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FDA Announces Advisory Committee Meeting to Discuss COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a meeting of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) on Dec. 10 to discuss the request for emergency use authorization (EUA) of a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer, Inc. Source: FDA. BNT162b2 (SARS-CoV-2 vaccine) FDA Approval History.

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FDA Authorizes Second Booster Dose of Two COVID-19 Vaccines for Older and Immunocompromised Individuals

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration authorized a second booster dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for older people and certain immunocompromised individuals. The FDA previously authorized a single booster dose for certain immunocompromised individuals following completion of a three-dose primary vaccination series.

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FDA Takes Additional Action in Fight Against COVID-19 By Issuing Emergency Use Authorization for Second COVID-19 Vaccine

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the second vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The emergency use authorization allows the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine to be distributed in the U.S. Hahn , M.D.

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FDA Approves Treatment for Rare Blood Disease

The Pharma Data

Treatment is First FDA-Approved Option Patients Can Take Regardless of Previous Therapies. Food and Drug Administration approved Besremi (ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft) injection to treat adults with polycythemia vera, a blood disease that causes the overproduction of red blood cells. Today, the U.S.

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FDA-Approved Labeling: Is Enough Enough?

FDA Law Blog

Livornese — I saw the sign…and the answer is no—FDA-approved labeling apparently is not enough under state failure-to-warn laws, according to certain courts. That requirement would only be fulfilled if FDA agreed to such a change. But we digress. And indeed, after Pliva v. billion in damages were brought between 1980 and 1986.

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FDA Approves First-of-its-Kind Intentional Genomic Alteration in Line of Domestic Pigs for Both Human Food, Potential Therapeutic Uses

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a first-of-its-kind intentional genomic alteration (IGA) in a line of domestic pigs, referred to as GalSafe pigs, which may be used for food or human therapeutics. SILVER SPRING, Md. , 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the U.S. . .

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FDA Approves First Generic of Symbicort to Treat Asthma and COPD

The Pharma Data

Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices.