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FDA considering dividing Jynneos doses into fifths to increase vaccine supply
5 August 2022 - The Biden administration is considering splitting doses of the smallpox vaccine, which are being used to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jul 2022
FDA grants import discretion of Bracco's iodinated contrast medium Iomeron (iomeprol) to address supply shortages
27 July 2022 - Bracco Diagnostics today announced that the U.S. FDA granted import discretion of Iomeron (iomeprol) into the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jul 2022
FDA authorises pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid with certain limitations
6 July 2022 - New prescribing authority could improve access for some patients at high risk for severe COVID-19. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2021
Booster shots ‘make a mockery of vaccine equity,’ the WHO’s Africa director says
19 August 2021 - The Africa director at the World Health Organization, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, criticized the decisions by some ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Aug 2021
WHO calls on Roche to ensure fair access to COVID-19 drug amid shortage
18 August 2021 - The World Health Organization called on Wednesday on Roche to ensure fair distribution of its arthritis ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Aug 2021
Update on Actemra (tocilizumab) supply in the U.S.
16 August 2021 - The unprecedented surge in worldwide demand and supply constraints driven by Delta variant spikes in much ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2021
Groups make own drugs to fight high drug prices, shortages
11 August 2021 - Impatient with years of inaction in Washington on prescription drug prices, U.S. hospital groups, start-ups and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
Millions of J&J COVID-19 vaccines are at risk of expiring in June
8 June 2021 - States, hospitals try to reroute such vaccines, while efforts to export them face hurdles. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2021
FDA authorises longer time for refrigerator storage of thawed Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine prior to dilution, making vaccine more widely available
19 May 2021 - Based on a review of recent data submitted by Pfizer today, the U.S. FDA is authorising undiluted, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 May 2021
Biden pledges to export millions of FDA authorised vaccines
18 May 2021 - President says U.S. will have enough for entire population. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2021
DoorDash launches on-demand delivery of COVID-19 PCR test collection kits through partnerships with Vault Health and Everlywell
22 March 2021 - New partnerships make same-day delivery of FDA authorised COVID-19 test collection kits widely available to consumers across ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2021
Biden to sign order seeking homegrown fixes for shortfalls of foreign-made items
24 February 2021 - Shortages of medical supplies and ingredients for pharmaceuticals came into stark focus during the early days ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2021
Johnson & Johnson has only a few million COVID-19 vaccine doses in stock as likely launch nears
18 February 2021 - Johnson & Johnson has only a few million doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in its ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2021
Pfizer boosts its COVID-19 vaccine output by 2 billion doses
14 January 2021 - The head of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says its has produced more of its Covid vaccine than ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2021
Warning of shortages, researchers look to stretch vaccine supply
5 January 2021 - The N.I.H. and Moderna are examining whether doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine can be halved to double ...