Enlarge (credit: Getty | Congressional Quarterly) With concerning coronavirus variants erupting around the world, the US Food and Drug Administration is ironing out how to rapidly review vaccine tweaks that better protect against the mutants—and the regulatory agency is turning to its experience with annual flu shots to do so. In a statement late Thursday, […]
Enlarge / The head office of Janssen pharmaceutical company on February 5, 2021 in Leiden, the Netherlands. The American mother company of Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, has requested quick approval in the United States for the coronavirus vaccine that was developed by Janssen Vaccines in Leiden. (credit: Getty | BSR Agency) Johnson & Johnson on […]
Enlarge / Hand sanitizer being applied to a person’s hand. (credit: Getty | Leopoldo Smith) The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued a first-of-its-kind alert to try to block the import of toxic hand sanitizers from Mexico, which have been flooding the market amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Last June, the regulatory agency began […]
Enlarge / Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) The US Food and Drug Administration is under siege from the Trump Administration, which is forcing through a steady stream of changes in its final days that threaten the remaining independence of the regulatory agency. Perhaps the most dramatic […]
Enlarge / President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks January 07, 2021 in Wilmington, Delaware. (credit: Getty | Chip Somodevilla) President-elect Joe Biden is reportedly planning to ditch the current Trump Administration policy of withholding half of all available COVID-19 doses to ensure that the requisite second doses are available, according to a report by CNN. Instead, […]
Vaccinating the global population against COVID-19 is one of the most immense distribution and logistical challenges humanity has ever faced. Some are hoping that artificial intelligence and blockchain technology can help with the task. “This is about trying to solve the biggest data puzzle of our lifetime,” Jason Kelley, who heads blockchain services for IBM. […]
Enlarge / Vials of undiluted Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to administer to staff and residents at the Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads, a senior living community in Falls Church, Virginia, on December 30, 2020. (credit: Getty | BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI ) With the pandemic continuing to surge to new heights, debate has erupted among experts about […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. The U.K. government has approved AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, becoming the first government to do so. The decision by the U.K. drugs regulator will clear the way for tens of millions of Britons […]
Expand / This unassuming construction in Massachusetts has obtained on remarkable importance in recent weeks. (charge: JOSEPH PREZIOSO / / Getty Images) Before this past week, the FDA published records that outlined the information on another SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate, that individual by a firm named Moderna. That issue is among the critical factors for the […]
Even the FDA’s capacity to problem Emergency Use Authorizations is not confined to therapies; the government may also hand out them to clinical equipment and evaluations. And now, it accepted the very first old fashioned, at-home SARS-CoV-2 test kit. The kit detects the existence of a protein present in the surface of the virus also […]