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250mn Europeans to be vaccinated with COMIRNATY® by the end of 2021
Pfizer and BioNTech have agreed to supply the European Union with 200 million additional doses of COMIRNATY in 2021, making the total 500 million doses.
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The fundamentals of contemporary supply chain management
Effective supply chain management can cut costs, improve service and enhance company revenues; however, the pharma industry has historically been a slow adopter of leading-edge practices. Nikki Withers discussed the fundamentals of contemporary supply chain management with Ed Sweeney, Professor of Logistics and Systems at Aston University, who believes that…
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EMA initiates rolling review of CureVac’s CVnCoV COVID-19 vaccine
The rolling review will assess CVnCoV’s efficacy and immunogenicity data as it becomes available, speeding the decision process for an eventual marketing authorisation application.
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February Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) meeting highlights
The EMA’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) began two new reviews and wrote guidance for healthcare professionals on the potential side effects of Strimvelis, Venclyxto and Zolgensma.
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Disinformation and safety concerns could prevent successful COVID-19 vaccination campaigns
Research suggests at least a fifth of the US population are resistant to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, reports suggest this could be due to disinformation and safety concerns.
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The global smart syringe market should surpass $15,500mn by 2027, finds report
The smart syringe market should grow due to increasing public awareness surrounding vaccination and the increasing popularity of safety injection devices with manufacturers and healthcare professionals.
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Zyesami™ shows promise in critical COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure
Preliminary data indicate that Zyesami reduces the length of hospital stay in critical COVID-19 patients treated with High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) therapy or mechanical ventilation.
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FDA approves emergency use of Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody combination
The Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for bamlanivimab and etesevimab was based on a trial where the antibodies lowered risk of hospitalisation and death in COVID-19 patients.
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Scientists call for investment into novel, potentially pan-virus vaccines to prevent the next pandemic
Investment into vaccines based on broadly neutralising antibodies could allow pan-virus vaccines to be developed and stockpiled before the next pandemic, say researchers.
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Trial to assess AstraZeneca’s long-acting COVID-19 antibody therapy
The ACTIV-3 sub-study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the AZD7442 synthetic antibody combination in at least 150 participants with mild-to-moderate COVID-19.
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COVID-19 vaccines: how important is the vial?
In this article we discuss how the problems associated with glass vial packaging may disrupt COVID-19 vaccine distribution and explore some of the latest innovations to overcome it.
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Peginterferon-lambda accelerates COVID-19 recovery, finds trial
Peginterferon-lambda rapidly reduced non-hospitalised COVID-19 patients’ viral loads and expedited their recovery in a Phase II study.
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Chinese police seize over 3,000 fake COVID-19 vaccines
Pharmaceutical counterfeiting brought to the fore, as more than 3,000 saline filled vials being sold as COVID-19 vaccines were seized in Chinese police raids.
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Africa to receive first COVID-19 vaccine doses in February
COVAX has allocated 90 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and 320,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to African countries.
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J&J submits COVID-19 vaccine data to FDA for emergency authorisation
J&J have submitted Phase III trial data in their application to the FDA for emergency authorisation of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
