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As US vaccination rates have been hovering in the 50% of the population range for two months, President Biden hit the old dusty trail to push his vaccine mandate even more.
Here’s a look at mRNA vaccines and their effectiveness and more COVID-19 news.
Moderna seeks to invalidate two patents of Arbutus Biopharma Corp. The company hopes to appeal a preemptive challenge to the patents upheld by the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeals Board.
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.
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