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Please check out the biopharma industry coronavirus (COVID-19) stories that are trending for February 2, 2021.
A spirit of urgency and collaboration broke down traditional informational barriers as industry and academia organized like never before in modern history to develop a vaccine in just nine months.
FDA
February is kicking off with a number of PDUFA dates for the U.S. FDA as well as a cancer advisory committee meeting. Here’s a look.
The decision by the FDA on the drug application was expected on March 7, but is now delayed until June 7, 2021.
The U.S. Department of Justice is set to recover more than $3 billion this year from pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers as well as healthcare providers, labs and pharmacies found guilty of healthcare fraud under the False Claims Act.
FDA
The FDA is on a roll granting approvals. Three companies announced IND updates today.
A special fund for vaccine research that was set aside by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2010 has been misused to pay for unrelated expenses, a government report shows.
Senior White House adviser Andy Slavitt said the administration is striving to meet its goal of ensuring enough vaccine supply by summer, but acknowledged there could be some hurdles that will prevent that timeline.
Please check out the biopharma industry coronavirus (COVID-19) stories that are trending for January 26, 2021.
Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson all have trials of their respective vaccines underway in various age-groups.
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