White House signed a deal with Pfizer for Covid-19 Treatment Pills worth $5.9 Billion

White House signed a deal with Pfizer for Covid-19 Treatment Pills worth $5.9 Billion

The White House administration will pay nearly $5.3 billion to drug-maker Pfizer for 10 million treatment courses of its potential COVID-19 treatment after the approval from regulators. Pfizer asked the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to authorize the experimental pill, called Paxlovid. The company said earlier this month that Paxlovid cut the risk of hospitalization […]

FDA to approve Moderna Vaccine Booster Shots for Americans

FDA to approve Moderna Vaccine Booster Shots for Americans

On Thursday, an outside panel of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine experts is scheduled to vote on Moderna’s request to roll out booster shots of its COVID-19 vaccine for adults vaccinated at least 6 months ago. The vote will follow a meeting expected to last several hours discussing the safety and the need for […]

President Biden called on US Employers to require Vaccination for their Employees

President Biden called on US Employers to require Vaccination for their Employees

US President Joe Biden called on US employers to require the Covid-19 vaccine for their employees. His statement came on the day that the Food and Drug Administration announced its full approval for Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for Americans as young as 16. It marks the first Covid-19 vaccine to receive full FDA approval. […]

President Biden to Approve Covid-19 Vaccine Essential for US Troops

President Biden to Approve Covid-19 Vaccine Essential for US Troops

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a memo and said he will ask the president to approve the Covid-19 vaccine a requirement by mid-September. He said, “I have every confidence that Service leadership and your commanders will implement this new vaccination program with professionalism, skill, and compassion”. Austin said he will need the president’s […]

United States to export 20M Vaccine Doses around the world

United States to export 20M Vaccine Doses around the World

On Monday, a senior US administration official said that President Joe Biden announced the US will share an additional 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines with the world in the coming 6 weeks. Biden said those doses would come from existing US production of Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine stocks. He said, “We […]

Pfizer to announce Single-pill Treatment for Covid-19

Pfizer to announce Single-pill Treatment for Covid-19

Pfizer is a famous drug manufacturer and currently testing a single-pill treatment for COVID-19. The drug will be available during the current year after its final trials. The new drug will be called PF-07321332, but it is currently in a Phase One clinical trial with healthy adults. The Telegraph also reported that the protease inhibitor […]

Jeff Zients says Biden plans to increase the momentum of Covid-19 Vaccinations

Jeff Zients says Biden plans to increase the momentum of Covid-19 Vaccinations

Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose inoculation joins Pfizer and Moderna’s two-dose vaccines for use in the United States. This weekend to be marked the addition of a third COVID-19 vaccine to America’s arsenal against the pandemic. The scientific advancements have been plagued by bad weather, bad logistics, and bad information in getting shots into people’s arms. […]