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Calls for a reform of drug prices have become a regular occurrence, particularly in the midst of political campaigns. Yet a new report shows the median price of a new drug launched in 2021 was $180,000.
Pfizer’s Paxlovid shows benefits for vaccinated and unvaccinated patients for COVID-19, ages 65 and up while the White House indicates children under five could receive COVID vaccines by June 21.
ZYESAMI, (aviptadil), being assessed by NRx Pharmaceuticals, failed a review conducted by the Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB), with the board recommending that arm of the trial cease.
Shares of Enochian Biosciences plunged more than 36% after the Justice Department announced company cofounder Serhat Gumrukçu was arrested in a sordid 2018 murder-for-hire scheme.
Concerns are mounting for people that have been given Pfizer’s Paxlovid treatment regimen after contracting COVID-19, only to become positive for the infection once again.
Monday, Moderna told a Delaware federal court that it was immune from patent-infringement charges over the COVID-19 vaccine because it supplied the vaccine for a U.S. government effort.
On Wednesday evening, a man in Massachusetts became the first person reported to have a case of monkeypox in the U.S. The man contracted monkeypox after traveling to Canada.
U.K. researchers found that the first dose of any vaccine was linked with an initial 12.8% decrease in the odds of Long COVID.
Following reports that Pfizer has declined study requests for Paxlovid, the company and NIH are said to be in conversation about potential studies assessing a longer treatment period of the antiviral.
Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced plans to sue Novartis over what he alleges are illegal practices. In addition to demanding compensation, the country is implementing a three-point plan.
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