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FDA scientists give Pfizer vaccine the green light – but it still has to be reviewed by ANOTHER panel of experts before getting official approval on Thursday A panel of scientists from the FDA posted their first analysis of the vaccine online That analysis will now be reviewed by a panel of independent scientists That … Read more
FDA Commissioner Steve Hahn has defended taking so long to approve Pfizer’s COVID vaccine when it has been given the greenlight in the UK, saying on Wednesday that his scientists need longer to review the data because they analyze it more ‘robustly’ than anyone else. On Wednesday, British health authorities said they had approved the … Read more
Give us what the Brits have got: America demands Pfizer’s COVID vaccine – which is at least a week away from FDA approval – be rolled out NOW after UK gives US firm’s shot the green light The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was made in the US but approved in Britain first Donald Trump has been pressuring … Read more
The chief of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed said the first Americans to get coronavirus vaccines could receive them within 24 hours of emergency approval. Dr Moncef Slaoui leads the government’s plan to fast-track the production of 300 million vaccine doses in the US by 2021. At an event conducted by The Washington Post, … Read more
FDA gives emergency approval a new test that can measure a patient’s levels of antibodies thought to ‘neutralize’ coronavirus in the hopes of discovering how much is enough to prevent reinfection The FDA has authorized one of the first tests that measure the level of coronavirus neutralizing antibodies produced by the immune system Unlike binding … Read more
Now you SHOULD buy an N95: Former FDA commissioner urges Americans to ‘buy better masks’ to protect themselves amid record-high surges in coronavirus cases Former FDA Commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb wrote an op-ed in which he encouraged American to buy better masks He recommended the N95, or its equivalent, due to its proven ability to … Read more
FDA gives emergency approval to Eli Lilly’s arthritis drug paired with remdesivir for treating hospitalized coronavirus patients – after WHO warns NOT to use the antiviral FDA issued emergency use authorization for the use of Eli Lilly’s rheumatoid arthritis drug baricitinib in combination with remdesiver to treat COVID-19 The approval, made Thursday, comes as World … Read more
The first application for emergency Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a coronavirus vaccine in the U. S. will be filed Friday by Pfizer’s partner BioNTech, announced Health and Human Service Secretary Alex Azar during a rare White House coronavirus task force briefing on Thursday. Final data, released Wednesday, showed the vaccine was 95 … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Moderna CEO says the firm could get emergency FDA approval for a vaccine in December if trial results results expected this month are successful Moderna Inc’s CEO says the company is expecting the interim results of its coronavirus vaccine trial this month If the results are positive, along with the two months of … Read more
Donald Trump has accused the Food and Drug Administration of deliberately delaying work on a coronavirus vaccination in order to thwart his re-election hopes. On Monday Pfizer announced that their vaccination was proved to be 90 per cent effective in clinical trials. Their data will now go to the FDA for approval, and once the … Read more