Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Here we have collected APR news related to the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination efforts and emerging treatments.
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Positive high-level results from the TACKLE Phase III COVID-19 treatment trial showed AstraZeneca's AZD7442, a long acting antibody (LAAB) combination, achieved a statistically significant reduction ...
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Vaxart announced?that it has begun recruiting subjects for its Phase II COVID-19 oral tablet vaccine clinical trial. Vaxart expects to begin dosing the first of 96 U.S. subjects, split evenly between ...
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Thursday, October 07, 2021
Merck announced that molnupiravir (MK-4482, EIDD-2801), an investigational oral antiviral medicine, significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization or death at a planned interim analysis of the ...
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Thursday, October 07, 2021
The US FDA announced two upcoming meetings of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) to discuss newly available data for the currently available COVID-19 vaccines.
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Thursday, October 07, 2021
Labcorp announced that it received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. FDA for a combined home collection kit that detects COVID-19 and influenza A/B simultaneously in individuals as young...
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Thursday, October 07, 2021
The submission includes recent results from the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE 2 study that found a booster of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine given 56 days after the primary dose provided 94 percent ...
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Thursday, October 07, 2021
Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a positive opinion on the administration of the companies’ ...
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Tuesday, October 05, 2021
GSK announced it has signed an agreement with the Government of Canada to supply 10,000 doses of Sotrovimab for injection, a COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapy developed by GSK and Vir Biotechnology...
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
REGEN-COV significantly reduced viral load in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who entered the trial without having mounted their own antibody response (seronegative) and required low-flow or no ...
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
The Companies announced positive topline results from the pivotal trial on September 20, 2021. In the trial, which included 2,268 participants 5 to 12
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
The CDC Foundation is announcing the launch of its new Vaccine Resource Hub—an online platform that will provide access to hundreds of free and accurate resources about COVID-19 and influenza ...
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
CVS Health announced that, following approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) based on guidance from the organization's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), ...
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Thursday, September 23, 2021
Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the FDA has authorized for emergency use a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for individuals 65 years of age and older, individuals 18 through 64 ...
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Thursday, September 23, 2021
Eli Lilly and Company announced a Joint Procurement Agreement with the European Commission (EC) to supply up to 220,000 doses of bamlanivimab and etesevimab for the treatment of confirmed COVID-19 in ...
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Thursday, September 23, 2021
SAB Biotherapeutics (SAB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a novel immunotherapy platform that produces specifically targeted, high-potency, fully-human polyclonal antibodies without ...
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