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Atlanta-based Task Force for Global Health to help with Covid-19 vaccines around the globe
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has invested $10.7 million in the Task Force for Global Health to help set up Covid-19 immunization programs in up to 50 low- and middle-income countries and to start a U.S. Covid-19 vaccine information program. Both the CDC and the Task Force for Global Health are based in…
Read MoreMedical Device Industry Challenges Misleading Information Campaign About the Safety and Use of Ethylene Oxide in Georgia
AdvaMed and Georgia Bio CEOs team up, saying the misinformation could have “deadly consequences” WASHINGTON, D.C. – The CEO of the world’s largest medical technology trade association (AdvaMed) and the CEO of Georgia Bio, a trade association representing life sciences companies in Georgia, have teamed up to challenge misleading information that has been propagated by the media…
Read MoreFDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Third COVID-19 Vaccine
Action Advances Fight Against COVID-19, Follows Comprehensive Evaluation of Available Safety, Effectiveness and Manufacturing Quality Information by FDA Career Scientists, Input from External Experts Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the third vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome…
Read MoreFDA advisory panel endorses Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine
An advisory panel on Friday recommended the Food and Drug Administration grant an emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, which would become the third vaccine authorized in the United States and the first to require a single shot. The J&J vaccine could be a potential game changer,…
Read MoreFirst vaccine doses distributed by Covax land in West African nation of Ghana
ABUJA, Nigeria — Ghana became the first country to receive a shipment of coronavirus vaccine from a global effort to equitably distribute doses after a plane landed Wednesday with 600,000 AstraZeneca shots. The rollout is a first step toward getting doses to low- and middle-income countries cut out of the global vaccine race. But the timing…
Read MoreFDA review supports safety, efficacy of J&J coronavirus vaccine
Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration found Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine to be safe and effective in preventing COVID-19, confirming clinical trial results announced by the drugmaker last month and likely clearing the way for an emergency authorization in the coming days. The review, released online ahead of a meeting of FDA advisers on Friday, is the…
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