Supply chain challenges cause Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine production target to be slashed
Pfizer spokesperson reveals supply chain challenges and late clinical trial results contributed to its COVID-19 vaccine production target for 2020 being halved.
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Pfizer spokesperson reveals supply chain challenges and late clinical trial results contributed to its COVID-19 vaccine production target for 2020 being halved.
An independent review has outlined the achievements of the UK's Vaccine Taskforce, finding it worked "at great pace" to bring a COVID-19 vaccine to patients.
Dr Ash Ramzan, founder and principal consultant at Woodley BioReg, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has forced regulatory processes to adapt, focusing on the regulatory flexibilities introduced by the UK’s MHRA.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a £20 million investment fund for medicine manufacturing and supply chains in the UK.
After purchasing an additional two million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, the UK will now receive a total of 357 million doses of vaccines from seven developers.
The European Commission and Moderna have agreed that the company will supply at least 80 million doses of mRNA-1273, the company's COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
Reports have found that the COVID-19 pandemic is providing new opportunities for contract and development manufacturing organisations (CDMOs).
A new analysis suggests that Europe and North America will capture more than 80 percent of the $9.3 billion market by 2030.
Researchers have shown that a hybrid purifier can remove host cell proteins during the downstream processing of monoclonal antibodies.
A new report has found that if COVID-19 biologics are approved, it could apply pressure to the global biomanufacturing capacity.
Dose contract manufacturing organisations (CMOs) had slow revenue growth in 2019, a trend continuing into 2020 that could impact the US.
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