COVID-19
Despite some setbacks, the company anticipates its vaccine could be available for use in the United Kingdom within the next several weeks.
As Pfizer-BioNTech and the U.S. government begin the historic rollout of COVID-19 vaccine distribution around the U.S. and the world, there have been a few glitches. This isn’t unexpected.
A critical vote is set to take place today amongst those on a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel in regard to the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna.
With the first wave of vaccines gaining regulatory approval, nascent biotech companies are looking toward the future, exploring new technologies to make vaccines more effective for more people.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first non-prescription, over-the-counter, at-home antigen test that can be used to identify infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, in people two years of age or older.
Biopharma and life sciences companies from across the globe provide updates on their businesses and pipelines.
After four people in the Pfizer-BioNTech’s and three people in Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine trials developed temporary facial weakness or paralysis, some people became concerned that it could happen to them. But experts suggest that the condition, known as Bell’s palsy, is fairly prevalent in the population and generally transient.
Detecting the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic individuals has been a challenge not even PCR – the gold standard of testing – can adequately address. Now two companies have developed novel solutions with the sensitivity and specificity needed to provide ample warning.
All eyes are turning to Moderna, which has a meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee on Thursday, December 17. The agency released the data application today.
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