Moderna files for authorisation of its COVID-19 vaccine in young children six months to under six years of age

28 April 2022 - Submission to regulators globally is based on Phase 2/3 studies of mRNA-1273 in young children. ...

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Pfizer and BioNTech submit application for U.S. emergency use authorisation for a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose in children 5 through 11 years of age

26 April 2022 - Pfizer and BioNTech today submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ...

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FDA approves first COVID-19 treatment for young children

25 April 2022 - Today, the US FDA expanded the approval of the COVID-19 treatment Veklury (remdesivir) to include paediatric ...

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Some hoped FDA approval of Pfizer's COVID vaccine would convince unvaccinated Americans. It didn't, study finds.

6 April 2022 - After the Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine in August, public health experts were ...

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U.S. FDA aims to decide on strain selection for COVID boosters by June

6 April 2022 - The U.S. FDA said it is aiming to come up with a decision on coronavirus strain ...

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FDA updates sotrovimab emergency use authorisation

 5 April 2022 - Sotrovimab is no longer authorised to treat COVID-19 in any U.S. region due to increases in ...

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FDA shuts out its own experts in authorising another vaccine booster

3 April 2022 - Decisions like this only reinforce the perception that Covid policy is driven by groupthink and politics. ...

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U.S. FDA grants priority review to Roche’s Actemra/RoActemra for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised adults

4 April 2022 - If approved, Actemra/RoActemra would be the first U.S. FDA approved immunomodulator for the treatment of COVID-19 in ...

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Enanta Pharmaceuticals receives FDA fast track designation for EDP-235, its oral 3CL protease inhibitor specifically designed for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19

29 March 2022 - Enanta Pharmaceuticals today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation for EDP-235, its ...

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FDA authorises second booster dose of two COVID-19 vaccines for older and immunocompromised individuals

29 March 2022 - Today, the U.S. FDA authorised a second booster dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna COVID-19 ...

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Moderna has initiated a submission to the FDA for emergency use authorization of mRNA-1273 in children 6 to under 12 years of age

23 March 2022 - Moderna today announced positive interim data from the Phase 2/3 KidCOVE study of the Moderna COVID-19 ...

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Moderna submits amendment to the emergency use authorisation for an additional booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S.

17 March 2022 - Moderna today announced that it has submitted a request to the U.S. FDA for an amendment ...

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Consequences of lack of funding for efforts to combat COVID-⁠19 if Congress does not act

15 March 2022 - The U.S. has made tremendous progress in our fight against COVID-19.  ...

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Pfizer and BioNTech submit for U.S. emergency use authorisation of an additional booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccine for older adults

15 March 2022 - Submission based on real-world safety and efficacy data from Israel. ...

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When desperate patients go to court for unproven treatments - the battle for hospital independence

9 March 2022 - During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients have asked courts to compel hospitals to administer unproven therapies, including ivermectin.  ...

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