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STAT+: FDA cancels vaccine advisory committee meeting

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The Food and Drug Administration canceled an upcoming vaccine advisory committee meeting to discuss influenza virus strains, according to committee member Paul Offit.  “Vaccine makers look to this meeting to determine which strains to include in this year’s vaccine.

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CDC advisory panel backs changes to Covid vaccination policy

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An expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccination policy informally endorsed a plan Wednesday to offer an additional Covid-19 booster shot to people 65 and older as well as people who are immunocompromised, and to simplify the Covid vaccine schedule.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Sanofi licensing Novavax’s Covid shot, Moderna’s RSV vaccine, and more

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… Novavax, the beleaguered maker of a Covid-19 vaccine, just got a boost of its own , STAT writes. The French pharma company Sanofi on Friday said it had reached a licensing deal to sell Novavax’s Covid shot going forward as well as to try to combine the vaccine with Sanofi’s own flu shot.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: South Africa ‘bullied’ into one-sided Covid vaccine deals; Astellas drops Medicare price-negotiation suit

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I learned today from TikTok — burgeoning hub of reliable information that it is — that you can deep-fry coffee beans instead of roasting them, to “soft and almost buttery and rich” results. … South Africa was “bullied” into one-sided deals with Covid-19 vaccine suppliers, STAT reports.

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Regulators questioned integrity of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, leaked files show

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European regulators questioned the integrity of early batches of Pfizer/BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine, although the matter was resolved before approval, according to information leaked online following a cyberattack. Early commercial batches of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine had lower than expected levels of intact mRNA.

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Quarter of all Covid vaccines administered in community pharmacies

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Almost two-thirds (62%) of Covid-19 vaccines were administered in community pharmacies in December 2023, according to the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA).

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IBM-led group wins German contract for digital vaccine passport

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Germany has awarded a tender to a consortium led by IBM to develop a secure app that will provide a digital version of the country’s paper vaccine certificates. IBM has already developed a Digital Health Pass that is being trialled in the US as a health passport, capturing COVID-19 test results, temperature scans and vaccine records.

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