The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating allergic reactions to the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine that were reported in several states this week. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, told reporters late Friday evening that reactions had been found in more than one state …
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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 …
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The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) argued Monday that the US “will not cut corners” in its race to develop a vaccine for coronavirus. FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn told the American Medical Association (AMA) in a video card that he had heard that experts questioned whether the …
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Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Stephen Hahn on Thursday declined to take a definitive stance on whether people should take hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the coronavirus, saying that decision should be made between a doctor and a patient. “We had data that when this drug was …
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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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