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FDA oks second Pfizer COVID booster

The FDA has greenlighted Pfizer and BioNTech’s request to include a second booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccine in immunocompromised patients aged 12 or older

Moderna seeks COVID jab EUA for young kids

Moderna is trying to be the first to get its COVID-19 vaccine approved for children six months to six years old

Generics manufacturers ink deals to make Pfizer antiviral

Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 treatment nirmatrelvir is about to become more widely accessible.

Aspen to manufacture J&J COVID vax in South Africa

South African drug manufacturer Aspen Pharmacare has signed a deal to manufacture and distribute Johnson & Johnson's COVID vax

Moderna sued over COVID vax patent misuse

Arbutus and Genevant are taking Moderna to court, claiming Moderna misused Arbutus’ patented technology to create a COVID-19 vaccine in “record time.”

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AstraZeneca nixes beta COVID vax

J&J pauses COVID-19 vax production, says report

Medicago, GSK plant-based COVID vax shows high efficacy

J&J seeks FDA EUA for single-shot vax

J&J announces data on single-dose COVID vax

Merck inks $356M deal with U.S. for investigational COVID-19 therapy

Pfizer, Moderna test vaccines against mutated COVID-19

Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are gathering data to determine if their coronavirus vaccines will work against the mutated version of the virus found in the United Kingdom and other...

Pfizer vax gets CHMP green light in EU

Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have green lighted the drugmakers' COVID-19...

FDA advisory panel endorses Moderna vax

The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee has overwhelmingly supported the FDA granting Emergency Use Authorization for Moderna's COVID-19 mRNA vaccine...

A historic first: Pfizer vaccine rollout is underway

The U.S. rollout of the first coronavirus vaccine began this morning as the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's BNT162b2 were administered to health care workers and nursing home...

Sanofi, GSK announced vaccine trial delay

Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline have delayed advanced trials of their experimental adjuvanted recombinant protein-based COVID-19 vaccine after it failed to produce a strong enough ...

FDA vaccine panel gives thumbs up to Pfizer shot

Pfizer and BioNTech have announced that the U.S. FDA's VRBPAC voted 17 to 4 in support of the FDA granting Emergency Use Authorization for the companies’ COVID-19 mRNA vaccine...

Antiviral suppresses COVID-19 transmission in ferrets

Researchers at the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University say that treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection with a new antiviral drug, MK-4482/EIDD-2801 (Molnupiravir...

Moderna plans adolescent COVID vaccine trial

Moderna is planning a clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, with children ages 12 through 17.

Anticipating FDA-approval, Pfizer charters flights for COVID vaccines, says report

United Airlines began operating charter flights to position doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for quick distribution if granted approval by regulators, according to ...

Pfizer, BioNTech submit EUA request for COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they have submitted a request to the U.S. FDA for an Emergency Use Authorization of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate.