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AstraZeneca Inks Deals to Supply 400M Doses of a COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

AstraZeneca recently announced that it is enhancing its response to the current pandemic and collaborating with multiple countries and organizations to make the University of Oxford’s COVID-19...

White House Unveils Plans to Advance COVID-19 Vaccine Development

by Samantha McGrail

The Trump Administration recently released framework and leadership for Operation Warp Speed (OWS), a new program designed to accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19...

FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Antigen Test

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently issued the first emergency use authorization (EUA) for a COVID-19 antigen test for use during the pandemic.  For more coronavirus updates, visit our resource page, updated twice...

HHS Reveals Plan for Shipping Remdesivir to Hospitals for COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at HHS recently announced the allocation plan for remdesivir, a COVID-19 treatment for hospitalized patients.  For more...

Price for COVID-19 Treatment May Range from $10 to $4K, ICER Says

by Samantha McGrail

Using two different alternative pricing models, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) determined that the price for remdesivir could range from $10 to over $4,000. For more coronavirus...

FDA Authorizes Emergency Use of Remdesivir to Treat COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to Gilead for the investigational antiviral, remdesivir, to treat COVID-19 patients.  For more coronavirus updates, visit our resource...

Pfizer, BioNTech Dose First Participants in COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer and BioNtech recently announced that the first participants have been dosed in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the BNT162 vaccine program to prevent COVID-19. For more coronavirus updates, visit...

Demand for Cardiovascular Drugs Increases as COVID-19 Cases Soar

by Samantha McGrail

Premier Inc recently found that drug shortages to treat cardiovascular conditions have increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a press release.  For more coronavirus updates, visit...

Merck Reports Decrease in Pharmaceutical Revenue Due to COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

Merck estimates that the novel coronavirus outbreak will decrease the company’s 2020 revenues by over $2 billion as social distancing and other precautions impact business, according to the...

Sanofi Scores FDA Approval for Quadrivalent Meningitis Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

Sanofi recently announced that FDA approved a biologics license application for a MenQuadfi meningococcal (Groups A, C, Y, W) conjugate vaccine for the prevention of meningitis in individuals two...

Johnson & Johnson Expands Manufacturing of Lead COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) recently announced a collaboration between Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Emergent BioSolutions to support the manufacturing of its lead investigational COVID-19 vaccine...

Bristol Myers Squibb, Exelixis Drug Combo Helping Kidney Cancer

by Samantha McGrail

Bristol Myers Squibb and Exelixis Inc recently announced that CheckMate- 9ER, a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating two drugs, showed positive results against untreated kidney cancer...

Pfizer, BioNTech Team Up to Advance COVID-19 Vaccine Development

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer and BioNTech recently disclosed additional details on their COVID-19 vaccine development plans through BioNTech’s and mRNA vaccine program. For more coronavirus updates, visit...

Novartis Donates 130M Doses of Hydroxychloroquine to Combat COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

Novartis recently announced its commitment to donate up to 130 million doses of generic hydroxychloroquine, a potential COVID-19 treatment.  For more coronavirus updates, visit our resource...

Sanofi, GSK Partner to Develop Adjuvanted COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

Sanofi and GSK recently announced that they signed a letter of intent to develop an adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine.  For more coronavirus updates, visit our resource page, updated twice daily...

COVID-19 Spurs Eli Lilly to Drop Insulin Costs to $35 a Month

by Samantha McGrail

Eli Lilly and Company recently launched a program allowing anyone with or without commercial insurance to fill their monthly prescription of Lilly insulin for $35, boosting patient access to insulin...

NIH Launches Clinical Trial of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

A clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of hospitalized adult COVID-19 patients has begun, according to a recent press release from the National...

Henry Ford to Study Use of Hydroxychloroquine to Prevent COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

Henry Ford Health System will lead the first large-scale study in the US to determine the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in preventing COVID-19 among healthcare workers and first...

ASHP Demands More Manufacturing of Ventilator Drugs for COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) recently called on the Trump Administration to address shortages of supportive ventilator drugs as COVID-19 continues to infect more...

New Study Finds Significant Cost Savings from Biosimilars Use

by Samantha McGrail

When matched for all characteristics, two biosimilars showed significant cost savings for large US employers, according to researchers from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins...