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“Today’s announcement puts another building block in place as the Nation moves toward a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine,” stated Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Phase III clinical trials for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19 began Wednesday, one day after the Russia Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) launched a new website to share the details of the vaccine with the public and scientists around the world.
With a busy August on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s schedule, this week is no exception. Here’s a look at some of what’s on the agency’s calendar.
Novavax entered into an agreement to provide the United Kingdom with 60 million doses of the vaccine should it be approved, as well as a late-stage efficacy study in that country.
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Passage Bio’s first attempt to develop a GM1 gangliosidosis gene therapy treatment has run into a roadblock in the form of a clinical hold.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved another therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), this time NS Pharma’s Viltepso (viltolarsen).
Olinvyk is indicated for short-term intravenous use in hospitals or other controlled clinical settings, such as during inpatient and outpatient procedures.
Moderna signed a contract worth up to $1.525 billion with the U.S. government to supply 100 million doses of mRNA-1273, the company’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine.
The government of Russia has approved a vaccine for COVID-19, marking the first preventative treatment for the novel coronavirus.
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