Researchers at McMaster University in Canada announced that they received $8.2 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Fiona Smaill picked up $8.2 million to advance an inhaled COVID-19 vaccine through to Phase 2 human trials. The trials will evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the next-generation vaccine delivered by inhaled aerosol. Her […]
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Vaxxas receives more than $5 million grant for vaccine delivery patch
Vaxxas announced today the Australian government is granting it nearly $5.5 million for the manufacturing of its vaccine delivery device. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Vaxxas picked up AU$8.2 million ($5.48 million). The second-round grant represents part of the Australian government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI). Funding supports the manufacturing scale-up of Vaxxas’ device for applying vaccines to the […]
Vaxxas licenses COVID-19 vaccine for patch delivery system, expects to finish Phase 1 trial this year
Vaxxas announced today that it was granted an exclusive license for a next-generation COVID-19 vaccine to be used with its delivery patch. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Vaxxas received the license from The University of Texas at Austin for its HexaPro SARS-CoV-2 spike subunit vaccine. The license comes with a companion background technology license from the U.S. National […]
PharmaJet partner touts interim safety results for needle-free COVID-19 vaccine
PharmaJet announced today that its partner, Technovalia, reported positive interim safety results from a needle-free COVID-19 vaccine trial. Golden, Colorado-based PharmaJet’s needle-free injection systems are being studied with Covigen, a DNA-based vaccine developed by French-Thai pharmaceutical company BioNet-Asia in collaboration with Melbourne, Australia-based Technovalia. Enrollment for the trial began in June 2021. The Phase 1 […]
Could nasal vaccines be the next big weapon against COVID-19?
Because of the way they provide protection, nasal vaccines could be the best long-term way to prevent COVID-19 infection, according to experts cited in The New York Times. The Times reported that India-based Bharat Biotech, which has the Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine authorized in India and elsewhere, has an experimental COVID-19 nasal vaccine that may offer […]
PharmaJet partner announces COVID-19 vaccine trial with needle-free injection tech
PharmaJet announced today that one of its pharmaceutical partners, Nykode Therapeutics, has begun a trial for a COVID-19 vaccine with PharmaJet’s needle-free injection technology. Nykode’s Phase 1/2 clinical trial will specifically address the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants, with the DNA-based vaccines delivered intramuscularly with PharmaJet’s Stratis needle-free injection system. The vaccines are designed to be tailored […]
Aerogen inks partnership to deliver COVID-19 vaccine with its mesh aerosol delivery tech
Aerogen and CanSinoBio announced today that they entered a partnership to deliver the latter’s COVID-19 vaccine with Aerogen’s technology. Galway, Ireland-based Aerogen’s proprietary vibrating mesh aerosol drug delivery technology will be used to deliver CanSinoBio’s recombinant novel coronavirus vaccine — Convidecia — under the development and commercial supply partnership. Commercial terms for the partnership were […]
World faces a shortage of up to 2 billion COVID-19 vaccine syringes
The World Health Organization (WHO) reportedly warned that a massive shortage of syringes for COVID-19 vaccines could be on the horizon. Reuters reported that WHO expert Lisa Hedman told a United Nations briefing that the potential shortage of 1 billion to 2 billion syringes could slow down routine immunizations and create issues with needle safety […]
BD ticks up on Street-beating Q4, sets 2022 guidance range
BD (NYSE:BDX) shares rose today on fourth-quarter results that came in ahead of the consensus forecast. The Franklin Lakes, New Jersey-based medtech posted profits of $242 million, or 84¢ per share, on sales of $5.1 billion for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2021, more than doubling its bottom line on sales growth of 7.3%. Get […]
New BD syringe manufacturing lines are up and running in Nebraska
BD (NYSE:BDX) announced today that it increased its manufacturing capacity and domestic supply for syringes and needles. Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based BD’s new syringe and needle manufacturing lines, which were completed on an accelerated timeline, represent BD’s partnership with Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). In July 2020, […]
