Tag: vaccines

November 23, 2020

Positive high-level results from an interim analysis of clinical trials of AZD1222 in the UK and Brazil showed the vaccine was highly effective in preventing COVID-19, the primary endpoint, and no hospitalisations or severe cases of the disease were reported […]

November 20, 2020

Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday applied for an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for their coronavirus vaccine. If Pfizer’s application is approved, the vaccine will likely be limited and rolled out in phases, with health-care workers, […]

November 19, 2020

Hospitals across the country are ramping up their efforts to figure out how to store, track and administer coronavirus vaccine doses as confidence grows that an effective vaccine could soon become available. Hospitals will play a key role once a […]

November 19, 2020

Catalent has appointed Behzad Mahdavi, Ph.D., MBA, as Vice President of Open Innovation, Biologics, Cell and Gene Therapy. In this new role, Dr. Mahdavi will join a team of experts in Catalent’s Science and Technology Group that works with customers […]

November 18, 2020

The Food and Drug Administration has asked a group of advisors to set aside three days in early December for potential meetings to discuss Covid-19 vaccines — a key step in the agency’s authorization process, according to two people familiar […]

November 18, 2020

A vaccine created to prevent the recurrence of the deadly skin cancer melanoma is about twice as effective when patients also receive two components that boost the number and effectiveness of immune system dendritic cells (DCs), according to the results […]

November 10, 2020

Several states have pledged to review COVID-19 vaccines themselves, after U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Emergency Use Authorizations EUA), to ensure safety and efficacy. A robust review, however, is unlikely. In reality, if state reviews go forward, they most […]

November 9, 2020

Numerous pharmaceutical companies are racing to complete clinical trials and become the first to successfully get U.S. approval for a vaccine to fight the coronavirus, which has infected more than 50.5 million people worldwide in 11 months. A safe and […]

November 6, 2020

The Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that it has authorized the first serology test that screens for neutralizing antibodies caused by a previous coronavirus infection. Neutralizing antibodies prevent viruses from infecting cells, though questions remain about how long […]

November 3, 2020

There are currently hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine candidates in development around the world. Some of the challenges facing them are the requirement of large doses, complex manufacturing, and cold-chain shipping and storage. An ultrapotent vaccine that is safe, effective at […]

October 30, 2020

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said a coronavirus vaccine may be available to high-risk Americans by the end of December or early January. Right now, four candidates are now in Phase […]

October 29, 2020

A third surge in COVID-19 cases in the U.S., with many hospital systems warning of strained capacity, underscores how much hopes for a return to normalcy could hinge on a safe and effective vaccine. More than 40 vaccines are in […]