Medical biotechnology industry
CureVac founder withdraws candidacy for supervisory board

Jun. 23, 2021 08:21 AM EDT
German biotech company CureVac said Wednesday that its founder has withdrawn his candidacy for the supervisory board for health reasons. Dr...

A demonstrator holds a sign that reads in Portuguese; "'Vaccine now", during a protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on Paulista Avenue, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, June 19, 2021. Brazil's COVID-19 death toll is expected to surpass the milestone of 500,000 deaths on Saturday night. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
Brazil probes Health Ministry deal to buy Covaxin vaccine

By Marcelo Silva De Sousa Jun. 22, 2021 06:08 PM EDT

FILE- This Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, shows the Curevac company headquarters in Tuebingen, Germany. German vaccine maker CureVac said Wednesday, June 16, 2021, that interim data from late-stage testing of its coronavirus shot show a comparatively low effectiveness in protecting people against COVID-19. (Sebastian Gollnow/dpa via AP, File)
CureVac: Vaccine data are 'sobering,' full results in weeks

Jun. 17, 2021 09:12 AM EDT

FILE- In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, employees pack boxes containing vials of Covishield, a version of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Serum Institute of India in Pune, India. India, the world’s largest maker of vaccines, was expected to play a pivotal role in global efforts to immunize against COVID-19. But its own capacity is proving to be insufficient for its own massive needs amid a ferocious surge of new infections. In past weeks, many people wanting to get vaccines have been turned away. Experts say that this is due to bad planning. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
EXPLAINER: Why 'world's pharmacy' India is short on shots

By Aniruddha Ghosal May. 22, 2021 12:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, March 1, 2021 file photo, New Director-General of the World Trade Organisation Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, left, walks at the entrance of the WTO, following a photo-op upon her arrival at the WTO headquarters to take office in Geneva, Switzerland. Ambassadors from World Trade Organization countries were discussing trade rules protecting the technological know-how behind COVID-19 vaccines. The WTO’s General Council's agenda for a two-day meeting starting Wednesday, May 5, 2021 includes a waiver on intellectual property protections for vaccines. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool/Keystone via AP, FIle)
US backs waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines

By Jamey Keaten And Zeke Miller May. 05, 2021 03:36 PM EDT

Novavax trials highlight Maryland’s COVID-fighting complex

By Rachel Logan, Julia Arbutus And Pierce Panagakos Of Capital News Service Mar. 23, 2021 02:02 PM EDT
When Novavax Inc. received $1.6 billion last year from the federal government to speed up testing and production of a coronavirus vaccine, some observers were...

A medical worker gives a man a shot of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, as part of a mass vaccination campaign for Mexicans over age 60, at Palacio de los Deportes, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Mexico experts recommend approving Indian vaccine

Mar. 05, 2021 10:19 PM EST

In this photo provided by the Presidential Communications Operations Office-Office of the Global Media Public Affairs, a Chinese military plane carrying the first batch of Sinovac vaccine from China arrives at the Villamor Air Base in Manila, Philippines on Sunday Feb. 28, 2021. The Philippines is due to receive its first batch of COVID-19 vaccine Sunday, among the last in Southeast Asia to secure the critical doses despite having the second-highest number of coronavirus infections and deaths in the hard-hit region. (PCOO-OGMPA via AP)
Philippines receives COVID-19 vaccine after delays

By Jim Gomez Feb. 28, 2021 03:20 AM EST

Apprentice Nursing's Associate Ellie Bull administers the Astra Zeneca vaccine to a homeless person at the Wellcome Centre in Ilford, east London, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. The British health service NHS England have started to vaccinate homeless vulnerable people. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
UK backs CureVac effort to make vaccine for COVID variants

By Danica Kirka Feb. 05, 2021 07:57 AM EST

School students gesture a hug as they attend classes as schools reopen after being closed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Delhi on Monday opened schools for students of grade 10 and 12 after a gap of more than nine months. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
India’s homegrown vaccine developer warns some to avoid shot

