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Awareness of the link between HPV and cancer has declined

Drug Discovery World

“Over 90% of HPV-associated cancers could be prevented with the HPV vaccination, yet vaccine uptake remains suboptimal,” explained the study’s lead author, Eric Adjei Boakye, Assistant Scientist in the Department of Health Sciences and the Department of Otolaryngology at Henry Ford Health in Detroit. Currently, about 54.5%

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FDA Approves Emergency Use of Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine

The Pharma Data

12, 2020 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use on Friday, clearing the way for the launch of a national campaign to inoculate enough Americans to stem the spread of COVID-19. ” Who is first in line to be vaccinated? SATURDAY, Dec.

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Keeping tabs on Covid-19: FDA approves Veklury as first treatment for Covid-19 and Takeda and Moderna bring 50 million vaccines to Japan

The Pharma Data

Dive into this week’s update for more details on the actions taken by the FDA in the ongoing response to the Covid-19 pandemic. FDA approves first treatment for Covid-19. On October 22, the FDA approved the antiviral drug Veklury for use in adult and pediatric patients for the treatment of Covid-19 requiring hospitalization.

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FDA-Approved Labeling: Is Enough Enough?

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Livornese — I saw the sign…and the answer is no—FDA-approved labeling apparently is not enough under state failure-to-warn laws, according to certain courts. That requirement would only be fulfilled if FDA agreed to such a change. But we digress. And indeed, after Pliva v.

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Pfizer and BioNTech Initiate Rolling Submission of Biologics License Application for U.S. FDA Approval of Their COVID 19 Vaccine

The Pharma Data

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine is currently available in the U.S. under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) granted by the FDA on December 11, 2020. Since then, the companies have delivered more than 170 million doses of the vaccine across the U.S. We are pleased to work with U.S. AUTHORIZED USE IN THE U.S.:

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Hanmi Pharmaceutical expects U.S. FDA approval for 2 new drugs

The Pharma Data

FDA also designated LAPS Triple Agonist (HM15211) as an orphan drug for the treatment of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) in 2020, and the indications will be expanded to include idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as well.

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FDA Approves First Rapid COVID Test for Home Use

The Pharma Data

18, 2020 – The first rapid coronavirus test that can be taken at home with results delivered in 30 minutes was cleared for emergency use by the U.S. The simple nasal swab test, developed by Lucira Health, requires a prescription and people under the age of 14 can’t perform the test on themselves, the FDA said in a statement.