CORONAVIRUS VACCINE MARKET ANALYSIS

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Global Coronavirus Vaccine Market  : Key Developments

• In August 2023, CureVac SE, a global biopharmaceutical company, announced first dosing of participant in phase 2 study of modified COVID-19 mRNA vaccine developed in collaboration with GSK, a global biopharmaceutical company. The Phase 2 study will evaluate safety, reactogenicity and immune responses of single booster doses of two modified mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidates. The CV0601, encodes the spike protein of the omicron BA.4-5 variant.
• In Novermber 2022, Sanofi, an innovative global healthcare company, and GSK, a global biopharmaceutical company, announced that it had received approval from European Medicines Agency’s Committee for VidPrevtyn Beta as a booster for the prevention of COVID-19 in adults of 18 years of age and older. VidPrevtyn Beta is indicated as a booster for active immunization against SARS_CoV_2 in adults who have previously received an mRNA or adenoviral COVID vaccine.
• In April 2022, Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc, a leading clinical-stage messenger RNA medicines company, announced data from an ongoing Phase 1/2/3 trial evaluating ARCT-154, Arcturus’ self-amplifying mRNA vaccine candidate against COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Two 5-mcg doses of ARCT-154 demonstrated 55% vaccine efficacy for protection against COVID-19.
• In August 2021, Zydus Cadilla, a India- based multinational pharmaceutical company, received emergency use authorization (EUA) approval from Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for ZyCoV-D,a DNA based vaccine for COVID-19 that can be administered in humans including children and adults of 12 years of age and above.  It is developed in partnership with the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India under the ‘Mission COVID Suraksha’.