Tag: FDA
Nasal swab tests slower at detecting Omicron infections; Expert
According to an infectious disease expert, swabbing the nose with a rapid antigen test will not reliably detect the Omicron variant in the first...
UAE becomes the world’s second country that uses Lumakras to beat...
The UAE has become the second country in the world to use a key Lung cancer drug, Lumakras following the approval of the US...
At-Home COVID-19 Test Kit; Amazon subsidiary gains US FDA approval
The American eCommerce giant Amazon has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a COVID-19 test developed by its subsidiary STS...
J&J COVID-19 vaccine gets backing from FDA advisory panel
US-based Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) single-shot coronavirus vaccine has been unanimously backed by a key Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel for emergency...
Could 1 COVID-19 dose be enough? Researchers ponder over Pfizer’s higher...
US-based multinational drugmaker Pfizer could see its COVID-19 vaccine co-developed with its German counterpart BioNTech, be administered only once during mass vaccination drives as...
US FDA approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the US has approved the emergency usage of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for 6 million...
US FDA grants emergency use approval for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which has shown 95 percent efficacy and the...
US FDA approves use of monoclonal antibody to treat COVID-19
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given emergency use approval for a monoclonal antibody developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc’, an experimental treatment...
