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Pfizer will enroll children as young as 12 in its COVID-19 vaccine trials 

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Pfizer will enroll participants as young as 12 in its large, late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial to understand how it works in a wider age group. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted permission to the drugmaker and German partner BioNTech SE to enroll the younger participants this month, according to an update on Monday … Read more

Pregnant women can now enroll in U Penn plasma coronavirus trial

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Pregnant women with coronavirus can now participate in a trial using plasma from survivors of the infection to treat them, a rare occurrence in drug testing.  Clinical trials that aren’t specific to assessing drugs or treatments intended for pregnant women have overwhelmingly excluded this group, citing concerns over endangering a woman and her unborn child.  … Read more