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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Hospital's COVID-19 Vaccine Policy
drugs
June 15, 2021
A lawsuit brought by a group of Houston Methodist employees over the hospital's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy was dismissed Saturday by a federal judge.
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Novavax Announces Positive Results from First Study of Influenza Vaccine and COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Administered Simultaneously
firstwordpharma
June 15, 2021
Novavax, Inc. today announced data from the first co-administration study of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate [Novavax, NVX-CoV2373] and an approved influenza vaccine [Seqirus, adjuvanted, trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine.
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Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Shines in Latest Trial
drugs
June 15, 2021
Novavax, announced Monday that its two-shot regimen was more than 90 percent effective overall in a trial that unfolded even as more contagious variants emerged.
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Pandemic Life Silver Lining: 73% Have Improved Their Self-Care
prnewswire
June 15, 2021
Americans admitting to some pandemic life silver linings according to a healthinsurance national survey of 1,000 U.S. adults.
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Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Demonstrates 90% Overall Efficacy and 100% Protection Against Moderate and Severe Disease in PREVENT-19 Phase 3 Trial
prnewswire
June 15, 2021
Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), today announced that NVX-CoV2373, its recombinant nanoparticle protein-based COVID-19 vaccine, demonstrated 100% protection against moderate and severe disease, 90.4% efficacy overall, and met the primary endpoint.
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FDA Approves Prevnar 20 (pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate vaccine) for Adults Ages 18 Years or Older
firstwordpharma
June 11, 2021
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) announced today that FDA has approved Prevnar 20™ (Pneumococcal 20-valent Conjugate Vaccine) for the prevention of invasive disease and pneumonia caused by the 20 Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in the vaccine.
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Pfizer cuts Norway's COVID-19 vaccine deliveries, rollout delayed
firstwordpharma
June 11, 2021
July deliveries of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to Norway have been cut by 400,000 doses, delaying the country’s vaccine rollout, the company and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) said on Thursday, as reported by This is Money.
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U.S. says it will push COVID vaccine waivers, but 'may take time'
firstwordpharma
June 11, 2021
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the Biden administration is committed to efforts to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and will raise the issue with the World Trade Organization (WTO)
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Vaccinated Adults Helps Protect Unvaccinated Children, Study Finds
firstwordpharma
June 11, 2021
New data from Israel, which had the fastest COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the world, provides real-world evidence that widespread vaccination against the coronavirus can also protect people who are unvaccinated, reported The New York Times.
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G7 to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries
firstwordpharma
June 11, 2021
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson expects G7 leaders to agree to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries during its summit starting on Friday, and help innoculate the world by the end of next year, as reported in Yahoo!News.