Tag: COVID-19

May 26, 2023

Pfizer’s oral antiviral, which has now been granted full approval to treat mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults at a high risk for progression to severe disease, has been available in the US since December 2021 under the FDA’s accelerated approval pathway. […]

May 25, 2023

Americans with COVID-19 have been taking Paxlovid since it was approved under emergency use in late 2021. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to the drug. This approval will allow drugmaker Pfizer to sell the medication […]

April 19, 2023

The current bivalent vaccines, targeting the original and omicron BA.4/BA.5 strains, can now be used for all doses administered to individuals aged six months and older, including for an additional dose or doses for certain populations. Each vaccine now has […]

March 27, 2023

4Q Revenues: €4.3 billion (-23%) 4Q Earnings: €2.3 billion (-28%) YTD Revenues: €17.3 billion (-9%) YTD Earnings: €9.3 billion (-8%) Comments: Results in the quarter and FY reflect lower demand for COVID-19 vaccines. Approximately 2 billion doses of COMIRNATY invoiced […]

February 16, 2023

The companies will still continue to work together on their SARS-CoV-2-targeting antibody, sotrovimab, in markets where it is authorised, as well as their experimental COVID-19 antibody, VIR-7832, and a portfolio of other therapies for respiratory diseases such as influenza. Originally […]

February 16, 2023

Older people have vaccines available to prevent severe influenza and COVID-19, but there’s been nothing to protect against the third respiratory virus that contributed to this season’s wretched “triple-demic.” Until now. Two major pharmaceutical companies published clinical trial results this […]

January 30, 2023

A more harmonized formula and schedule for administering COVID-19 vaccines gained strong support from FDA’s expert advisory panel last week, with agreement on the need to reduce confusion over which shot to take and when in order to increase vaccination […]

January 27, 2023

At a meeting to simplify the nation’s covid vaccination policy, the FDA’s panel of experts could agree on only one thing: Information is woefully lacking about how often different groups of Americans need to be vaccinated. That data gap has […]

January 18, 2023

A new coronavirus variant is circulating, the most transmissible one yet. Hospitalizations of infected patients are rising. And older adults represent nearly 90% of U.S. deaths from covid-19 in recent months, the largest portion since the start of the pandemic. […]

January 11, 2023

While COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rose around the world between 2021 and 2022, wide gaps remain, according to new research. Teams from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health in Spain (ISGlobal) and City University of New York (CUNY) also noted the […]

January 9, 2023

The tested vaccine candidates produced promising immunogenicity and reactogenicity profiles in ongoing phase 1 clinical programmes for COVID-19 and seasonal flu, assessing both modified and unmodified mRNA technology. “The positive results from this preliminary data analysis strongly validate the power […]

January 4, 2023

The start of the trial triggers a $5m milestone payment from AZ, which licensed AZD3152 from RQ Bio in May last year, and reinforces the financial position of the UK-based biotech to execute its four scientific programmes focused on viral […]

December 9, 2022

The Pfizer/ BioNTech vaccine is now indicated for children aged six months to four years who have not yet received the third dose of the three-dose primary series with the monovalent Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, Moderna’s bivalent vaccine is now […]

December 7, 2022

In its decision, the ETF reviewed non-clinical studies and data on the immune response following natural infection with Omicron BA.4/BA.5 in unvaccinated people who had not been previously infected with SARS-CoV-2. The data suggested that primary vaccination with adapted bivalent […]

November 28, 2022

When pregnant women contract COVID-19, one in 10 will have moderate, severe or even critical symptoms, a new study finds. So it’s important they get their COVID vaccines, experts say. “Given that patients in all trimesters of pregnancy are susceptible […]

November 14, 2022

Shipments of the Beta-targeting booster are ready to be distributed to European countries as per advance purchase agreements, the companies said in a statement, in time for autumn/winter COVID-19 vaccination campaigns. “Today’s approval validates our research in developing a novel […]

September 20, 2022

Vaccines have transitioned from being a largely unloved area of the industry, with multiple big pharma companies divesting their vaccine divisions, to the biggest revenue drivers seen in recent years. This all comes down to the impact of the pandemic. […]

September 19, 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline Development Group recommended that patients with COVID-19 not receive the antibody drugs sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab. The Group’s recommendation replaces previous conditional recommendations “Rapid Recommendations: A living WHO guideline on drugs for Covid-19,” published in […]

September 9, 2022

The pandemic forced clinical trial sponsors to change their processes, with a more technology-driven approach and, according to a new study by Medidata, the sector is now “stronger than ever” as a result. The study, based on interviews conducted earlier […]

September 8, 2022

While vitamin D got some attention early in the pandemic, it does not reduce the risk of either COVID-19 or other respiratory infections, two new clinical trials found. Both studies, one done in the United Kingdom and the other in […]