By Sheikh Saaliq Jan. 19, 2021 04:35 AM EST

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 file photo, under the watchful eye of Prof. Dr. Iftahar Koksal, left, nurse Arzu Yildirim, center, administers a dose of the CoronaVac vaccine, made by Sinovac, then on phase III clinical trials at Acibadem Hospital in Istanbul. Turkish authorities on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, gave the go-ahead for the emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinovac Biotch Ltd. paving the way for the rollout for Turkey's vaccination program starting with health care workers and other high-risk groups in the country of 83 million. Turkey has reported some 2.34 million infections and around 23,000 deaths. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)
Turkey approves China-based Sinovac vaccine's emergency use

By Suzan Fraser Jan. 13, 2021 11:39 AM EST

A healthcare worker fills a syringe with the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccine centre that has been set up in central Newcastle, Scotland Monday Jan. 11, 2021. The centre is one of the seven mass vaccination centres now opened as the government continues to ramp up the coronavirus vaccination programme. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)
EU regulator is considering Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

Jan. 12, 2021 04:47 AM EST

A health worker gives an injection to a mock patient during a coronavirus vaccine drill in Bali, Indonesia on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Indonesia's highest Islamic body has gave its religious approval to China's Sinovac vaccine, paving the way for its distribution in the world's most populous Muslim nation. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Indonesia green-lights emergency use of Chinese vaccine

By Victoria Milko And Edna Tarigan Jan. 11, 2021 04:06 AM EST

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, file photo, a health worker checks a syringe before performing a trial run of COVID-19 vaccine delivery system, as India's prepare to kick off the coronavirus vaccination drive on Jan. 16, in Gauhati, India. There has been growing apprehensions among health care workers after India took a regulatory shortcut to approve a vaccine by Indian drugmaker Bharat Biotech before late clinical trials showed it was effective in preventing illness from coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)
India's quick nod to homegrown COVID-19 vaccine seeds doubt

By Aniruddha Ghosal And Sheikh Saaliq Jan. 11, 2021 02:06 AM EST

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, right, stands for a photograph with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar after addressing a joint media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
India says it will prioritize Sri Lanka in providing vaccine

By Krishan Francis Jan. 06, 2021 08:58 AM EST

A vendor selling face masks disembarks a bus as he looks for prospective buyers at a bus station in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. India authorized two COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, paving the way for a huge inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic in the world's second most populous country. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
India says it hasn't banned the export of COVID-19 vaccines

By Aniruddha Ghosal Jan. 05, 2021 11:40 AM EST

People wearing face masks to curb the spread of the coronavirus dance at a public park in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. China has designated parts of Hebei province near Beijing as a coronavirus high danger zone after 14 new cases of COVID-19 were found. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Asia Today: Thailand counts more virus cases, limits travel

Jan. 04, 2021 09:52 PM EST

A group of protesters march from the Newfields Town Hall to the Gov. Chris Sununu's house to oppose Sununu's mask mandate and other coronavirus restrictions supported by state and federal public health officials, on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021 in Newfields, N.H. (Matt Parker/Portsmouth Herald via AP)
The Latest: Japan's prime minister weighs state of emergency

By The Associated Press Jan. 03, 2021 03:35 AM EST

A roadside barber wearing mask as a precaution against the coronavirus gives hair cut to a man as others wait for their turn in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. India authorized two COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, paving the way for a huge inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic in the world’s second most populous country. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
India OKs AstraZeneca and locally made COVID-19 vaccines

By Aniruddha Ghosal And Sheikh Saaliq Jan. 03, 2021 12:52 AM EST

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample at a COVID-19 testing center in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
India tests vaccine delivery system with nationwide trial

By Rishabh R. Jain And Altaf Qadri Jan. 02, 2021 04:17 AM EST