FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, MD, was fresh from a controversy over the authorization for emergency use of restorative plasma to treat COVID-19 when he made waves again, this time promising on Twitter that the agency would review coronavirus vaccines for the elections of November. And Pfizer executives seem to be …
Read More »Outlook on Moderna too rosy among multiple potential COVID-19 faxes: analyst
Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate was the first U.S. shot to enter late-stage testing, but that does not necessarily mean it has the brightest future of all. The high possibility of multiple emergency authorizations for coronavirus vaccines towards the end of the year speaks to a lot of competition – …
Read More »Moderna stands to earn $ 300M for rapid vaccination, up to $ 6.6B for additional doses: submit
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine division with the US, announced last week with a $ 1.525 billion price tag, would be far more valuable if all options were exercised – and if the mRNA biotech meets an aggressive timeline for the arrival of the shot. The company will win up to a …
Read More »Moderna fires 18% after early test of coronavirus vaccine produces antibodies in all patients
Moderna’s shares rose as much as 18% on Wednesday after the company announced that an early test of the coronavirus vaccine produced antibodies in all participants. A dose range induced immune responses in all 45 patients in the phase 1 trial and was “generally safe and well tolerated,” Moderna said …
Read More »AstraZeneca leverages IQVIA to ‘speed up’ its US pandemic vaccine research.
Operation Warp Speed is living up to its name as, according to the project, one of the leading candidates for the COVID-19 vaccine, AstraZeneca, is partnering with life science services company IQVIA to boost its work on the shot. Under the plan, the financial details of which were not disclosed, …
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