Novavax faces high stakes FDA review this week that will decide the fate of its COVID vaccine in the U.S.

6 June 2022 - If they endorse the vaccine, the FDA will almost certainly authorise the shot for adults in the ...

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Pfizer asks FDA to authorise COVID-19 vaccine for youngest kids

1 June 2022 - Pfizer and BioNTech announced Wednesday that they have completed their submission requesting emergency use authorisation from ...

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Why won’t the FDA let doctors prescribe fluvoxamine for COVID?

30 May 2022 - Trials show it keeps patients from getting sicker, but the agency won’t approve its emergency use. ...

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FDA expands eligibility for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster dose to children 5 through 11 years

17 May 2022 - Today, the U.S. FDA amended the emergency use authorisation for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, authorising the use ...

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FDA authorises first COVID-19 test available without a prescription that also detects influenza and RSV

16 May 2022 - The EUA authorises at home sample collection with testing performed in a laboratory. ...

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FDA rejects anti-depressant seen as possible COVID-19 treatment

16 May 2022 - The FDA declined Monday to authorise a 30 year old generic anti-depressant as a treatment for ...

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Moderna completes FDA submission for use of COVID shot in adolescents, kids

11 May 2022 - Moderna has made all necessary submissions required by the U.S. FDA for emergency use authorisation of ...

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FDA approves treatment for COVID-19 in certain hospitalised adults

10 May 2022 - Today, the FDA approved a new indication for Olumiant (baricitinib) for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised ...

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FDA limits use of Janssen COVID-19 vaccine to certain individuals

5 May 2022 - Today, the U.S. FDA has limited the authorised use of the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine to individuals ...

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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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