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Russia has approved the world’s first coronavirus vaccine, President Vladimir Putin announced Tuesday, prompting widespread concerns about the vaccine’s safety as it is only entering a late-stage clinical trial this week. Read More
China-based CanSino Biologics is preparing a phase 3 trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia, the country’s Ministry of Health has announced. Read More
Pfizer’s CEO Albert Bourla said that it is “highly likely” that the ongoing phase 3 trial of its mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate, BNT162, will show in October whether the vaccine is safe and effective — and said the company plans to seek the FDA’s approval the same month if the data support it. Read More
The NIH’s National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has launched a phase 3 trial of Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir with Merck’s anti-inflammatory drug Rebif (interferon-beta-1a) for the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Read More
As concerns mount over the FDA coming under undue pressure to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said again yesterday that the agency won’t take any shortcuts. Read More