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Roche: High-volume rapid test out by yearend

Zurich, Switzerland—Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche said Tuesday it would produce a new antigen test for Covid-19, allowing high-volume and rapid testing for the deadly...

US agency wants 2 months safety data before approving Covid-19 vaccine

The US Food and Drug Administration made public its guidance for issuing emergency approval for a Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, making it clear it...

Vaccines out before polls–US

The Trump administration has urged US states to get ready to distribute a potential COVID-19 vaccine by November 1-two days before the presidential election. Dallas-based...

US health exec sorry for false plasma data

Dr Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, apologized Monday after misrepresenting a key statistic on how effective blood plasma...

New products seen to stop smoking epidemic

The US Food and Drug Administration’s authorization on the marketing of IQOS as a modified risk tobacco product should encourage other countries such as...

PMI: IQOS authorization ‘appropriate’

The recent decision of the US Food and Drug Administration authorizing IQOS as a “modified risk tobacco product” acknowledged that the marketing of the...

FDA authorizes marketing of PMI’s IQOS

The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized the marketing of IQOS, Philip Morris International’s electrically-heated tobacco system, as a modified risk tobacco product. It...

World Roundup: China lifts ban on US carriers

China lifts ban on US carriers Roche cleared for clinical tests China on Thursday said foreign airlines blocked from operating in the country over virus fears...

Roche wins US clearance for virus treatment test

Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche said Thursday the US authorities had given it emergency clearance for a test identifying patients most at risk of a...

Swiss firm sparks hopes for early virus detection

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Friday it had developed an antibody test that it hopes to roll out in May to detect people previously infected...

Paris starts clinical trials of blood plasma

Paris—France is to begin clinical trials involving transfusions of blood plasma from coronavirus survivors into patients who have severe symptoms in a bid to...

Cannabis Development Authority body proposed

A lawmaker has proposed the establishment of a state agency that will oversee the development of what could be a legitimate multibillion-dollar export industry...

US Dengvaxia okay means PH made ‘blunder’

The approval by the US Food and Drug Administration of Dengvaxia for use only on previous victims of the disease proves that the mass...

US food, drug body authorizes sale of IQOS

New York—The US Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that IQOS, Philip Morris International’s electrically heated tobacco system, is appropriate for the protection of...
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