Protalix BioTherapeutics and Chiesi Global Rare Diseases announce extension of PDUFA date for pegunigalsidase alfa for the proposed treatment of Fabry disease

27 November 2020 - Protalix BioTherapeutics today announced that the U.S. FDA has extended the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) ...

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Pfizer vaccine distribution could kick off within weeks pending FDA approval, Azar says

24 November 2020 - A FDA panel will meet on 10 December to consider Pfizer’s emergency use authorisation application for its ...

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COVID-19 shots could reach first Americans by mid-December, top health official says

23 November 2020 - U.S. health care workers and others recommended for the nation’s first COVID-19 inoculations could start getting shots ...

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Liminal BioSciences announces FDA extension of review period for Ryplazim (plasminogen) BLA

9 November 2020 - PDUFA date extended by FDA from 5 March 2021 to 5 June 2021. ...

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Roche CEO warns against high hopes for speedy Covid vaccines

20 October 2020 - Many people’s hopes for a speedy coronavirus vaccine are still too high, Roche Holding AG Chief ...

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All eyes on a hurdle race for a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

19 October 2020 - Leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates have progressed through laboratory tests at record speed.  ...

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Pfizer to seek FDA approval for COVID-19 vaccine in November

16 October 2020 - US group and German partner BioNTech prepare to submit trial results next month. ...

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Testing requirements are likely slowing biosimilar entries in the US

14 October 2020 - Biosimilars have been slow to enter the US market for complex reasons ranging from the manipulation ...

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Pfizer trying to defuse critics amid push for vaccine before Election Day

10 October 2020 - The company behind President Donald Trump’s last hope for a vaccine by Election Day has quietly ...

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Can Trump really speed approval of COVID treatments?

10 October 2020 - In a five minute video posted to his Twitter account on Wednesday, President Trump stood in ...

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Moderna CEO says COVID-19 vaccine will be ready for FDA submission in late November

5 October 2020 - Company will seek emergency use authorisation for experimental vaccine. ...

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Development of COVID-19 vaccine won’t be affected by politics, Pfizer CEO says

1 October 2020 - Albert Bourla sent an all-hands letter saying company won’t bow to political pressure. ...

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FDA poised to announce tougher standards for a COVID-19 vaccine that make it unlikely one will be cleared by Election Day

23 September 2020 - The guidance is part of an effort to boost transparency and public trust as polls show many ...

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Coronavirus vaccine: Donald Trump contradicts CDC director Robert Redfield

17 September 2020 - Donald Trump has issued an extraordinary public rebuke to his own government’s top health official, labelling him ...

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Up is down — pharmaceutical industry caution versus federal acceleration of COVID-19 vaccine approval

15 September 2020 - Nine pharmaceutical company leaders took the unprecedented step on 8 September 2020, of stating that they would ...

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