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FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Fully At-Home Test for COVID-19

The Pharma Data

FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Fully At-Home Test for COVID-19. 15, 2020 — The first nonprescription COVID-19 test that enables people to collect samples and get results at home has received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Ellume expects to produce more than 3 million tests in January 2021, the FDA said.

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A new viral surveillance system in West Africa is showing the world how to prevent the next pandemic

Broad Institute

A new model Formally launched in early 2020, Sentinel is a new model of pathogen surveillance that its leaders say could be used anywhere in the world. The Sentinel team put an early version of their system to the test in 2020 to respond to COVID-19 and again in 2022 for Mpox surveillance and response efforts.

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Monthly News Roundup – December 2020

The Pharma Data

Monthly News Roundup – December 2020. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Emergency Use Authorization for two COVID-19 vaccines: Pfizer-BioNTech’s BNT162b2 and Moderna’s mRNA-1273. The messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines encode a form of the spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus. Professional. In December, the U.S.

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FDA Approves Veklury (remdesivir) for the Treatment of COVID-19

The Pharma Data

FDA Approves Veklury (remdesivir) for the Treatment of COVID-19. 22, 2020– Gilead Sciences, Inc. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the antiviral drug Veklury (remdesivir) for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 requiring hospitalization. FOSTER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS to 1.12).

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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.

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What FDA’s Newest Gene Therapy Approval Tells Us About Durability: How Long is Long Enough?

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Valentine — On November 22, 2022, FDA approved CSL Behring’s BLA for Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), an AAV-based gene therapy for the treatment of adults with Hemophilia B who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes.

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TaiGen Announces FDA Approval of IND for Its Flu Antiviral TG-1000

The Pharma Data

1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — TaiGen Biotechnology Company, Limited (“TaiGen”) ( Taiwan : 4157) announced today that U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has approved the Investigation New Drug (IND) application for TG-1000, a novel treatment for influenza A and B. TAIPEI, Taiwan , Nov.