Tag: vaccine

• Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazilian state in talks to begin producing the Russian Covid-19 vaccine

  

  Brazil’s Parana state is in talks to produce a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Russia despite not having completed mass clinical trials, but it was unclear if the state’s research institute would get regulatory approval in Brazil.

• Saturday, August 8th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  Brazilian billionaire will fund the building to produce the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in Sao Paulo

  

  Brazilian billionaire Jorge Lemann's foundation and other business interests will fund the building of the factory to produce the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.

• Wednesday, August 5th 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Brazil: controversy as to when the country's labs can start making Covid-19 vaccines

  

  Brazilian officials say they can start making COVID-19 vaccines developed by British and Chinese researchers within a year. Experts say it will take at least twice as long, leaving Brazil reliant on imports to slow the world's second-worst outbreak.

• Tuesday, August 4th 2020 - 10:04 UTC

  WHO admits no “silver bullet” despite strong hopes for a vaccine: “big battle ahead for Brazil and India”

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19. More than 18.14 million people around the world are reported to have been infected with the disease and 688,080 have died.

• Thursday, July 30th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  South Brazil state signs with Chinese drug company a Covid-19 vaccine trial

  

  Chinese drug company Sinopharm and Parana state have agreed to launch the fourth major COVID-19 vaccine trial in Brazil and will seek regulatory approval in the next two weeks, the Brazilian partners said on Wednesday.

• Monday, July 27th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  US invests more funds in the furious race to develop the anti Covid-19 vaccine

  

  The United States has doubled its investment - to nearly US$1 billion - to expedite the development of a potential COVID-19 vaccine by American firm Moderna, which on Monday begins the decisive final phase of clinical trials.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 08:11 UTC

  WHO cautions that despite good progress in developing Covid-19 vaccines, first use is still far, early 2021

  

  Researchers are making “good progress” in developing vaccines against COVID-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Oxford immunologist on coronavirus vaccine: our early results look highly promising

  

  By Rebecca Ashfiled (*) – A vaccine against COVID-19 is urgently needed if we’re to stop the virus spreading and prevent potentially millions of further deaths. We’re now one step closer to that goal.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:08 UTC

  Chinese made vaccine against coronavirus begins testing in Brazil, with first doses in volunteers

  

  A Chinese-made vaccine against the new COVID-19 entered the final stage of testing on Tuesday in Brazil, where volunteers received the first doses of what officials hope will be a game-changer in the pandemic.

• Monday, June 29th 2020 - 07:23 UTC

  Brazil signs agreement to purchase millions of AstrZeneca Oxford University vaccine to fight Covid-19

  

  Brazil announced over the weekend that it had signed a US$ 127 million agreement to start producing locally an experimental vaccine developed by AstraZeneca that has shown promise to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.