Health Canada authorises the Pfizer-BioNTech Omicron BA.4/BA.5 bivalent adapted COVID-19 booster for children 5 to 11 years of age

9 December 2022 - Today, Health Canada authorised the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty Omicron BA.4/BA.5 bivalent adapted booster for use in children 5 ...

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VBI Vaccines announces Health Canada approval for PreHevbrio for the prevention of hepatitis B in adults

8 December 2022 - VBI Vaccines today announced that Health Canada has approved PreHevbrio [3 antigen hepatitis B vaccine (recombinant)] for ...

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Pfizer and BioNTech receive US FDA fast track designation for single dose mRNA based vaccine candidate against COVID-19 and influenza

9 December 2022 - Pfizer and BioNTech today announced the companies have received fast track designation from the US FDA ...

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FDA authorises updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines for children down to 6 months of age

8 December 2022 - Today, the US FDA amended the emergency use authorisations of the updated (bivalent) Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 ...

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Takeda’s Qdenga (dengue tetravalent vaccine [live, attenuated]) approved for use in European Union

8 December 2022 - Qdenga becomes the only dengue vaccine approved in the EU for use in individuals regardless of previous ...

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US backs delay to decision on COVID patent waiver extension

6 December 2022 - The United States on Tuesday urged delaying a decision on whether to waive patent protection for ...

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Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine approved in Canada for use as a primary series in adolescents

7 December 2022 - Novavax today announced that Health Canada has approved a supplement to a new drug submission for Nuvaxovid ...

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US FDA accepts for priority review the biologics license application for Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate for the prevention of RSV disease in older adults

7 December 2022 - If approved, RSVpreF would help address the substantial burden of RSV disease in individuals 60 years ...

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ETF concludes that bivalent original/Omicron BA.4-5 mRNA vaccines may be used for primary vaccination

6 December 2022 - EMA’s Emergency Task Force considers that adapted mRNA bivalent vaccines targeting the original strain and Omicron ...

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Pfizer and BioNTech submit application to US FDA for emergency use authorisation of Omicron BA.4/BA.5 adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine in children under 5 years

5 December 2022 - Pfizer andBioNTech today announced that the companies have submitted an application to the US FDA for ...

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COVID-19 vaccine safety report (1 December 2022)

1 December 2022 - To 27 November 2022, the TGA has received 709 reports which have been assessed as likely to ...

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GSK Canada submits respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate for regulatory review

25 November 2022 - Application includes important pivotal Phase 3 data evaluating the efficacy and safety of our vaccine candidate against ...

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Takeda’s biologics license application for Dengue vaccine candidate (TAK-003) granted priority review by US FDA

23 November 2022 - TAK-003 is being evaluated for the prevention of Dengue disease caused by any Dengue virus serotype ...

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Moderna applies to Swissmedic for authorisation of a second bivalent COVID-19 vaccine

18 November 2022 - Application submitted for Spikevax Bivalent Original / Omicron BA.4-5 (mRNA-1273.222) ...

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COVID-19 vaccine safety report (17 November 2022)

17 November 2022 - To 13 November 2022, the TGA has received 706 reports which have been assessed as likely to ...

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