The question of prices for a COVID-19 vaccine have raged in recent days. Gary Disbrow, acting director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), told members of a Senate committee that vaccines developed with the help of taxpayer funding will come with an appropriate reduction in price. However, CDC Director Robert Redfield emphasized that the cold-chain distribution system for those products requires the same kind of at-risk investment that is used for vaccine development.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Life Whisperer, Phosphorus, Sagico, Spinal Elements.
CAJICA, Colombia – Aided by federal funds from the Brazilian government, the University of Sao Paulo is moving forward with developing a precision SARS-CoV-2 vaccine that is about to start preclinical trials.
The push for a vaccine for the COVID-19 pandemic may have no parallel in pharmaceutical history, and FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn vowed in a Senate hearing that the agency will rely on the agency’s traditional standards for scientific evidence in premarket reviews of those vaccines.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Aerus, Ancora Heart, Corelink, Endra Life Sciences, Illuminoss Medical, Kardium, Livsmed, Qure.ai, Seegene.
LONDON – Scientists investigating the impact of SARS-CoV-19 on protein expression in human cells have shown that infected cells develop virus-laden membrane protrusions, or filopodia, which may explain the rapidity of viral spread through the body.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Beckman Coulter, Boston Scientific, Envoy Medical, Orthofix.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in cardiology, including: COVID-19 an independent risk factor for acute ischemic stroke; New heart valve holds hope for open heart surgery; Company unveils results on therapy to treat cardiovalvular diseases.
