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PHARMAC seeking bids from suppliers for COVID-19 vaccines
17 October 2024 - PHARMAC is seeking bids from pharmaceutical suppliers of COVID-19 vaccines. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Sep 2024
Abrysvo: Pfizer Canada's newly publicly funded vaccine a step towards national RSV prevention in older adults
19 September 2024 - Today, Pfizer Canada announced that Abrysvo has been selected as the publicly funded vaccine for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Aug 2024
Emergent BioSolutions’ Acam2000 (smallpox and mpox (Vaccinia) vaccine, live) receives US FDA approval for mpox indication
29 August 2024 - Emergent BioSolutions today announced that the US FDA has approved the supplemental biologics license application for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2024
RSV vaccination: protecting older people from serious complications
4 July 2024 - Referred by the Ministry of Health, the High Authority for Health has assessed the opportunity to integrate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2024
Updated COVID-19 vaccines for use in the United States beginning in fall 2024
7 June 2024 - The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) met on 5 June 2024 to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 May 2024
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends Beyfortus to protect all infants against RSV
21 May 2024 - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization issued a recommendation for Beyfortus (nirsevimab) to be used for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 May 2024
PHARMAC and Health NZ weigh up future of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments
3 May 2024 - PHARMAC and Health NZ are weighing up the future direction of COVID-19 vaccinations and treatments in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2024
EU recommendations for 2024/2025 seasonal flu vaccine composition
26 March 2024 - EMA has issued recommendations for the influenza virus strains that vaccine manufacturers should include in vaccines for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2024
COVID-19 2024 vaccine advice
29 February 2024 - The Australian Government has accepted the latest advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2024
Drug insurance: a single payer pharmacare program would jeopardise coverage quality for 21 million Canadians
22 February 2024 - Imposing a single payer universal drug insurance plan on all Canadians would jeopardise coverage quality for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Feb 2024
COVID-19 vaccine available in March
22 February 2024 - Joint media release with Health New Zealand. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Dec 2023
Future supply of new COVID-19 vaccines confirmed
20 December 2023 - A vaccine to combat the newer strains of COVID-19 has been approved and will be available ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Dec 2023
Texas makes a stand against big pharma’s Covid vaccines
19 December 2023 - On the last day of November Texas launched extraordinary legal proceedings that could have wide-ranging political ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2023
Updates to the HTA Policy and Methods Review Reference Committee (8 December 2023)
8 December 2023 - The agenda for the HTA Review Reference Committee meeting (meeting 29) held on 1 December 2023 is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2023
Evolving our approach to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments
6 December 2023 - As New Zealand’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved, so has ours. ...