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TGA says it is already in discussions with pharmaceutical companies developing COVID vaccines
4 September 2020 - Australia's medicines regulator isn't considering approving any treatments for COVID-19 at the moment, but it's spending ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Aug 2020
We shouldn't pin all our hopes on a vaccine
23 August 2020 - Most experts think a vaccine against COVID-19 is likely to become widely available by mid-2021. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2020
'Be prepared for anything': CSL boss warns of key unknowns on vaccine
19 August 2020 - CSL chief executive Paul Perreault has cautioned that more details need to be ironed out before ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2020
Scott Morrison announces free COVID-19 vaccines for Australians, backtracks on ‘mandatory’ comments
19 August 2020 - Prime Minister Scott Morrison has backtracked on comments that a free COVID-19 vaccine would be ‘as mandatory ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2020
Coronavirus: CSL reveals delivery date for COVID-19 vaccine as it progresses with clinical trials
19 August 2020 - Australia’s biggest health care company, CSL, expects to start delivering “emergency doses” of a COVID-19 vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2020
Creating a coronavirus vaccine is only the first step. It’ll take years to manufacture and distribute.
18 August 2020 - The world is hoping a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine will soon become available. So far, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2020
CSL in talks with AstraZeneca to produce COVID-19 vaccine in Melbourne
17 August 2020 - Australia’s biggest health company, CSL, has confirmed it is in talks with British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2020
Australia 'close' to gaining access to Oxford's promising COVID-19 vaccine
16 August 2020 - The Morrison government is close to striking an international deal to domestically produce a vaccine to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Aug 2020
Australian scientists say too early to pick COVID-19 vaccine race winner in advice to Federal Government
13 August 2020 - The leading group of scientists advising the Federal Government says there is still no clear frontrunner in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2020
Australia pins hopes on potential Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine
11 August 2020 - The Federal Government is positioning itself to secure and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine in Australia, if ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2020
Local doctor may have breakthrough coronavirus cure
11 August 2020 - Local doctor Thomas Borody has found what may be a cheap and easy treatment for COVID-19 patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Aug 2020
Australian start-ups push for bigger role in vaccine making
9 August 2020 - An Australian startup racing to develop a successful coronavirus vaccine has urged the federal government to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jul 2020
Australia left in the dark as manufacturers race to make Oxford COVID-19 vaccine
22 July 2020 - Australia may have to compete with other nations to import supply of the University of Oxford's ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jul 2020
TGA publishes AusPAR for Vemlidy
21 July 2020 - AusPAR published within days of its provisional registration; why do other take years? ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2020
Australian COVID researchers warn vaccines will have to be made overseas
20 July 2020 - Researchers at Monash University say if their COVID-19 vaccine is successful they will be forced to ...