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Science community calls for transparency on AstraZeneca's halted US COVID-19 vaccine trial

The Pharma Data

The halting of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine trial around the world was cause for much initial concern over the eventual safety and efficacy of the therapy. Trials have resumed in the UK, Brazil and South Africa, but US trials remain on hold.

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Drug development practices to improve public health policy 

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As a result of clear US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines, the leading vaccine development programmes for Covid-19 were all remarkably similar. Indeed, few randomised trials of NPIs have been undertaken. Quasi-experimental and other randomised trial designs . Pre-specification of effect size .

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AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Boasts Strong Results with Up to 90% Efficacy

The Pharma Data

As the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine goes to regulators and the Moderna vaccine approaches the end of its Phase III trials, AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford announced high-level results from an interim analysis of their COVID-19 vaccine, AZD1222. Trials are also being run in the U.S.,

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Pfizer and BioNTech to Potentially Supply the EU with 200 Million Doses of mRNA-based Vaccine Candidate Against SARS-CoV-2

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The vaccine supply for the EU would be produced by BioNTech’s manufacturing sites in Germany and Pfizer’s manufacturing site in Belgium. The proposed supply agreement with the European Commission would represent the largest initial order of vaccine doses for Pfizer and BioNTech to date. billion doses by the end of 2021.

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Article FDA Thank You FDA updates guidance on developing drugs for Covid-19, replacing pandemic-era version

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The FDA also implemented new flexibilities for certain regulated products and processes, typically via enforcement discretion. It also stated that companies should consider whether an investigational product might interact with an administered vaccine for Covid-19.

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Merck to Acquire Acceleron Pharma Inc.

The Pharma Data

Merck referred to as MSD outside the us and Canada, and Acceleron Pharma Inc, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the businesses have entered into a definitive agreement under which Merck, through a subsidiary, will acquire Acceleron for $180 per share in cash for an approximate total equity value of $11.5

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You The U.S. regulatory landscape for probiotics and other microbiome-based therapies

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Unfortunately, there is no regulatory body that governs the terminology used in this space, although there are definitions that are generally accepted by the scientific community. Postbiotic: “Preparation of inanimate micro-organisms and/or their components that confers a health benefit on the host,” according to the ISAPP definition.