Pfizer COVID vaccine clears Japan panel for use with young children
Japan in January expanded use of the vaccine to those as young as five years old
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Maiden Pharma trying to find out about cough syrup-linked deaths in Gambia
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO, last week told reporters the UN agency was investigating 66 deaths from acute…
Swedish scientist gets Nobel Prize in Medicine 2022
Swedish scientist Svante Pääbo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries “concerning the genomes of…
US FDA approves Amylyx’s ALS drug
Amylyx's drug is a combination of generic compounds sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol that work together to prevent nerve…
Europe’s generic drug makers say they may cut output due to energy bills
The generic drug industry lobby group Medicines for Europe, which represents companies including Teva, Novartis's Sandoz unit and…
Indian shares rise one per cent lifted by pharma
Indian shares ended up one per cent yesterday in broad-based buying, led by a surge in pharma stocks, even as global markets…
Haleon rejects Zantac indemnification requests from GSK and Pfizer
Zantac, originally marketed by a forerunner of GSK, has been sold by several companies at different times, including Pfizer,…
US FDA approves Bluebird Bio’s gene therapy for rare neurological disorder
The approval was largely expected after the drug received unanimous endorsement from a panel of outside advisers to the FDA in…
Singapore grants interim approval for Moderna’s bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine
The vaccine has been authorised for use as a booster shot in individuals aged 18 years and above who have received the primary…
Nigeria to produce vaccines locally with SII
Africa's most populous country imports all of its vaccines, including those used to prevent polio, measles and tuberculosis, but…