Vaccinations & Immunizations

Real-World Evidence Confirms Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness

by Samantha McGrail

The Israel Ministry of Health (MoH), Pfizer, and BioNTech recently shared real-world evidence showing that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, BNT162b2, elicited lower incidence rates of coronavirus...

UK and EU Reaffirm Safety of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) recently reaffirmed the benefits of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine. The agencies stated that...

PhRMA Seeks IP Protections for COVID-19 Vaccine Developments

by Samantha McGrail

In an official letter to President Joe Biden, PhRMA and over 30 leaders in the biopharmaceutical warned that eliminating intellectual property (IP) protections in COVID-19 vaccine development could...

RNA-Based Vaccine May Fully Immunize Against Malaria

by Samantha McGrail

Researchers recently developed a promising new blueprint for an RNA-based vaccine for malaria, which contains similar properties as the novel RNA COVID-19 vaccines.  Novartis Pharmaceutical and...

GE Gets $41M to Accelerate Vaccine Manufacturing, Distribution

by Samantha McGrail

GE Research and a multi-disciplinary team are receiving up to $41 million over the next five years to boost nucleic acid-based vaccine manufacturing and distribution.  The Defense Advanced...

Merck to Manufacture Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine for US

by Samantha McGrail

The Biden Administration recently announced a historic collaboration between Johnson & Johnson and Merck to expand production of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine,...

AstraZeneca Furthers COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Through COVAX

by Samantha McGrail

AstraZeneca recently announced that the first doses of its COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX initiative have begun arriving in low and middle-income countries globally.  The first shipments were...

CDC Advisors Recommend Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

Johnson & Johnson recently announced that the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine under the recent FDA emergency use...

Moderna Ships Doses of Variant-Specific COVID-19 Vaccine to NIH

by Samantha McGrail

Moderna recently announced that it has shipped doses of its variant-specific COVID-19 vaccine candidate to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a Phase 1 clinical trial. NIAID will conduct the...

Pfizer, BioNTech Submit COVID-19 Vaccine Stability Data to FDA

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer and BioNTech recently announced the submission of new data to FDA demonstrating the stability of their COVID-19 vaccine when stored at higher temperatures.  Specifically, the...

Additional Moderna Investments to Boost COVID-19 Vaccine Output

by Samantha McGrail

Moderna recently announced that it is making new capital investments to increase global manufacturing capacity of its COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273.  The company will make investments to increase...

Pfizer to Study COVID-19 Vaccine in Pregnant Women

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer and BioNTech recently announced that the first participants have been dosed in a global Phase 2/3 study to further evaluate their COVID-19 vaccine in healthy pregnant women. The randomized,...

FDA Issues New Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccine Developers

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently issued three guidance documents for COVID-19 vaccine developers and other medical product creators covering to address the current and potential future emergence of variants of...

FDA Authorizes Johnson & Johnson’s Single-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

FDA has issued an emergency use authorization for a third COVID-19 vaccine to Johnson & Johnson, which will be distributed in the US for use in individuals 18 years of age and older.  The...

Flu Vaccine Patterns Hint To Effective COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Promise of the world returning to normal hinges on COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Talk of herd immunity has given people hope that large gatherings, indoor dining, and sporting events will once again become a part of everyday life, or at least...

FDA Analysis Finds J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine Safe, Effective

by Samantha McGrail

A recent FDA analysis found that Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine met requirements for emergency use authorization.  The data submitted to FDA by the pharmaceutical company was from...

GSK Doses First Patient in Phase 3 Study of RSV Vaccine Candidate

by Samantha McGrail

GSK recently announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 3 clinical program investigating the immunogenicity, safety, and reactogenicity of a RSV vaccine candidate for older...

HHS, DoD Buy 100M More Doses of Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines

by Samantha McGrail

HHS and the Department of Defense (DoD) recently purchased an additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from both Pfizer and Moderna to boost vaccine supply in the US. The recent order brings...

HHS Releases New Actions to Expand COVID-19 Testing Across the US

by Samantha McGrail

HHS recently announced new actions to expand COVID-19 testing capacity across the US as part of President Joe Biden’s National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness. The...

WHO Grants Emergency Use to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently granted AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine emergency use listing (EUL) for active immunization to prevent coronavirus in individuals 18 years of age and...