2 February 2021

Bayer has signed an agreement with Curevac to support the manufacturing of its mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, CVnCoV,  in Germany; this expands upon an existing development and commercialisation between Bayer and CureVac. This update to the agreement occurs in the context of the need for current production capacities for Covid-19 vaccines to be increased, as Stefan Oelrich, the president of Bayer’s pharmaceutical division, announced at a press conference.

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CureVac is collaborating with global contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Rentschler Biopharma to set-up manufacturing capabilities for CureVac’s Covid-19 vaccine, CVnCoV. While CureVac has begun its Phase IIb/III clinical trial of CVnCoV, Rentschler looking forward to scale-up current Good Manufacturing Practice production of the formulated mRNA for CVnCoV.

Eli Lilly has collaborated with local health systems to launch a dedicated infusion centre for north, south and central Indiana, which will help enable access to important Covid-19 treatments.  The US Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorisation to multiple neutralising antibody therapies that need to administered via intravenous infusion for treating mild to moderate Covid-19 symptoms among high-risk patients.

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