The company pleaded guilty to concealing and destroying records prior to a 2013 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plant inspection, the Department of Justice said
The US government issued simplified rules for developers of coronavirus tests to promote serial screening, a process in which the same individual is tested multiple times within a few days
Panel of external experts endorse vaccine use with a resounding 20-0 vote
A panel of outside advisers to the FDA on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to endorse emergency use of the vaccine, paving the way for the agency to authorize the shot
A US government advisory panel has endorsed Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign that could finally conquer the outbreak.
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and BioNTech <22UAy.DE> could secure emergency U.S. and European authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine next month after final trial results showed it had a 95% success rate and no serious side effects, the drugmakers said on Wednesday.
Important scientific announcements are usually made through peer-reviewed medical research papers, not company press releases
A panel of outside advisers to the US FDA voted that a potential Alzheimer's treatment from Biogen has not been proven to slow the progression of the disease
The company believes that the warning letter will have minimum impact of disruption of supplies and the existing revenues from operations of this facility
The FDA may issue final rules in coming days for issuing an emergency-use authorisation for a coronavirus vaccine.
But the administration has also offered timelines for a vaccine that fly in the face of almost every experience in pharmaceutical history
Like the rest of US, Gates, who is 64, is now in the unfamiliar position of having to put his faith in the companies working on Covid-19 treatments and vaccines, not the agency that regulates them
The Trump administration has exerted relentless political pressure on public health officials to approve a vaccine quickly, with the president pushing for a vaccine by Election Day
Drug firm Zydus Cadila said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market diabetes drug, Empagliflozin and Linagliptin tablets, in the US market
Drug firm Strides Pharma Science on Thursday said it has received approval from the US health regulator for generic Prednisone tablets used as an anti-inflammatory medication. Strides Pharma Global Pte Ltd, Singapore, company's step-down wholly owned subsidiary, has received approval for Prednisone tablets USP in the strength of 1 mg from the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA), Strides Pharma Science said in a filing to the BSE. The product is a generic version of Schering Corporation's Meticorten tablets in the same strength, it added. The product will be manufactured at the company's facility at Bengaluru and will be marketed by Strides Pharma Inc in the US market,the filing said. According to IQVIA MAT July 2020 data, the US market for Prednisone tablets USP 1 mg is approximately USD 12 million (about Rs 88 crore), it added. Prednisone belongs to a class of drugs known as corticosteroids and is used as an anti-inflammatory or an immunosuppressant medication. It i
Scientists associated with the project said the FDA-registered non-prescription over the counter (OTC) ointment has been proven to prevent, treat and kill viral infections including coronavirus
The antiviral drug has been at the forefront of the battle against the pandemic after the FDA granted it emergency use authorization (EUA) in May
Multiple myeloma is the second most common form of blood cancer in the US and is generally considered treatable, but not curable
The drug Breztri Aerosphere is being approved as a maintenance treatment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the third leading cause of death globally
The US Administration launched in May Operation Warp Speed, a joint project of Health and Defense Departments, which aims to deliver 300 million doses of a vaccine for Covid-19 by January 2021