to treat infectious diseases such as Ebola, seasonal influenza, and COVID-19. The firm has its own COVID-19 vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373, which has not yet received approval from the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and is currently in two Phase III…