VACCELERATE Latest News
VACCELERATE Press Release:
How many COVID-19 infections are there in Germany? Pilot study in Cologne investigates high dark figure
EU-COVAT-1 AGED Study progress in Norway
NEW VACCELERATE PUBLICATION:
02.06.2022 / VACCELERATE Volunteer Registry: A European study participant database to facilitate clinical trial enrolment (ScienceDirect): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22006053?via%3Dihub
EU-COVAT-2 BOOSTAVAC study start in Ireland
Ecraid begins its fight against infectious diseases. VACCELERATE is happy to support the project with an online Study Nurse Training Course & Certificate.
VACCELERATE Newsletters
NEWSLETTER Issue I/2022
The first VACCELERATE Newsletter. Published in July 2022. Let us know in case you would like to receive the pdf version including the links providing further information on the topics: info@vaccelerate.eu.
VACCELERATE Press Releases
28.07.2022 / The VACCELERATE Volunteer Clinical Trial Registry is launched in Italy: https://twitter.com/vaccelerate_eu/status/1556578444850434055
21.07.2022 / How many COVID-19 infections are there in Germany? Pilot study in Cologne investigates high dark figure: https://twitter.com/vaccelerate_eu/status/1550014216635023360 (German translation: https://twitter.com/CornelyOliver/status/1550015496413745152)
15.03.2022 / VACCELERATE study on the effectiveness of a second booster shot begins in Ireland: https://twitter.com/vaccelerate_eu/status/1503688207506063360
22.02.2022 / Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset söker fler deltagare i kampen mot framtida pandemier: Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset söker fler deltagare i kampen mot framtida pandemier – Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset (cision.com)
16.02.2022 / Wer sollte wann weiteren Booster bekommen?: https://www.uk-koeln.de/de/uniklinik-koeln/aktuelles/detailansicht/wer-sollte-wann-weiteren-booster-bekommen/
05.11.2021 / Studie zur Wirksamkeit der „Boosterimpfung“ gegen Corona startet: https://portal.uni-koeln.de/universitaet/aktuell/presseinformationen/detail/studie-zur-wirksamkeit-der-boosterimpfung-gegen-corona-startet
22.07.2021 / Coronavirus: Commission steps up research funding with €120 million for 11 new projects to tackle the virus and its variants (European Commission): https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_21_3803
12.04.2021 / Cologne’s university medicine to coordinate EU vaccine research network (Coimbra Group): https://newsletters.coimbra-group.eu/t/ViewEmail/j/4AD409F80C7A2CCF2540EF23F30FEDED/4013911B0F09E5BE4AB3169DA1FD82E9
16.03.2021 COMBACTE To Support Vaccine Trial Network VACCELERATE (Combacte): https://www.combacte.com/news/combacte-support-vaccine-trial-network-vaccelerate/
15.03.2021 / 12 Million for European COVID-19 Vaccine Research (Combacte): https://www.combacte.com/news/12-million-european-covid-vaccine-research/
18.02.2021 / Neues Konsortium koordiniert EU-Impfstoff-Forschungsnetzwerk: https://www.uk-koeln.de/uniklinik-koeln/aktuelles/detailansicht/neues-konsortium-koordiniert-eu-impfstoff-forschungsnetzwerk/
18.02.2021 / Cologne’s university medicine to coordinate EU vaccine research network VACCELERATE (CECAD): https://www.cecad.uni-koeln.de/about/news/article/colognes-university-medicine-to-coordinate-eu-vaccine-research-network-vaccelerate/
17.02.2021 / EU to invest €150 million for research to counter coronavirus variants (European Commission): https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/eu-invest-eu150-million-research-counter-coronavirus-variants-2021-feb-17_en
VACCELERATE Press Review
28.07.2022 / Nasce in Italia „VACCELERATE“, il registro degli studi clinici volontari: Verona è capofila nazionale (Mattino Verona): https://www.mattinodiverona.it/2022/07/28/nasce-in-italia-vaccelerate-il-registro-degli-studi-clinici-volontari-lunivr-riferimento-nazionale-del-progetto/
28.07.2022 / Partecipare a studi su prodotti anti-pandemie, al via registro volontari (Lafreccia): https://www.lafrecciaweb.it/2022/07/28/partecipare-a-studi-su-prodotti-anti-pandemie-al-via-registro-volontari-progetto-ue-parte-anche-in-italia-universita-verona-centro-di-riferimento-nazionale/
28.07.2022 / Nasce in Italia „VACCELERATE“, il registro degli studi clinici volontari: Verona è capofila nazionale (In salute news): https://www.insalutenews.it/in-salute/nasce-in-italia-vaccelerate-il-registro-degli-studi-clinici-volontari-universita-di-verona-riferimento-nazionale/
28.07.2022 / Covid: attivo in Italia registro volontari „VACCELERATE“ Database permette di aderire a progretti sul vaccino (Federfarma): https://federfarma.it/Edicola/Ansa-Salute-News/VisualizzaNews.aspx?type=Ansa&key=33884
