Canadian company Providence Therapeutics Holdings Inc. and Hyderabad-based Biological E have proclaimed the execution of a term sheet, that sets forth the material terms for a definitive licensing and collaboration agreement. It also summaries the terms for sale by Providence of up to 30 million doses of Providence’s proprietary messenger RNA vaccine, PTX-COVID19-B, to Biological E and other End-buyers.
This signifies the sale of all the remaining 2021 Providence production, plus a portion of the early 2022 Providence production, after describing for the first sale of Providence vaccines to the
Province of Manitoba, Canada.
Providence would offer the necessary technology transfer for Biological E to manufacture mRNA vaccines in India, with a minimum production capacity of 600 million doses in 2022 and a target capacity of 1 billion doses.
Biological E would be responsible for all clinical development and regulatory activities for the mRNA vaccine in India and other jurisdictions licensed by Biological E.
“This initiative is an important commitment by a Canada-based company to help India and other nations vaccinate their citizens against COVID19. Providence was founded to serve patients, and this commitment by Biological E allows us to achieve that essential goal,” directed Brad Sorenson, CEO of Providence.
“The mRNA platform has emerged as the front runner in delivering the first vaccines for emergency use to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Biological E. is very pleased to be able to work with Providence on its promising mRNA vaccine candidate. We hope to provide India and other countries yet another option to ramp up their efforts towards achieving herd immunity against COVID-19,” stated Mahima Datla, Managing Director of Biological E Limited.
