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US government to pay $5.3bn for Pfizer‘s Paxlovid

If approved by the FDA, the US government will purchase 10 million courses of Pfizer’s anti-COVID protease inhibitor antiviral therapy, Paxlovid, this year and into 2022

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UK expands COVID-19 vaccine plans as winter approaches

The UK government will offer a booster dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to all adults aged 40 and a second Pfizer/BioNTech shot for 16- and 17-year-olds

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US President Biden nominates Robert Califf as FDA commissioner

Biden said Califf has both the experience and expertise to lead the FDA “during a critical time in our nation’s fight” against the coronavirus pandemic

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Regeneron’s COVID-19 antibody cocktail approved in Europe

Ronapreve (REGEN-COV in the US) has been approved for non-hospitalised, at-risk patients and for prevention of COVID-19

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AstraZeneca signs for-profit agreements for its COVID-19 vaccine

The for-profit deals are aimed to ‘progressively transition the vaccine to modest profitability’ as COVID-19 moves from a pandemic to an endemic disease

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Valneva strikes European COVID-19 vaccine deal

The European Union intends to purchase up to 60 million doses of Valneva’s its inactivated COVID-19 vaccine VLA2001 by the end of 2023

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Moderna clashes with US government over COVID-19 vaccine

A year-long wrangle with the US government over who invented a core component of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine could have far-reaching implications

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Regeneron’s antibody cocktail REGEN-COV offers sustained protection against COVID-19

The drug is shown to give sustained protection against COVID-19, cutting the risk of infection by more than 80% for up to eight months

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Pfizer’s oral antiviral Paxlovid significantly cuts risk of severe COVID-19

Pfizer has halted its phase 2/3 trial of its new antiviral combo Paxlovid after analysis shows it cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death from COVID-19 by nearly 90%

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UK’s MHRA approves first oral antiviral against COVID-19

Merck's Lagevrio has been approved for people with mild to moderate COVID-19 and at least one risk factor for developing severe illness

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Gilead sales rise by 13%, buoyed by anti-COVID-19 drug Veklury

The company has had a ‘very strong’ third quarter in spite of a sharp decline in its HIV portfolio due to generic competition

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WHITE PAPER: Gender inequality—how COVID-19 impacted women

In this edition of MAGNIFI, we take a closer look into global gender inequality and how the pandemic has disproportionately impacted women. We ask—what can be done to level-up women...

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