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.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Coopercompanies, Cytosorbents, Diacarta, Speedx, Syntr Health Technologies.
According to the White House, the FDA is poised to allow COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., the two mRNA vaccines, but only for those people with compromised immune systems. The FDA announcement was anticipated to be as early as today, Aug. 12, and the boosters could be available as quickly as this coming weekend.
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