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Tag: European Medicines Agency

Pfizer requests US emergency authorization for Covid booster for adults

Drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech announced Tuesday they have formally submitted a request asking US officials for emergency authorization of their Covid-19 booster vaccine for...

UK approves single shot Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine

Britain on Friday approved the use of a fourth Covid vaccine, hoping to boost a countrywide inoculation drive to allow its economy to reopen...

Pfizer jab can be stored in fridge for a month: EMA

The EU's drug agency on Monday approved the storage of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in fridges for up to a month, in a move...

EU could quickly approve Pfizer jab for 12-15 year olds: EMA chief

The head of the European Medicines Agency said Monday that BioNTech/Pfizer's jab against COVID-19 could be approved in the EU for 12- to 15-year-olds...

EU clears J&J vax, says blood clots ‘very rare’

Europe's medicines regulator said Tuesday that blood clots should be listed as a “very rare” side effect of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine, but that...

Clot questions over AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine

The Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines have come under suspicion of causing very rare but serious blood clots in a handful of cases...

Germany to give different second jab to AstraZeneca recipients under 60

People aged under 60 who have been given a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Germany will receive a different jab for...

EU medical body still undecided on Astra ‘clots’

The European Union's drug regulator said Tuesday it is still deciding whether the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine causes blood clots, after a top official said...

Norway extends vax pause

Norway on Friday extended a suspension of the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine until April 15, with health officials saying they needed more...

Takeda starts submissions for dengue vax candidate

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) on Friday announced that the European Medicines Agency has accepted the Company’s filing packages for its dengue vaccine candidate...

Italy factory to produce Sputnik vaccine, first in EU: trade body

An Italian-Swiss pharmaceutical company has agreed to produce Russia's Sputnik V vaccine in Italy, the first such deal in the European Union, a trade...

German commission may do U-turn on AstraZeneca jab for elderly

Germany's vaccine commission is considering reversing course and recommending AstraZeneca's COVID-19 jab for those over 65 after a study showed it to be effective...

World Roundup: Auckland goes into snap lockdown

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ordered the country's biggest city Auckland into a snap lockdown for the first time in nearly six months...

Two US adults test positive for South Africa variant

A mutated variant of the novel coronavirus first detected in South Africa emerged Thursday in the United States, The Wall Street Journal said in...
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