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FDA recommends vaccine makers update Covid-19 shots to target Omicron
The Food and Drug Administration is advising vaccine makers to reformulate their Covid-19 shots to…
Opinion: FDA: Don’t rush a move to change the Covid-19 vaccine composition
On Tuesday, the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) voted 19-2 to…
Tracking an FDA advisory panel meeting on updating Covid vaccines
Meetings of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccines advisory committee are never dull affairs. Drenched…
STAT+: Pharma largely failed to follow human rights principles with its Covid-19 vaccines and drugs
More than two years after the Covid-19 pandemic emerged, a new scorecard finds that 19…
Pfizer says its Omicron-containing boosters outperform current vaccine
Pfizer said Saturday that using new versions of its Covid-19 vaccine as boosters led to…
Covid-19 vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in a year, study estimates
Covid-19 vaccines cut the potential global death toll by more than half in the first…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Medicare could have saved billions if it paid what Cuban charges; India’s drug controller accused of taking bribe
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. The sun is…
Opinion: Never forget that early vaccines came from testing on enslaved people
In response to the growing spread of monkeypox, public health leaders are for the first…
CDC advisers endorse Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines for children under 5
A expert panel advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously Saturday to…
STAT+: WTO reaches a deal on Covid vaccine patent waivers, but industry and advocates remain unhappy
After nearly two years of talks, the World Trade Organization reached an agreement to temporarily…
Listen: Paul Offit on Covid vaccines for kids, plus: how the Fed affects biotech, & another Alzheimer’s setback
Will biotech stocks ever recover? How well do Covid-19 vaccines work for kids? And can…
Tracking an FDA advisory panel meeting on Covid vaccines in young children
Parents of America, you’re in the home stretch. In all likelihood, Covid-19 vaccines for children…
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Opinion: Lessons from earlier pandemics: Vaccine panel must discuss imprinting among infants and toddlers
This week, when the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee considers approving the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Canada OKs ALS drug still waiting FDA approval; WTO talks on Covid patent waiver are down to the wire
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT+: Simmering disputes persist as Covid patent waiver talks come down to the wire
On Sunday, the World Trade Organization will hold a long-delayed ministerial conference to craft a…
Opinion: Waiving intellectual property rights is a flawed solution to achieving Covid-19 vaccine equity
When the history of the Covid-19 pandemic is written, readers will be as stunned by…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA panel endorses Bluebird Bio gene therapy for rare disease; GSK touts RSV vaccine trial results
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Listen: Applause-worthy cancer data, the long wait for Novavax, & the next FDA controversy
When is data “practice-changing”? How many Covid-19 vaccines do we need? And what does it…
Homeless and incarcerated people in Minnesota struggled to access Covid vaccines
Homeless and incarcerated people had significantly lower Covid vaccination rates than others in Minnesota, according…
How the Covid-19 pandemic prepared the White House to respond to monkeypox
WASHINGTON — The man at the center of the White House’s biodefense strategy is only…
Opinion: Preparing for the next pandemic: Time to follow a social business model for patent-free global medicine production
The World Health Assembly, which is meeting in Geneva for the first time since the…
An emergency doctor and parent sorts through Covid vaccine options for kids under 5
After months of delays and setbacks, there finally appears to be hope that there will…
Listen: Covid vaccines for the youngest kids, ASCO preview, & a biotech CEO’s arrest on murder charges
Covid vaccines for the youngest kids are up for review, but which jab — Moderna…
Pfizer/BioNTech to seek Covid vaccine authorization for children under age 5
Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech said they will complete their submission for emergency use authorization…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Cancer coalition aims to boost access to meds in poor countries; Moderna’s vaccine patent defense poses shield for others
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. This is, as you…
CDC advisory committee recommends Covid boosters for kids ages 5 to 11
A key vaccine advisory panel voted Thursday to recommend that children between the ages of…
Watch: Why isn’t there a nasal vaccine for Covid-19 yet?
Covid-19 vaccines have rapidly altered our relationship with SARS-CoV-2, turning a dangerous infection into something…
Large U.K. study links vaccination after Covid infection to lower odds of long Covid symptoms
Ever since Covid-19 vaccines became available, some people with long Covid have said vaccination eases…
FDA clears Covid booster shot for healthy kids ages 5 to 11
U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a Covid-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping…
What happens when the government stops buying Covid-19 vaccines?
WASHINGTON — The federal government has distributed Covid-19 vaccines and treatments for free so far,…
STAT+: National Institutes of Health licenses nearly a dozen Covid-19 technologies to a WHO program
In a notable bid to widen global access to Covid-19 medical products, the National Institutes…
Dr. Oz peddles medical misinformation — but his political rise could still have a silver lining for sound science
WASHINGTON — In his run for the U.S. Senate, Dr. Oz repeatedly reminds audiences that,…
STAT+: Why a controversial patent rights waiver could be a ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle the next pandemic
After 18 months, the fate of a contentious proposal before the World Trade Organization to…
Watch: A STAT reporter’s race to keep up with Covid-19
The ticker tape of the infectious disease world, ProMED, posts a steady stream of reports…
Opinion: Strengthening Gavi is a way forward for global vaccine equity
The Biden administration’s upcoming Covid-19 summit will shine a spotlight on the global failure to…
White House documents detail a looming squeeze on Covid-19 boosters
WASHINGTON — The White House could run out of Covid-19 vaccines if it moves forward…
STAT+: A compromise on patent waivers for Covid-19 vaccines takes a key step at the WTO
A controversial proposal before the World Trade Organization to waive patent rights for Covid-19 vaccines…
Opinion: Global health should not be determined by pharma investors and shareholders
What could go wrong when pharmaceutical company shareholders and investors shape the public health response…
STAT+: U.N. committee urges wealthy nations to honor human rights conventions, widen access to Covid vaccines
A United Nations committee urged wealthy nations to support a proposal before the World Trade…
Pfizer vaccine chief Kathrin Jansen, who led Covid effort, to retire
Kathrin Jansen, the vaccine researcher who led Pfizer’s collaboration with BioNTech to develop a Covid-19…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Investors reject proposals for Covid vaccine makers to share know-how; CMS head says Alzheimer’s drug decision is rare
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Listen: How cancer-killing cell therapies work, biotech’s endless downturn, & an FDA conundrum
Can rewired cells cure some patients’ cancer? Do biotech stocks ever go up? And why’s…
Moderna seeks to be first with Covid shots for children younger than 6
Moderna on Thursday asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Amgen faces $7B IRS back-tax bill and fine; McKinsey exec apologizes for opioid work during hearing
Rise and shine. Another busy day is on the way. Indeed, the official to-do list…
Covid’s circling the White House. What are the risks to someone like Biden?
For weeks, the coronavirus has been closing in on the Oval Office. In late March,…
Experts fear U.S. may default to annual Covid boosters without sufficient data
A number of vaccine experts are concerned the United States may be sleepwalking into a…
Listen: An ominous biotech deal, vaccines for kids, & ‘breakthrough’ devices
Can buyouts be bad news? Why can’t Novavax meet a deadline? And what does “breakthrough”…
Covid hasn’t given up all its secrets. Here are 6 mysteries experts hope to unravel
For a formidable adversary with plenty of secrets up its sleeve, the coronavirus presented one…
Opinion: Men and women may respond differently to vaccines. Research needs to account for that
Two days after getting my second dose of the Moderna mRNA vaccine as part of…