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FDA
There is — still — plenty of news about COVID-19 and new drugs, therapies and FDA applications. Here’s a look.
Johnson & Johnson is expected to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize a booster for its one-shot COVID-19 vaccine this week.
First COVID-19, now cancer. BioNTech made history when its COVID-19 mRNA vaccine with partner Pfizer became the first ever approved.
The Pfizer-BioNTech booster shot is now authorized for people over 18 and 65 who are immunocompromised, at high risk due to their work or living situation and front-line healthcare workers.
Pfizer and BioNTech share data with FDA on COVID-19 vaccines for younger children as Sanofi pivot on its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, shifting focus toward other infectious diseases instead.
Peter Marks will serve as acting director of the Office of Vaccines Research and Review at the U.S. FDA following the resignation of two top officials at the agency.
With Pfizer expected to submit its COVID-19 vaccine data for children five to 11 years to regulators, a study showed just how damaging the pandemic has been to life expectancy. Here’s a look.
There was still some carryover from the European Society of Medical Oncology Congress 2021, but there was plenty of other clinical trial news last week. Here’s a look.
FDA
A day after the FDA authorized a COVID-19 booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee voted in support.
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