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Moderna files for FDA authorisation of its updated COVID-19 vaccine
22 June 2023 - Preliminary clinical data demonstrated a robust immune response by the company's XBB.1.5 monovalent vaccine against XBB descendent ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2023
EMA and ECDC statement on updating COVID-19 vaccines to target new SARS-CoV-2 virus variants
6 June 2023 - The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Medicines Agency have issued a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 May 2023
Global regulators agree on way forward to adapt COVID-19 vaccines to emerging variants
30 May 2023 - International regulators have published a report today highlighting the outcomes of their discussions on COVID-19 vaccines and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 May 2023
ATAGI advice on the preferential use of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for primary vaccination of people aged 12 years or older
30 May 2023 - ATAGI has made recommendations on the use of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines as a primary course. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 May 2023
Novavax's Nuvaxovid receives positive CHMP opinion for full marketing authorisation for the prevention of COVID in the EU
26 May 2023 - Novavax today announced that Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373) has been recommended for full marketing authorisation for use as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2023
EMA and European medicines regulatory network lift COVID-19 business continuity status
10 May 2023 - EMA and the European medicines regulatory network are lifting their respective COVID-19 business continuity measures after successfully ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 May 2023
Statement from Emer Cooke on the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency
9 May 2023 - On Friday, the WHO Director General declared an end to the Public Health Emergency of International Concern ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2023
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax receives approval for full registration
24 April 2023 - On 21 April, the TGA approved Moderna Australia’s application to transition its COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax (elasomeran), ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2023
Atea Pharmaceuticals announces US FDA fast track designation granted to bemnifosbuvir, an investigational oral anti-viral, for the treatment of COVID-19
25 April 2023 - Atea Pharmaceuticals today announced that the United States FDA has granted fast track designation to bemnifosbuvir for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2023
COVID-19 vaccine safety report (6 April 2023)
6 April 2023 - To 2 April 2023, more than 44 million doses of Comirnaty (Pfizer) mRNA vaccines have been administered in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2023
AstraZeneca vaccine discontinued by Federal Government
5 April 2023 - One of the first COVID-19 jabs offered to Australians has been quietly discontinued, the Federal Government has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2023
FDA authorises Gohibic (vilobelimab) injection for the treatment of COVID-19
4 April 2023 - The FDA has issued an emergency use authorisation for the use of Gohibic (vilobelimab) injection for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2023
EMA recommends approval of Bimervax as a COVID-19 booster vaccine
30 March 2023 - The EMA’s CHMP has recommended authorising the COVID-19 vaccine Bimervax (previously COVID-19 Vaccine HIPRA) as a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2023
COVID-19 vaccine safety report (23 March 2023)
23 March 2023 - To 19 March 2023, more than 44 million doses have been administered in Australia, as well ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Mar 2023
Drug repurposing during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for expediting drug development and access
20 March 2023 - The COVID-19 pandemic created a large, sudden unmet public health need for rapid access to safe and ...