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FDA expert panel endorses idea of removing a component from flu vaccine

STAT

The Food and Drug Administration’s expert vaccine advisory panel on Thursday unanimously endorsed the idea of taking a strain of influenza viruses that no longer appears to circulate out of flu shots as quickly as possible, pressing the FDA and manufacturers to try to get the work done on an expedited timeline. Read the rest…

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FDA advisory panel recommends a streamlined flu vaccine for next fall

STAT

When Americans line up for flu vaccines next fall, they will almost certainly be getting vaccines that no longer contain protection against a family of flu viruses that appears to be extinct.

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STAT+: Pfizer says 2024 profits will fall far below expectations

STAT

Pfizer said Wednesday that its 2024 profits would fall far below investor expectations, leading shares to tumble 7% in early trading. Its shares have fallen 45% and it has struggled to maintain the momentum it achieved during the pandemic with the development of one of two widely used Covid vaccines and a Covid treatment, Paxlovid.

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JCVI announces advice for 2024 spring COVID-19 vaccine programme

Pharma Times

The committee has advised that the vaccine should be given to those at the highest risk

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Japan approves updated Covid-19 vaccine to tackle JN.1 variant

Pharmaceutical Technology

Distribution of the self-amplifying mRNA vaccine Kostaive is set to align with a planned October 2024 Covid-19 vaccination campaign.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Vaxcyte vaccine, Ozempic shortages, and more

STAT

… With new vaccine data released on Tuesday, Vaxcyte emerged as one of biotechnology’s hottest David-vs.-Goliath Goliath stories as the company seeks to challenge one of Pfizer’s biggest franchises: the Prevnar vaccine against pneumococcal disease , STAT tells us.

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STAT+: Life science leaders on how to make drug development less expensive, slow, and risky

STAT

A panel of biomedical experts at the Milken Institute 2024 Global Conference on Monday pointed to recent scientific breakthroughs as examples of what is possible, from the development of mRNA vaccines to the first-ever CRISPR-based therapy to receive regulatory approval.