Two days after the U.S. FDA authorized a single booster dose of the Pfizer Inc.-Biontech SE COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, the U.S. CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) gave its blessing to the third dose.
Findings from three recent studies are shedding light on the pathways that are activated in severe cases of COVID-19, paving the way for earlier diagnosis and more targeted treatments.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Accelus, Cepheid, Neuromatrix.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Acelrx, Active Biotech, Alnylam, Calliditas, Cansino, Cytovation, Gedea.
A year after the World Health Organization's (WHO) Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response called for reforms to make COVID-19 the last pandemic, the panel remains solidly frustrated in its lack of progress.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Icad, Olympus, Robocath.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Alzamend, Ananda, Biontech, Cytokinetics, Gilead, Huyabio, Incannex, Janssen, Nouscom, Pfizer, Sorrento, Teva.
Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Acuitas, Gilead, Homology, In8bio, Itolerance, Janssen, Kadimastem, Keros, Kyowa Kirin, Lassen, Luca, Metagenomi, Model, Neubase, Precision, Senti, Swanbio, Tonix, Vectory, Verastem.
The pandemic exponentially amplified the move to more patient-driven health care with at-home monitoring, wearable medical devices and telemedicine. Testing has arguably seen the greatest shift, led by emergency use authorizations (EUA) for dozens of rapid tests for SARS-CoV-2. Laboratory Corp. of American Holdings Inc. (Labcorp) stands to benefit even more from the trend with an EUA for an over-the-counter multiplex respiratory virus test and the launch of an at-home collection kit for testing hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) this week.