Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Approved by Singapore
Singapore has become the first Asian country that has approved the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as it begins its efforts in implementing its immunization program. The first shipment of Moderna’s vaccine is expected sometime around March. Currently, 175,000 of Singapore’s...
FDA Places Interim Process to Communicate Issues Found During Record Reviews
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has outlined an interim process for drug developers to relay any problems identified during record reviews instead of, or in advance of, preapproval inspections. Their responses will be taken into consideration before action...
Sputnik V Vaccine Efficacy Validated by Peer Review
Despite facing much public scrutiny for rushing the Sputnik V vaccine, the efficacy of Russia’s vaccine has been validated in a peer-reviewed study that was published in The Lancet. The Lancet published an interim analysis of Phase III data that Sputnik V has...
FDA Grants Approval for ADMA BioCenters Plasma Collection Facility
ADMA Biologics announced today (2/1) that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for the ADMA BioCenters Plasma Collection Facility in Knoxville, Tennessee. Adam Grossman, President and Chief Executive Officer of ADMA, stated, “The approval...
EMA Approves AstraZeneca and University of Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine
The European Medicine’s Agency (EMA) announced today (1/29) it’s approval of the AstraZeneca and University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine. The approval marks the third vaccine passed by the EMA. The vaccine is administered as two doses, with the second coming between 4...
FDA Places Mexican Hand Sanitizers on Import Alert
For the first time in history, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a countrywide import alert for all hand sanitizers from Mexico due to concerns of methanol contamination. Hand sanitizers that are contaminated with methanol are known to result in a...