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FDA Approves Emergency Use of Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine

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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? The nursing home industry applauded the approval.

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First-in-human clinical trial for a vaccine to treat opioid use.

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The first patients have been enrolled in a phase 1 randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial to study a therapeutic vaccine for opioid use disorder developed by researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School. The vaccine currently being tested stimulates the body’s immune system to produce antibodies to oxycodone.

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FDA Set to Approve Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine

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Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve emergency use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine as early as Saturday after its advisory panel cleared the way for the start of a national campaign to inoculate Americans and stem the spread of COVID-19. Who is first in line? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Regeneron Announces U.S. Government Agreement to Purchase Additional COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail Doses

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“Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic will require a combination of public health measures, vaccines and therapeutics. To date, nearly 15,000 people have participated in casirivimab and imdevimab clinical trials. To date, nearly 15,000 people have participated in casirivimab and imdevimab clinical trials. Schleifer , M.D.,

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Regeneron’s Casirivimab and Imdevimab Antibody Cocktail for COVID-19 is First Combination Therapy to Receive FDA Emergency Use Authorization

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The clinical evidence from Regeneron’s outpatient trial suggests that monoclonal antibodies such as casirivimab and imdevimab have the greatest benefit when given early after diagnosis and in patients who have not yet mounted their own immune response or who have high viral load.

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New Data Show Treatment with Lilly’s Neutralizing Antibodies Bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) and Etesevimab (LY-CoV016) Together Reduced Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Death by 70 Percent

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“Notably, the 70 percent decrease in risk of hospitalizations or death seen in this Phase 3 trial of bamlanivimab and etesevimab together is consistent with the reduction in risk of hospitalization or ER visits seen with bamlanivimab alone in the Phase 2 trial. It remains under review by the FDA. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan.

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Regeneron’s REGEN-COV2 is First Antibody Cocktail for COVID-19 to Receive FDA Emergency Use Authorization

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The clinical evidence from Regeneron’s outpatient trial suggests that monoclonal antibodies such as REGEN-COV2 have the greatest benefit when given early after diagnosis and in patients who have not yet mounted their own immune response or who have high viral load. Data from these trials will be used to support a future BLA submission.

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