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eMed Announces Quick-Access Program for Patients to Receive Pfizer's New Oral Antiviral prnewswire
December 23, 2021
eMed, the company democratizing healthcare with its Digital Point-of-Care? platform, is preparing to maximize the benefit of today's positive development for population health with the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) ...
FDA Authorizes First Oral Antiviral for Treatment of COVID-19 WorldPharmaNews
December 23, 2021
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Pfizer's Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets, co-packaged for oral use) for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease...
US healthcare groups publish drug supply chain recommendations EuropeanPharmaceuticalReview
December 23, 2021
American healthcare groups have released a series of policy and marketplace recommendations to address significant challenges in the US drug supply chain.
Aridis’ antibody cocktail shows activity against Covid-19 variants Pharmaceutical-Technology
December 23, 2021
Aridis Pharmaceuticals has reported that its fully human monoclonal antibody (mAb) cocktail, AR-701, demonstrated broad activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants including the Omicron...
EC expands indication for Gilead’s Veklury to treat Covid-19 patients Pharmaceutical-Technology
December 23, 2021
The European Commission (EC) has granted approval to the Conditional Marketing Authorization (CMA) variation for Gilead Sciences’ antiviral Veklury (remdesivir) to include adult Covid-19 patients...
COVID-19 vaccine should be offered to vulnerable children aged five to 11-years-old pharmatimes
December 23, 2021
Government vaccine advisers have said vulnerable primary school children should be offered a low-dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
UK government to purchase additional 1.75 million courses of Molnupiravir expresspharma
December 23, 2021
With this additional procurement agreement, which follows a previously announced agreement for 480,000 courses of treatment...
Humans Pass Coronavirus to Deer, Creating Reservoir for Variants drugs
December 23, 2021
In a sign that white-tailed deer are becoming a reservoir for the new coronavirus, researchers report that COVID-19 variants are spreading among the wild animals.
FDA Gives OK to Merck Antiviral At-Home COVID-19 Pill drugs
December 23, 2021
Many Americans now have two oral antiviral pills that can be taken at home to treat a fresh case of COVID-19.
Serum waives AstraZeneca shot indemnity for refugee programme expresspharma
December 23, 2021
The news comes days after Reuters reported that tens of millions of migrants may be denied COVID-19 vaccines from the vaccine-sharing programme COVAX...