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Vaxzevria receives full marketing authorisation in the EU for the prevention of COVID-19
1 November 2022 - AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria (ChAdOx1-S [Recombinant]), has been granted full marketing authorisation in the European Union. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Oct 2022
Actemra IV (tocilizumab for injection) receives authorisation for additional indication from Health Canada for the treatment of COVID-19
28 October 2022 - Actemra is shown to improve outcomes including mortality in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 requiring supplemental oxygen. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Oct 2022
TGA provisionally approves Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccine for use as a booster dose in adults
28 October 2022 - On 27 October 2022, the TGA provisionally approved Pfizer’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, tozinameran and riltozinameran (COMIRNATY Original/Omicron ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Oct 2022
ATAGI recommendations for a booster dose of the paediatric Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 to 11 years
24 October 2022 - Recommendations from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation on Pfizer booster doses for children aged 5 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2022
Pfizer COVID vaccine price hike to boost revenue for years, rivals may follow
21 October 2022 - Pfizer's plan to as much as quadruple US prices for its COVID-19 vaccine next year is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Oct 2022
COVID-19 vaccine safety report (20 October 2022)
20 October 2022 - To 16 October 2022, the TGA has received 705 reports which have been assessed as likely to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Oct 2022
US FDA grants emergency use authorisation for Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, adjuvanted as a booster for adults
19 October 2022 - Novavax today announced that the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted (NVX-CoV2373) has received emergency use authorisation from the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Oct 2022
TGA provisionally approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use as a booster dose in individuals 12 years and older
20 October 2022 - On 19 October 2022, the TGA provisionally approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax (elasomeran), for use as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2022
EMA recommends approval of Comirnaty and Spikevax COVID-19 vaccines for children from 6 months of age
19 October 2022 - The EMA’s CHMP has recommended extending the use of Comirnaty and Spikevax targeting the original strain ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2022
EMA recommends approval of second adapted Spikevax vaccine
19 October 2022 - The EMA’s CHMP has recommended authorising an adapted Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron subvariants BA.4 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2022
Calls for TGA to withdraw Covid drug approval
17 October 2022 - The medicines regulator is facing calls to withdraw its provisional approval for the antiviral drug molnupiravir ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2022
FDA authorises Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for use as a booster dose in younger age groups
12 October 2022 - Today, the US FDA amended the emergency use authorisations of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent and the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2022
Swiss drugs regulator approves one of Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shots
10 October 2022 - Swiss drugs regulator Swissmedic said on Monday it had temporarily approved Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shot targeting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2022
Health Canada authorises COVID-19 vaccine booster targeting the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 sub-variants
7 October 2022 - Today, Health Canada authorised a second bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Oct 2022
COVID-19 vaccine safety report (6 October 2022)
6 October 2022 - To 2 October 2022, the TGA has received 703 reports which have been assessed as likely to ...