28.07.2022 / Partecipare a studi su prodotti anti-pandemie, al via registro volontari (Corriere Del Umbria): https://corrieredisiena.corr.it/news/adnkronos/32566212/partecipare-a-studi-su-prodotti-anti-pandemie-al-via-registro-volontari.html
28.07.2022 / L'università di Verona riferimento nazionale del Registro degli studi clinici volontari „VACCELERATE“ (Primoweb): https://primoweb.it/luniversita-di-verona-riferimento-nazionale-del-registro-degli-studi-clinici-volontari-vaccelerate/
28.07.2022 / Arriva in Italia registro die volontari per participare a studi clinici sui vaccini (Veronasera): https://www.veronasera.it/attualita/registro-volontari-vaccini-vaccelerate-28-luglio-2022.html
28.07.2022 / Partecipare a studi su prodotti anti-pandemie, al via registro volontari (Olbia Notizie): https://www.olbianotizie.it/24ore/articolo/632005-partecipare_a_studi_su_prodotti_anti_pandemie_al_via_registro_volontari
28.07.2022 / Partecipare a studi su prodotti anti-pandemie, al via registro volontari (Tiscali News): https://notizie.tiscali.it/salute/articoli/partecipare-studi-prodotti-anti-pandemie-via-registro-volontari-00001/?chn
28.07.2022 / Partecipare a studi su prodotti anti-pandemie, al via registro volontari (Affaritaliani): https://www.affaritaliani.it/rubriche/tuttasalute/notiziario/partecipare-a-studi-su-prodotti-anti-pandemie-al-via-registro-volontari-277113.html
28.07.2022 / Nasce in Italia „VACCELERATE“, il registro degli studi clinici volontari: Verona è capofila nazionale (A Salute & Benessere): https://www.larena.it/rubriche/salute-e-benessere/nasce-in-italia-vaccelerate-il-registro-degli-studi-clinici-volontari-verona-e-capofila-nazionale-1.9543801
27.03.2022 / Antibodies could determine fourth vaccine eligibility – study: https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2022/0327/1288742-coronavirus-antibodies/
24.01.2022 / VACCELERATE: Volunteer Registry: A European Study Participant Database to Facilitate Clinical Trial Enrolment (THE LANCET Preprint): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4016606
06.01.2022 / Nach dem Booster: Brauchen wir bald noch eine vierte Impfung gegen Corona? (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger): https://www.ksta.de/ratgeber/gesundheit/nach-dem-booster-brauchen-wir-bald-noch-eine-vierte-impfung-gegen-corona–39359316
19.12.2021 / Die Vierte Impfung. Impfstoff gegen Omikron (Zeit): https://www.zeit.de/gesundheit/2021-12/omikron-variante-impfstoff
13.12.2021 / Mehrere Impfversuche bei initialen Non-Respondern machen“ (Ärzteblatt): https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/129957/Mehrere-Impfversuche-bei-initialen-Non-Respondern-machen
08.12.2021 / Interview with Zoi D. Pana about the situation in Cyprus and the VACCELERATE network (Offsite): https://www.offsite.com.cy/eidiseis/topika/pana-gia-vaccelerate-den-kanei-toys-anthropoys-peiramatozoa
03.12.2021 / Interview with Oliver Cornely and Zoi D. Pana (Alpha Channel CY): https://twitter.com/vaccelerate_eu/status/1468558210437165059
23.11.2021 / Interview „Seit März 2020 im Lockdown“ (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger): Print
15.11.2021 / Lietuvoje pradėtas COVID-19 stiprinamosios vakcinos dozės tyrimas (Lrytas): https://www.lrytas.lt/it/laboratorija/2021/11/15/news/lietuvoje-pradetas-covid-19-stiprinamosios-vakcinos-dozes-tyrimas-21407670
15.11.2021 / Pradėtas COVID-19 stiprinamosios vakcinos dozės tyrimas (Santaros Klinikos): https://www.santa.lt/naujienos/pradetas-covid-19-stiprinamosios-vakcinos-dozes-tyrimas/
12.11.2021 / Studie untersucht Booster-Effekt (Kölnische Rundschau): Print
12.11.2021 / Uni Köln Studie untersucht Booster-Effekt der Corona-Impfungen (Kölnische Rundschau): Uni Köln: Studie untersucht Booster-Effekt der Corona-Impfungen | Kölnische Rundschau (rundschau-online.de)
09.11.2021 / Studie zur Wirksamkeit der Booster-Impfung (Frankfurt Live): https://www.frankfurt-live.com/studie-zur-wirksamkeit-der-booster-impfung-136942.html
08.11.2021 /Neue Studie startet in Köln Wie gut sind Booster-Impfungen wirklich? (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger): https://www.ksta.de/koeln/neue-studie-startet-in-koeln-wie-gut-sind-booster-impfungen-wirklich–39112684
03.11.2021 / Alle Infos zur Auffrischung Wann kann ich mir die Booster-Impfung gegen Corona holen? (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger): Booster-Impfung: Wer braucht die dritte Impfdosis? | Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (ksta.de)
