Tag: Drug approvals
US officials extend expiration dates on J&J vaccine doses
WASHINGTON — Johnson & Johnson said Thursday that U.S. regulators extended the expiration date on millions of doses of its COVID-19 vaccine by an...
Germany: Delay for CureVac shot won’t hurt vaccine campaign
BERLIN — Germany's health ministry on Wednesday downplayed the possible impact on the country's coronavirus vaccine campaign after reports that the shot being developed...
EXPLAINER: How will insurers cover a new Alzheimer’s drug?
Federal regulators have approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, leaving patients waiting to see how insurers will handle...
FDA approves obesity drug that helped people cut weight 15%
Regulators on Friday said a new version of a popular diabetes medicine could be sold as a weight-loss drug in the U.S.
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FDA OKs 1st targeted drug for common lung cancer mutation
FAIRLESS HILLS, PA. — U.S. regulators have approved the first medicine for patients with the most common type of lung cancer whose tumors have...
Production of another COVID-19 vaccine to begin in weeks
PARIS — Production of another potential vaccine against COVID-19 will begin within weeks, its developers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday as they launched a...
GOP legislators protest Indiana University’s vaccine order
INDIANAPOLIS — Nearly 20 state legislators are protesting Indiana University’s decision to require all students and employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, and they want...
GOP legislators protest Indiana University’s vaccine order
INDIANAPOLIS — Nearly 20 state legislators are protesting Indiana University’s decision to require all students and employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, and they want...
Wealthy nations once lauded as successes lag in vaccinations
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Some wealthy nations that were most praised last year for controlling the coronavirus are now lagging far behind in getting...
Younger adolescents get ready to receive COVID-19 vaccine
MISSION, Kan. — Parents, schools and vaccine clinics rushed to begin inoculating younger adolescents Tuesday after U.S. regulators endorsed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children...