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.
Novavax announced that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United Kingdom (UK) has granted expanded conditional marketing authorization (CMA) for Nuvaxovid™ (NVX-...
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The FDA announced the removal of N95 respirators from the agency's medical device shortage list, signaling that demand or projected demand for this type of face protection device commonly used in ...
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AstraZeneca's Evusheld (tixagevimab and cilgavimab, formerly AZD7442), a long-acting antibody combination, has been approved in Japan for both prevention (pre-exposure prophylaxis) and treatment of ...
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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of a 30-µg booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, bivalent (Original [15 µg] and Omicron BA.4/BA.5 [...
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Friday, September 02, 2022
Pfizer and BioNTech announced a 30 µg booster dose of their Omicron BA.1- Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine (COMIRNATY® Original/Omicron BA.1 15/15 µg) has been recommended for conditional marketing ...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2022
Health Canada authorized an adapted version of the Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine. This vaccine (known as a "bivalent" vaccine) targets the original SARS-CoV-2 virus from 2019 and the Omicron (BA.1...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2022
Novavax, Inc. announced that Nuvaxovid™ (NVX-CoV2373) COVID-19 vaccine has been recommended for expanded conditional marketing authorization (CMA) in the European Union (EU) as a homologous and ...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2022
Novavax, announced that Swissmedic expanded its temporary authorization of Nuvaxovid™ (NVX-CoV2373) COVID-19 vaccine in Switzerland for adolescents aged 12 through 17 and as a heterologous and ...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2022
Novavax, Inc. announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved the expanded conditional marketing authorization (CMA) of Nuvaxovid™ (NVX-CoV2373) COVID-19 vaccine in the European Union (EU) as...
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Wednesday, September 07, 2022
AstraZeneca’s Forxiga (dapagliflozin), a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, is approved in China to reduce the risk of sustained estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline, end...
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Monday, September 12, 2022
Pfizer Canada and BioNTech announced that Health Canada authorized COMIRNATY®, the companies' COVID-19 vaccine, as a three 3-µg primary series for children 6 months to less than 5 years of age.
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Monday, September 12, 2022
Vaxxinity, Inc. has initiated a rolling submission to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United Kingdom for conditional marketing authorization of its UB-612 COVID-...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announced a 30-µg booster dose of their Omicron BA.4/BA.5 bivalent-adapted COVID-19 Vaccine (COMIRNATY® Original/Omicron BA.4/BA.5 15/15 µg) has been recommended for ...
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Friday, September 16, 2022
Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended converting the conditional Marketing Authorization (...
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Monday, September 19, 2022
Merck announced that the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the approval of VAXNEUVANCE™ (Pneumococcal 15-valent Conjugate Vaccine) (...
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