The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Wednesday that health officials would initially be able to obtain seven doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine from vials intended to contain only five. The hospital’s pharmacists noted the discovery on Twitter and the Pharmacy Message Board this week as front-line health care workers …
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Jason Henna, Christina Max Max Reiss and Naomi Thamas, CNN CNN – [Breaking news update, published at 9:35 p.m. ET] U.S. The Coronavirus vaccine of Pfizer and Bioentech has been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use in the United States. A Pfizer spokesman confirmed to CNN …
Read More »The FDA extends the use of rimadasevir as a COVID-19 treatment
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced late Friday that it was approving the use of the drug remedesivir for all patients hospitalized with coronavirus. The agency said in a press release that it would extend the authorization of emergency use of the drug, “to allow its use in the …
Read More »FDA greenlights ‘group testing’ to increase diagnostic capacity
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization for Quest Diagnostics to begin pooled testing: One test technique increases capacity, allowing up to four test samples to be tested at one time. The authorization comes as the United States tries to contain a massive resurgence of …
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