Vaccinations & Immunizations

Moderna Doses the First Participant in Study of CMV mRNA Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

Moderna recently dosed the first participant in the Phase 3 pivotal registration study of its cytomegalovirus (CMV) mRNA vaccine candidate, mRNA-1647. The CMVictory study will evaluate the safety and...

FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Children

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently granted emergency use authorization to Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children five through 11 years of age. The agency based its decision on data from a Phase 2/3...

Two Doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Effective in Children

by Samantha McGrail

Moderna recently announced that two doses of its COVID-19 vaccine showed a robust neutralizing antibody response in children six to under 12 years of age.  The Phase 2/3 KidCOVE randomized...

Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose 95.6% Effective

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer and BioNTech recently announced that their COVID-19 vaccine booster was 95.6 percent effective in individuals compared to placebo.    The randomized, controlled Phase 3 trial...

FDA Authorizes Moderna, J&J Booster COVID-19 Vaccine Dose

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently granted emergency use authorization to both the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson respective COVID-19 vaccine booster doses.  The agency specifically approved Moderna’s booster...

FDA Recommends Booster Dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) recently recommended a booster dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273, at the 50 microgram...

FDA Recommends Authorization For J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine Booster

by Samantha McGrail

FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) recently recommended emergency use authorization for a booster dose of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine. VRBPAC...

WHO Recommends Broad Roll-Out of GSK’s Malaria Vaccine For Children

by Samantha McGrail

GSK recently welcomed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendation for the broader development of GSK’s RTS, S malaria vaccine to reduce childhood illness and deaths from malaria in...

Moderna to Build State-of-the-Art mRNA Facility in Africa

by Samantha McGrail

Moderna recently announced that it will build a state-of-the-art mRNA facility in Africa to produce up to 500 million doses of vaccines annually at the 50 microgram dose level. The company will invest...

J&J’s Chief Scientific Officer Paul Stoffels Announces Retirement

by Samantha McGrail

Johnson & Johnson recently announced that Paul Stoffels, MD, current vice-chairman of the executive committee and chief scientific officer of Johnson & Johnson, will retire at the end of...

J&J Submits Data to FDA to Support COVID-19 Vaccine Booster

by Samantha McGrail

Johnson & Johnson recently submitted data to the FDA to support its COVID-19 vaccine booster shot in adults 18 and older. The submission includes results from the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE study, which...

Pfizer Submits Data to FDA For COVID-19 Vaccine in Children

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer and BioNTech recently submitted data to FDA from the Phase 2/3 clinical trial of their COVID-19 vaccine in children five to 11 years of age.   Last week, the companies announced that...

COVID-19 Treatment Remdesivir Reduces Hospitalizations by 87%

by Samantha McGrail

Gilead recently announced that a three-day course of its COVID-19 treatment, remdesivir, elicited an 87 percent reduction in risk for the composite primary endpoint of COVID-19-related hospitalization...

FDA Authorizes Booster Dose of Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently amended the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to allow for a single booster dose six months after completing the primary series.  In December 2020,...

Second Dose of J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine 94% Effective

by Samantha McGrail

Johnson & Johnson recently announced that a booster shot of its COVID-19 vaccine elicited 94 percent protection against coronavirus in a Phase 3 clinical trial.  The largest real-world...

J&J’s Ebola Vaccine Generates Robust Antibody Responses

by Samantha McGrail

Johnson & Johnson recently announced that its Ebola vaccine regimen, Zabdeno and Mvabea, generated robust antibody immune responses in children and adults.  The Phase 3 EBOVAC-Salone clinical...

Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Effective in Pediatric Patients

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer and BioNTech recently announced that two doses of their COVID-19 vaccine elicited neutralizing antibody responses in pediatric patients in a Phase 2/3 clinical trial.   In the trial,...

Providers Hopeful of Immunotherapy to Treat Early-Stage Cancer

by Samantha McGrail

Many experts expect immunotherapy to positively impact the treatment landscape for patients with earlier-stage cancers in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and perioperative settings, according to a new...

Resilience to Manufacture mRNA for Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

National Resilience recently entered into a multi-year agreement with Moderna to manufacture drug substance mRNA for its COVID-19 vaccine.  Resilience is a manufacturing and technology company...

Pfizer Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Trial of RSV Vaccine in Adults

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer recently initiated a Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety of a single dose of its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate in adults. The...