FDA Finalized Historic Rule Enabling Access to Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids for Millions of Americans
On Aug. 16, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule to improve access…
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Biotechnology | FDA | Infectious Disease | NIH | Therapeutics | Vaccine
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services made more vaccine doses available to support Mpox response
On Aug. 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that was making up to…
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Roche announced U.S. FDA approval of Xofluza to treat influenza in children aged five years and older
On Aug. 11, 2022, Roche announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved a supplemental…
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FDA approved first targeted therapy for HER2-low breast cancer
On Aug. 5, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu (fam-trastuzumab-deruxtecan-nxki), an IV…
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HHS announced 66 million doses of Moderna’s variant-specific COVID-19 vaccine booster for potential use in Fall and Winter 2022
On Jul. 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the U.S….
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AlphaFold revealed the structure of the protein universe
On Jul. 28, 2022, AlphaFold, in partnership with EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), announced they we’re releasing predicted…
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Bacteria that causes rare disease Melioidosis discovered in U.S. environmental samples
On Jul. 27, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it had identified for…
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Patient with HIV achieved remission following stem cell transplant
On Jul. 27, 2022, City of Hope announced that a 66-year-old man who was diagnosed with HIV in…
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COVID-19 Vacations Redux
COVID-19 Vacations Redux iIlustrates once again the pits and perils vacation travelers face as they begin their Summer…
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CHMP adopted positive opinion recommending Veklury (Remdesivir) receive full Marketing Authorization for teatment of patients with COVID-19
On Jul. 22, 2022, Gilead Sciences announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of…
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Vaccine-induced immune response to Omicron wanes substantially over time
On Jul. 19, 2022, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that although COVID-19 booster vaccinations in adults…
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Australia TGA granted provisional approval for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in children aged six months to five years
On Jul. 19, 2022, Moderna said that Australia’s drug regulator Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has provisionally approved its…
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Gilead Sciences signed joint procurement agreement with the European Commission for Veklury (Remdesivir)
On Jul. 19, 2022, Gilead Sciences and the European Commission announced a new joint procurement agreement (JPA) that…
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Pfizer and BioNTech submitted a variation to EMA for vaccination of children ages 6 months to less than 5 Years with COMIRNATY
On Jul. 8, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the companies had submitted a variation to the European…
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Ghana reported first-ever suspected cases of Marburg virus disease
On Jul. 7, 2022, Ghana has announced the preliminary finding of two cases of Marburg virus disease and…
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Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine conditionally authorized in EU for adolescents aged 12 through 17
On Jul. 5, 2022, Novavax announced that the European Commission (EC) had approved the expanded conditional marketing authorization…
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COVID-19 vaccination activates antibodies targeting parts of virus spike protein shared between coronaviruses
On Jul. 5, 2022, Tgen and Northern Arizona University announced that a research team found that the vaccine…
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COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | NIH | Therapeutics | U.S. Congress | Vaccine
COVID-19 was third leading cause of death in the United States in both 2020 and 2021
On Jul. 5, 2022, the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute announced COVID-19 was the third…
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Whole Health School of Medicine to become Alice L. Walton School of Medicine
On Jun. 30, 2022, Alice L. Walton School of Medicine announces the next steps in its development, including…
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Pfizer announced submission of New Drug Application to the U.S. FDA for PAXLOVID
On Jun. 30 2022, Pfizer announced the submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food…
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COVID-19 Wheel of Fortune
Play the COVID-19 Wheel of Fortune and see how lucky you are! You have two wheels to choose…
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Innovation Pharmaceuticals reported Brilacidin inhibited Omicron, Delta, Gamma and Alpha SARS-CoV-2 variants
On Jun. 23, 2022, Innovation Pharmaceuticals reported that Brilacidin, the Company’s defensin-mimetic drug candidate exhibiting broad-spectrum antiviral activity,…
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Benaroya Research Institute received $11.4 million to explore link between viruses and immune system diseases
On Jun. 17, 2022, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI) announced a 5-year, $11.4 million grant from…
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Pfizer and BioNTech provided update on rolling submission to EMA for potential variant-adapted vaccine
On Jun. 15, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had initiated a rolling review…
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Oragenics announced publication of positive data for NT-CoV2-1 intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Scientific Reports
On Jun. 14 2022, Oragenics announced the publication of an article co-authored by Oragenics and collaborators at Inspirevax…
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Pfizer reported additional data on PAXLOVID supporting New Drug Application submission to U.S. FDA
On Jun. 14 2022, Pfizer reported data from the Phase 2/3 EPIC-SR (Evaluation of Protease Inhibition for COVID-19…
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Moderna announced Omicron-containing bivalent booster candidate mRNA-1273.214 demonstrated superior antibody response against Omicron
On Jun. 8, 2022, Moderna announced new clinical data on its Omicron-containing bivalent COVID booster candidate, mRNA-1273.214, containing…
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Zoetis Announces Agreement to Acquire Basepaws, an Innovative Leader in Petcare Genetics
On Jun. 7, 2022, Zoetis announced an agreement to acquire Basepaws, a privately held petcare genetics company, which…
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Merck and Ridgeback announcd data for investigational LAGEVRIO (molnupiravir) from Phase 3 MOVe-OUT study
On Jun. 7, 2022, Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced the Annals of Internal Medicine had published additional data…
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Veru submitted EUA to U.S. FDA for Sabizabulin, its anti-Inflammatory drug candidate for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 7, 2022, Veru, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel medicines for COVID-19 and other viral…
