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COVID-19 booster to be made available to those over 75 and high risk adults and children

Around 7.2 million people living in the UK aged over 75 – having already had their primary course of COVID-19 vaccines – will be eligible for the booster

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Eli Lilly’s Omicron drug treatment gets emergency use authorisation from FDA

The drug can be used to treat adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, and children aged 12 or older, in specific emergency cases in non-hospital settings

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WHO issues prequalification for Roche’s Actemra/RoActemra for severe or critical COVID-19

The prequalification confirms the treatment meets WHO’s standards for quality, effectiveness and safety

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Merck and Ridgeback fulfil US deal for molnupiravir

Over three million courses of the investigational oral antiviral COVID-19 treatment have been supplied

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Celltrion submits application for inhaled COVID-19 antibody treatment

A global phase 3 clinical study will evaluate the inhaled antibody cocktail treatment for patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms

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Six million patients affected by delay to NHS England’s plans to address COVID-19 backlog

UK’s health and social care secretary Sajid Javid said that the number of patients on these hospital waiting lists would increase before beginning to fall

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MHRA issues CMA for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

Nuvaxovid offers up to 89% protection against COVID-19

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New Omicron subvariant appears more transmissible but no more severe than original Omicron strain

The new subvariant is already emerging as a dominant strain in Denmark, the Philippines, Nepal, Qatar and India

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Pfizer’s Paxlovid receives positive opinion from CHMP

If authorised, the drug would be the first COVID-19 oral treatment recommended in the EU

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Moderna begins phase 2 trial of Omicron-specific booster

The study will include two groups, with approximately 300 people in each group

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Pfizer and BioNTech start clinical trial for Omicron-based COVID-19 vaccine

The clinical trial involves adults aged 18 to 55 who received an Omicron-based vaccine candidate as part of a two-dose primary series, as well as a booster

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FDA restricts use of certain antibody treatments for COVID-19

The restrictions reflect recent data that shows these antibodies are not effective against the Omicron variant

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