Pfizer and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced today that the European Commission (EC) has granted a conditional marketing authorization (CMA) to Pfizer and BioNTech for COMIRNATY® (also known as BNT162b2), for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, in individuals 16 years of age and older.
Moderna’s mRNA-1273 vaccine has been granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the prevention of Covid-19.
Moderna, a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, confirmed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) recommended that the FDA grant an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273. 20 VRBPAC members recommended for EUA, 0 members voted against, and 1 abstained.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Benlysta (belimumab) to treat adult patients with active lupus nephritis (LN) who are securing standard therapy.
Xentria, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel biologics and biosimilars to address unmet clinical needs, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for its intravenous TNF-α inhibitor, XTMAB-16, for the treatment of sarcoidosis.
Acceleron Pharma has secured orphan designation from the European Commission (EC) for its sotatercept to treat patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Novartis has secured approval from the European Commission (EC) for its Leqvio (inclisiran) to treat adults with hypercholesterolemia or mixed dyslipidemia.
Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the emergency use of the mRNA vaccine, BNT162b2, against COVID-19 in individuals 16 years of age or older.
Canada has approved Pfizer and BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 for the prevention of Covid-19.
Amgen has secured a breakthrough therapy designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its sotorasib to treat patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with KRAS G12C mutation.
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