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EMA starts evaluating use of RoActemra in hospitalised adults with severe COVID-19
16 August 2021 - EMA has started evaluating the anti-inflammatory medicine RoActemra (tocilizumab) to extend its use to include treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2021
Novavax and European Commission finalise advance purchase agreement for up to 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
4 August 2021 - Agreement for 100 million doses with option for additional 100 million doses through 2023. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2021
ECDC and EMA update on COVID-19
4 August 2021 - Full vaccination is key to protecting against serious COVID-19, including disease caused by the Delta variant. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Aug 2021
Pfizer, Moderna raise prices of COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines for European Union
1 August 2021 - What’s the best way to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19 to try to end the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2021
Increased manufacturing capacity and supply for Spikevax
30 July 2021 - EMA's CHMP has approved a scale-up of the active substance production process at Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jul 2021
GSK and Vir Biotechnology announce Joint Procurement Agreement with European Commission for COVID-19 treatment sotrovimab
28 July 2021 - GSK and Vir Biotechnology today announced they have signed a Joint Procurement Agreement with the European ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jul 2021
EMA CHMP adopts positive opinion recommending authorisation for the use of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine in adolescents (12-17 years of age) in the European Union
23 July 2021 - . 23, 2021-- Moderna today announced that the EMA's CHMP adopted a positive opinion recommending marketing authorisation ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jul 2021
COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax approved for children aged 12 to 17 in EU
23 July 2021 - EMA’s CHMP has recommended granting an extension of indication for the COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax (previously COVID-19 Vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2021
EMA starts rolling review of COVID-19 vaccine Vidprevtyn
20 July 2021 - EMA’s CHMP has started a rolling review of Vidprevtyn, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sanofi Pasteur. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2021
EMA starts evaluating the use of Kineret in adult COVID-19 patients at increased risk of severe respiratory failure
19 July 2021 - EMA has started evaluating an application to extend the use of Kineret (anakinra) to include treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2021
International regulators work towards alignment on development and authorisation of second generation COVID-19 vaccines
16 July 2021 - Regulatory convergence is critical for expediting and streamlining global development and authorisation of new or modified COVID-19 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2021
European efforts to assess Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine stymied by data gaps
13 July 2021 - The developers of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine have repeatedly failed to provide data that regulators ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2021
EMA advises against use of COVID-19 vaccine Janssen in people with history of capillary leak syndrome
9 July 2021 - EMA’s safety committee has recommended that people who have previously had capillary leak syndrome must not be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2021
Comirnaty and Spikevax: possible link to very rare cases of myocarditis and pericarditis
9 July 2021 - EMA’s safety committee (PRAC) has concluded that myocarditis and pericarditis can occur in very rare cases ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jun 2021
Two additional manufacturing sites for BioNTech/Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
22 June 2021 - EMA’s CHMP has approved additional manufacturing sites for the production of Comirnaty, the COVID-19 vaccine developed ...