With India’s first and the world’s third mRNA vaccine, Gennova plans to provide access to its COVID-19 vaccine to those deprived of doses from Pfizer and Moderna. HDT Bio Corp’s suit in the US is not seen impacting marketing plans in India, COO tells Scrip

After issuing guidance and making public statements saying the first updated COVID-19 vaccines would require clinical trial data, agency picks new vaccine composition that will make obtaining such data highly unlikely before a planned fall booster campaign. 

Many VRBPAC committee members said they were impressed with Novavax’s booster data, including with its prototype vaccine, raising questions about whether non-mRNA vaccine platforms may be preferable to address COVID long-term.

SK Bioscience has received the world’s first approval of its in-house developed recombinant protein COVID-19 vaccine SKYCovione (GBP510), in its home market of South Korea, two years after it began development. Strong support from the domestic government and international cooperation helped pave the way.