PERTH, Australia – Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has cleared Speedx Pty Ltd.’s PlexPCR SARS-CoV-2 test, which detects all current circulating variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus at a time when most of the country is in lockdown as the delta variant circulates.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Avita Medical, Eli Lilly, Exact Sciences, Genotests, Insulet, Jenavalve, Photocure, Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Clinical data in 2021 has risen by about 9.2% in comparison with the same timeframe in 2020. As of mid-August, BioWorld has tracked a total of 2,400 entries of clinical data, which is up from the 2,197 entries last year. The gap has decreased from about 26% in mid-April, suggesting a steady slowdown in activity.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) deliberated the matter of third COVID-19 shots, with panel members voting whether to recommend “additional doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines as part of a primary [two-shot] series” in certain immunocompromised patients. A work group set up by ACIP decided previously that the desirable consequences outweighed undesirable ones in such a population.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Aprea, Biontech, Cytodyn, Immune-Onc, Ipsen, Jazz, Moderna, Novatek, Pfizer, Rigel.
Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Advanced Chemotherapy, Ampio, Bexson, Cytocom, Fusion, Moderna, Mustang, Nyrada, RDIF, Sen-Jam, Theratechnologies.
The FDA has made allowances for a third COVID-19 vaccine dose to protect certain adults with compromised immune systems. The amended emergency use authorization amendments allow for booster doses of mRNA vaccines from Pfizer Inc.-Biontech SE and Moderna Inc.
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