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PH gov't can help LGUs buy COVID-19 vaccines from Novavax, Moderna: Galvez

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 12:59 AM

MANILA - The Philippines is set to facilitate the procurement of LGUs of COVID-19 vaccines from drugmakers Moderna and Novavax, vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez said Thursday, as local governments move to secure vaccine supplies for their own localities. Read more »

Know your COVID-19 vaccine

Text by Kristine Sabillo, Infographic by Pamela Ramos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 02:05 PM

With several countries already rolling out their immunization program against COVID-19, there’s a lot of pressure on Philippine officials to approve and procure vaccines. Read more »

PH about to secure 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine by next week, says official

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 04:50 PM

 The Philippines is about to clinch around 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by next week with one manufacturer delivering by February, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez said on Monday.   Read more »

Phase 3 trials begin for Novavax vaccine in US, Mexico

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 29 06:57 AM

Clinical trials to determine the safety and efficacy of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate from American biotech company Novavax have begun in the United States and Mexico, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Monday. Read more »

PH to begin negotiations with Novavax: distributor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 23 08:35 AM

The Philippines will begin its negotiations with Novavax Wednesday, a local pharmaceutical distributor said.  Read more »

Ilang kontrata sa COVID-19 vaccine posibleng pirmahan ngayong Disyembre: Galvez

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 22 07:40 PM

Ginarantiya ni vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. na bago matapos ang taon ay matitiyak na ng pamahalaan na may darating na suplay ng bakuna sa 2021. Read more »

PH may get 60 million more COVID-19 vaccine shots in 2021: Galvez

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 22 01:21 AM

MANILA (UPDATED)- The Philippines may acquire 60 million more COVID-19 vaccine shots in the second and third quarters of 2021, vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez said Monday. Read more »

Philippines to get 30 million doses of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, says Locsin

Karen Lema, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 21 10:01 PM

The Philippines expects to receive 30 million doses of Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine by July next year, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said on Monday, boosting the country's effort to secure supplies to inoculate more than 100 million people. Read more »

EXPLAINER: Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?

Reuters
Posted at Dec 13 02:38 PM

The following is what we know about the race to deliver vaccines to help end the coronavirus pandemic that has killed 1.59 million people worldwide. Read more »

Local drug distributor to offer Novavax COVID vaccine in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 11:50 AM

MANILA - Local pharmaceutical distributor Faberco Life Sciences Inc., will be supplying the Novavax COVID vaccine in the Philippines manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. But it would only do so once the vaccine is proven safe and effective.   Read more »

The vaccines will probably work. Making them fast will be the hard part.

Katie Thomas, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 18 09:38 AM

Industry analysts and company executives are optimistic that hundreds of millions of doses will be made by next spring. But the companies — backed with billions of dollars in federal money — will have to overcome hurdles they have encountered in the early days of making vaccines. Read more »

Australia orders more COVID-19 vaccines for total of 135 million doses

Renju Jose and Colin Packham, Reuters
Posted at Nov 05 02:10 PM

Australia will buy 40 million vaccine doses from Novavax, and 10 million from Pfizer and BioNTech. Read more »

9 coronavirus vaccine developers pledge to uphold scientific integrity

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 09 01:34 AM

WASHINGTON - The CEOs of nine companies developing vaccines against COVID-19 on Tuesday pledged to "uphold the integrity of the scientific process" amid concern Donald Trump will pressure regulators to approve a vaccine ahead of the presidential election in November. Read more »

Scientists are optimistic about new vaccine studies from Novavax

Carl Zimmer and Katie Thomas, The New York TImes
Updated as of Aug 05 07:30 AM

Novavax, the little-known Maryland company that received a $1.6 billion deal from the federal government for its experimental coronavirus vaccine, announced encouraging results in two preliminary studies on Tuesday.   Read more »

Trump ditches new tone on coronavirus to tout questionable theories

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 29 11:17 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's much heralded new tone on the coronavirus pandemic evaporated Tuesday in a burst of misleading medical speculation, criticism for his own top virus expert, and praise for an eccentric preacher-doctor touting conspiracy theories. Read more »

Trump bets on COVID-19 vaccine for political shot in arm

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 28 10:32 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump vowed to defeat the coronavirus by "unleashing American scientific genius" as he toured a COVID-19 vaccine facility in the swing state of North Carolina on Monday. Read more »

These scientists raced to find a COVID-19 drug. Then the virus found them.

Katie Thomas, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 10 11:59 AM

Stephanie Giordano, the youngest member of the company’s five-person rapid response team for infectious diseases, helped develop what many consider one of the most promising new treatments for COVID-19, which has now infected more than 12 million people around the world and killed more than 549,000. Read more »

US awards $1.6 billion to Novavax for COVID-19 vaccine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 08 11:35 AM

The US on Tuesday announced it was providing $1.6 billion in funding for the development and manufacture of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate produced by biotech firm Novavax, the largest amount awarded under Operation Warp Speed. Read more »