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Pfizer and BioNTech submit for US emergency use authorisation of Omicron BA.4/BA.5 adapted bivalent COVID-19 booster in children under 5 years
1 March 2023 - Pfizer and BioNTech today submitted an application to the US FDA for emergency use authorisation of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2023
Release of the Australian Government's response to the Review of COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment Purchasing and Procurement
28 February 2023 - The Australian Government has responded to the Halton review into COVID-19 vaccine and treatment procurement. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2023
ATAGI recommendations on use of the Moderna bivalent (Original/Omicron BA.4/5) COVID-19 vaccine
28 February 2023 - Recommendations from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) on the use of the Moderna bivalent ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2023
Supplies secured of latest Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as recommended by Halton Review
28 February 2023 - The Australian Government has secured an additional 3 million doses of the latest Moderna Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Feb 2023
Pfizer and BioNTech submit supplemental biologics license application for US FDA approval of Omicron BA.4/BA.5 adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine for ages 12 years and older as primary series or booster
24 February 2023 - Pfizer and BioNTech today announced they have submitted a supplemental biologics license application to the US ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2023
Merck and Ridgeback provide update on EU marketing authorisation application for Lagevrio (molnupiravir)
24 February 2023 - Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics today announced that the CHMP of the EMA has recommended the refusal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Feb 2023
COVID-19 vaccine safety report (23 February 2023)
23 February 2023 - To 19 February 2023, over 44 million doses have been administered in Australia, as well as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Feb 2023
Vir Biotechnology announces positive final draft guidance on sotrovimab from the UK’s NICE
22 February 2023 - Final draft guidance based on cost effectiveness evaluation of sotrovimab. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Feb 2023
'Amazing coincidence' Moderna offered free vaccines when asked to testify, Bernie Sanders says
19 February 2023 - But it was "a step in the right direction," the independent senator said. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Feb 2023
Improve ventilation and make antiviral drug widely available, long COVID inquiry hears
20 February 2023 - GPs say they are unable to properly care for the hundreds of thousands of Australians with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Feb 2023
TGA grants provisional approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 bivalent (Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron BA.4-5) booster dose vaccine
20 February 2023 - On 17 February, 2023, the TGA granted provisional approval to Moderna’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine: elasomeran and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Feb 2023
Health Canada authorises Moderna's Omicron targeting bivalent COVID-19 vaccine in children & adolescents (6-17 years)
17 February 2023 - The recommendation is based on clinical data for Moderna's bivalent Omicron targeting COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA.1273.214. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2023
NICE says evidence that COVID-19 treatment Evusheld is effective in protecting vulnerable adults against current variants is lacking as it announces new rapid update process for COVID-19 medicines
16 February 2023 - NICE has today issued draft guidance for public consultation which does not recommend Evusheld for preventing COVID-19 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2023
Moderna says its COVID vaccine will remain free for all consumers, even those uninsured
16 February 2023 - Moderna was criticised for considering a price hike for its shot. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Feb 2023
COVID-19 vaccine safety report (09 February 2023)
9 February 2023 - To 5 February 2023, over 44 million doses of Comirnaty have been administered in Australia, as well ...