The EMA has started a rolling review of Merck & Co and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics' much-anticipated oral antiviral molnupiravir as a treatment for COVID-19 in adults.
FDA advisors will meet later today discuss the possibility of authorising Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty in children as young as five years old.
The FDA has authorised booster shots with Moderna and Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccines, a month after giving the go-ahead to a third-dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s shot.
High demand for COVID-19 diagnostics driven by the delta variant has led to rocketing sales at Roche's diagnostics division, allowing the company to raise its sales forecast for the year.
Johnson & Johnson has been offering its COVID-19 vaccine for sale on a no-profit basis since it became available, but is thinking about a possible switch to a standard commercial model