LIBERIA – The nonprofit scientific research organization IAVI announced that volunteers at the PREVAIL clinical trial site at Redemption Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia have been vaccinated with IAVI’s novel vaccine…
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British health agencies bag CEPI funds to develop standard monkeypox tools
UNITED KINGDOM – British health agencies have secured funding to develop a standardized approach to test the performance of vaccines being used or in development against monkeypox. The funding comes…
Read MoreCEPI Partners with Japan’s NEC Group to develop AI-designed broad spectrum betacoronavirus vaccine
NORWAY – CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and NEC Corporation have announced the latest funding award under their US$200 million program to accelerate the development of vaccines that…
Read MoreCEPI raises US$1.5-billion at summit to prepare for next pandemic
NORWAY – The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has raised more than US$1.5 billion to develop vaccines against emerging diseases in as little as 100 days at a pandemic…
Read MoreTakeda’s vaccine chief Rajeev Venkayya departs to lead pandemic-focused biotech
JAPAN – Rajeev Venkayya, longtime head of Takeda’s vaccine unit, is stepping down to become CEO of a new company “focused on combating COVID-19 and future pandemic threats,” Takeda has…
Read MoreZalgen Labs announces contract with CEPI for Lassa Fever study in West Africa
NIGERIA – Zalgen Labs has inked a three-year contract with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to provide its antibody testing kits for a study to assess the incidence…
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