Vaccination
EU watchdog backs Pfizer booster for children over 12
The EU's medicines watchdog on Thursday recommended that Pfizer/BioNTech's anti-COVID booster vaccine be approved for children aged 12 and older.
Feb 24, 2022
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Vaccination
EU taps Moderna for more COVID variant jabs
The EU said Tuesday is has struck an agreement with Moderna to delay deliveries of COVID vaccines in order to boost the likelihood of receiving jabs against Omicron variants.
Aug 9, 2022
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Vaccination
Sanofi and GSK to provide 72 million vaccine doses to Canada
French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi and Britain's GSK have promised up to 72 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate to the Canadian government, which has already signed similar agreements with several American companies.
Sep 22, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EU agrees common virus rules in bid to end travel chaos
EU members agreed Friday on a method to determine safe travel destinations within Europe, hoping to unify the bloc's haphazard patchwork of travel restrictions due to Covid-19.
Oct 9, 2020
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Other
EU greenlights GSK-Pfizer joint venture
The EU on Wednesday approved the merger of the consumer healthcare activities of pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer that produce over-the-counter medicines.
Jul 10, 2019
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Vaccination
EU watchdog backs GSK's RSV vaccine for over 60s
The European Union's drug watchdog has recommended approval of pharmaceutical giant GSK's vaccine against the RSV respiratory virus for over-60s, the British firm said on Thursday.
Apr 27, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EU watchdog says 'no answer' if Omicron-specific jab needed
There is "no answer yet" on whether vaccine makers will have to adapt their COVID shots to counter the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant, Europe's medicines watchdog chief said on Tuesday.
Dec 21, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EU approves smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox
The European Commission has approved a smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox after the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency, the Danish drugmaker that developed the jab said on Monday.
Jul 25, 2022
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Medications
Roche applies to market COVID antibody treatment in EU
Swiss pharma giant Roche on Monday applied to market its anti-COVID-19 cocktail in the European Union, the bloc's medicines watchdog said, the final step before it can be released to the continent.
Oct 11, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monkeypox: The next global vaccine equity failure?
Inequitable access to COVID-19 vaccines has turned out to be the catastrophic moral failure the World Health Organization's director-general warned about at the beginning of 2021.
Aug 30, 2022
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