21 August 2020Â
Germany-based CureVac and the European Commission (EC) have concluded exploratory discussions on an Advanced Purchase Agreement (APA) for the company’s mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine candidate. The proposed deal will provide all European Union Member States with up to 225 million doses, along with an option for an additional 180 million doses.
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Pfizer and BioNTech have reported positive early safety and immunogenicity data from the Phase I clinical trial of their second Covid-19 vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, in the US. Data showed that 30μg of BNT162b2, seven days after the second dose, induced SARS-CoV-2-neutralising geometric mean titers (GMTs) in younger and older adults. The vaccine candidate was well tolerated across all populations.
Oragenics signed a process development and drug substance manufacturing agreement with Avid Bioservices for its potential Covid-19 vaccine, Terra CoV-2. Avid will offer analytical method development, process development and drug substance manufacturing services to Oragenics. The companies will begin the initial phase of the project immediately.
Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Sputnik V, will be tested in more than 40,000 participants in a clinical trial that is scheduled to start next week, according to Reuters. Prior small-scale studies found the candidate to be safe and effective. Meanwhile, a senior Mexican government official said that the country will receive at least 2,000 doses of Sputnik V for trials in its population.
Indonesia’s PT Bio Farma has entered into an agreement with China-based Sinovac Biotech for up to 40 million doses of the latter’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, which will be supplied from November 2020 to March 2021. Indonesia has been evaluating the candidate in a Phase III clinical trial in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung.
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