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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.
AstraZeneca aims to harness VaxEquity’s saRNA platform for use with its own therapeutic programs and intends to widely use it on up to 26 different drug targets.
FDA
FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shots for individuals 65 and over, those at high risk for severe disease and front-line healthcare workers.
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit a grim milestone, marking more U.S. deaths than were reported in the 1918–19 Spanish flu pandemic, research and breakthroughs continue.
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