26.10.2021 / Nach Kimmich-Aussage Was Experten zu Langzeitfolgen der Corona-Impfung sagen (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger): https://www.ksta.de/ratgeber/gesundheit/nach-kimmich-aussage-was-experten-zu-langzeitfolgen-der-corona-impfung-sagen-39087508
25.10.2021 / Uniklinik Köln sucht Probanden für Drittimpfung (WDR): TV
13.10.2021 / Studie zur Wirksamkeit der Booster-Impfung (Radio Köln): Radio
28.09.2021 / Zu langsam, zu mühsam, zu wenig (SZ): Print
27.09.2021 / Der geringe Beitrag der deutschen COVID-19-Forschung (Tagesspiegel): Print
16.07.2021 / ECCMID 2021 TV: Talking trials with Oliver Cornely (ECCMID TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKRC_2wYXEU
10.07.2021 / Hunderte Kölner trotz zweiter Impfung infiziert (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger): Print
09.07.2021 / Zu wenig Antikörper? Was wir über die COVID-19-Todesfälle bei geimpften Kölnern wissen? (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger)
30.06.2021 / Coronavirus: Government advisor part of €12m grant for Covid vaccine research (Cyprus Mail): https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/06/30/coronavirus-government-advisor-part-of-e12m-grant-for-covid-vaccine-research/
27.05.2021 / Aufholjagd: Das europäische Impfstoff-Netzwerk Vaccelerate (ARTE): https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/104080-000-A/aufholjagd-das-europaeische-impfstoff-netzwerk-vaccelerate/
12.05.2021 / Expert says at least one booster vaccine shot necessary (in-Cyprus): https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/expert-says-at-least-one-booster-vaccine-shot-necessary/
11.04.2021 / Pulse of Europe Rheinland: „Europa – Gesundheitspolitik für eine krisenfeste Zukunft?“ (Event): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLR-ELvSyxo
VACCELERATE-related Scientific Publications
18.06.2022 / A pilot surveillance report of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test results among volunteers in Germany, 1st week of July 2022 (medrxiv): https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.18.22277744v1
02.06.2022 / VACCELERATE Volunteer Registry: A European study participant database to facilitate clinical trial enrolment (Vaccine): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22006053?via%3Dihub
29.07.2021 / Heterologous prime–boost vaccination with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and BNT162b2 (The Lancet Infectious Diseases): https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00420-5/fulltext
27.05.2021 / Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity of BNT162b2 in Subjects Having Received a First Dose of ChAdOx1s: Initial Results of a Randomised, Adaptive, Phase 2 Trial (CombiVacS) (Preprints with The Lancet): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3854768
VACCELERATE Events
CZECRIN Annual Research Conference 2022
09 JUNE 2022 Brno, Czech Republic
International Clinical Trials Day (ICTD) 2022
17 MAY 2022 Berlin, Germany
FAMHP Vaccine Symposium
10 May 2022
Prof. Pierre Van Damme presenting VACCELERATE in his talk „Perspective for the future: Vaccinopolis and biopreparedness initiative“
40th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)
09-13 MAY 2022 Athens, Greece
World Vaccine Day 14 MAY 2022
On World Vaccine Day people around the world celebrate the benefits of vaccines. This day aims to raise awareness of the many positive contributions that vaccines make to our society.
More information on https://worldvaccineday.org/.
23-26 APRIL 2022
32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Lisbon, Portugal
1st Cypriot-Greek VACCELERATE Volunteer Registry Webinar with local National Patient Advocacy Groups 28 MARCH 2022
– To seek the support of PAG Members in completing the VAC PAG questionnaire (perspectives of PAGs for participation in clinical trials and volunteer registries)
– To invite them to join the VACCELERATE Volunteer Registry by becoming volunteers in our Cypriot Greek VAC platforms More than 12 PAGs participated
You can watch the video of the webinar (in Greek) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNFNVe17mtg
The First World Conference Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic Health Challenges
26-28 MARCH 2022, Belgrade, Serbia.
VACCELERATE talk: Jon Salmanton-García: VACCELERATE: The pan-European backbone for the acceleration of phase 2 & 3 COVID-19 vaccine trials
1st VACCELERATE Annual Meeting 09-10 MARCH 2022
With a keynote lecture by top leading expert Stephen Lockhart from Pfizer:
Vaccine Clinical Trials: Key Factors for Success – BNT162 as an Example.
