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FDA widens US safety inquiry into AstraZeneca covid vaccine

The widened scope of the FDA probe raises the likelihood of additional delays for what has been one of the most advanced COVID-19 vaccine candidates in development

3 min read1 Oct 2020
News

FDA's new authorization rules could push Covid vaccine approval beyond 3 Nov US election

Few vaccine developers were expected to have definitive trial results before the US presidential electionThe trials are designed for people to receive their second shot either 3 or 4 weeks after the first

1 min read23 Sep 2020
News

Will a covid vaccine be ready this year? Here is what has to go right

For a vaccine to be widely available in coming months, a long list of exceptionally difficult goals have to be met

4 min read17 Sep 2020
Companies

AstraZeneca’s US trial remains on hold pending FDA view

The British drugmaker and its partner, the University of Oxford, put research into the shot on hold last week after the volunteer suffered neurological symptoms

1 min read17 Sep 2020
News

Ahead of covid vaccine review, US agency sends email to all 17,000 staff

FDA leaders are insulating the agency’s vaccine reviewers from outside political pressure by sticking by June guidelines that set the standard for what it will take for a vaccine to pass through the agency

8 min read8 Sep 2020
News

FDA says to review side effect of GSK's multiple myeloma drug

US FDA to review GlaxoSmithKline's experimental treatment for multiple myeloma, a common form of blood cancer, evaluate how belantamab mafodotin can cause keratopathy, a side-effect where deposits gather on the cornea of the eye

1 min read10 Jul 2020
News

FDA declines to approve Merck and Eisai's liver cancer combo therapy

Due to lack of substantial proof and process, U.S. FDA has denied approval to multiple cancer drugs of several companies

1 min read8 Jul 2020
News

Coronavirus for US: New cases could rise to 1 lakh per day

Several southern and western states are seeing surging new case numbers, prompting some to put reopening plans on holdNIAID director Fauci says he’s ‘aspirationally hopeful’ that a vaccine for Covid-19 will be ready in early 2021, though he cautions that there’s no guarantee that a safe vaccine will be developed

5 min read1 Jul 2020
Science

US approves new coronavirus antigen test with fast results

Food and Drug Administration announces emergency authorization for antigen tests developed by Quidel Corporation of San DiegoThe test can rapidly detect fragments of virus proteins in samples collected from swabs swiped inside the nasal cavity

2 min read10 May 2020
Companies

Aurobindo Pharma gets US FDA inspection report for Pashamylaram unit

The US FDA had inspected the pharmaceutical company’s unit during 4-13 NovemberThe company had received Form 483 with 14 observations

1 min read19 Feb 2020