The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it had advised drugmakers to update the Covid vaccines to target the KP.2 strain, a descendant of the highly contagious JN.1 variant that began circulating widely in the U.S. this winter. The announcement came just over a week after an FDA advisory panel voted unanimously to recommend that […]
(Reuters) -Moderna said on Thursday its next-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate met its main goal in a late-stage study by showing vaccine efficacy that was non-inferior compared with the company’s commercial shot. The company has been working on multiple new messenger RNA vaccines, including the recently approved RSV vaccine, mRESVIA, and other experimental shots, to tackle […]
Moderna (MRNA) is on its way to getting a third mRNA-based vaccine approved by the FDA if the regulatory agency likes the data released Monday for a combination flu-COVID shot. The company said the new combo vaccine provided better protection against both diseases than separate shots. It marks the first positive late-stage results of a […]
Moderna’s late-stage trial for its COVID-flu combination vaccine yielded positive results, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company announced Monday. The combination vaccine, which Moderna calls mRNA-1083, produced a higher immune response than standalone vaccines for COVID-19 or influenza. The results were also seen among trail participants 65 years and older, whom often don’t show as strong […]
By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) – Moderna said on Monday its combination vaccine to protect against both COVID-19 and influenza generated a stronger immune response in adults aged 50 and over when compared to separate shots against the viruses in a late-stage trial. In the study, the combination using messenger RNA technology generated greater antibodies than […]
Donald Trump, former Covid-19 vaccine booster, is now the nation’s most high-profile critic of immunization mandates. The former president has on the campaign trail promised to strip funding from schools with vaccine requirements and lambasted independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a “fake” anti-vaxxer, while obscuring his role in speeding the development of the […]
Novavax (NVAX) stock zipped to a nearly two-year high Thursday after the Food and Drug Administration set a potential approval date for its Covid vaccine in April.
Although Covid cases remain low in the U.S., vaccine experts are already looking toward the winter, with eyes on preventing a seasonal surge. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Wednesday unanimously recommended that the Covid vaccines for the fall be updated to target the highly contagious JN.1 variant or one of its descendants. […]
A panel of health experts convened this week to decide which vaccine the U.S. should use against COVID-19 this fall. The federal advisory group decided on Wednesday the new vaccine should focus on the JN.1 lineage that has dominated virus strains in recommendations. The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee – composed of leading […]
(Reuters) – COVID-19 vaccine makers said data from animals studies showed their 2024-25 shots targeting the JN.1 variant that was dominant earlier this year could neutralize newer subvariants such as KP.2 much better than the older shots. This was disclosed in presentations by the companies ahead of a meeting of the U.S. Food and Drug […]
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) is fast-tracking patients for its upcoming cancer vaccine trials — and each one will be tailored to every individual’s needs. As The Guardian reports, patients who meet eligibility criteria need only sign off on having their blood and tissues sampled to gain immediate access to the vaccine trial, which […]
(Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended Valneva’s single-dose chikungunya vaccine for use on Friday, setting it up as the first preventive shot against the disease in Europe. EMA’s recommendation for the French firm’s vaccine Ixchiq comes as the mosquito-borne disease, for which no approved drugs exist, has been spreading due to climate change. While […]