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Pfizer, BioNTech prep low-dose COVID jab filing for kids age...

With positive phase 2/3 results for their COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty in hand for the five to 11 age group, Pfizer and BioNTech are planning to move swiftly ahead with a filing for emergency

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NICE backs Cosentyx' use in thousands of children with psori...

NICE has recommended broadening NHS use of Novartis' IL-17 inhibitor Cosentyx to include children aged six to 17 with severe plaque psoriasis.

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NICE rejects Orchard's gene therapy for rare childhood disea...

Orchard Therapeutics' gene therapy for rare childhood disease metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) Libmeldy has been rejected for NHS use by NICE in draft guidance.

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After FDA rejection, EU says yes to Sanofi's Aubagio in kids...

Sanofi's Aubagio has become the first oral therapy approved for first-line use in children and adolescents with multiple sclerosis in the EU, a few days after the same indication was turned

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Gilead will test remdesivir in children with COVID-19

Gilead Sciences has said it will start trials soon of its antiviral drug remdesivir in children – from newborns to adolescents – who have moderate-to-severe COVID-19.

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