With a vote of 13 to 10, the Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee, an advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration, narrowly decided to to recommend emergency...
In response to new data published by rival Merck that downgrade earlier efficacy forecasts for its for Covid-19 oral antiviral treatment, Pfizer has announced will...
The UK has “pipped the US at the post”, as one commentator noted in typical British colloquialism on the news that the country’s health regulator MHRA has approved the...
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has begun a rolling review of US Merck & Co’s oral antiviral molnupiravir as a candidate to treat Covid-19. The EU drugs regulator...
US drugs giant Merck & Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire publicly traded US biotech Acceleron Pharma for $180 per share, yielding a total equity value of...
In conjunction with its American Rescue Plan, the administration of US president Joe Biden has announced its intention to spend $3 billion on building a stockpile of...
As India’s Covid-19 infections soar and the death toll nears 200,000, wealthier countries – including the US, UK, Germany, France and Australia – are rushing supplies of...
With some potential Covid-19 vaccine makers suggesting they could have a candidate ready for approval and maybe even deployment this autumn, concerns are arising that a...
