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UK government rubberstamps millions of extra COVID vaccines

The UK government has placed a 114 million-dose order with Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna – sufficient to provide two doses to every person in Britain – in a bid to future-proof against COVID-

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Merck's oral COVID drug squeaks past FDA advisory committee

An FDA advisory committee voted by 13 to 10 to recommend emergency-use authorisation for Merck & Co and Ridgeback's oral antiviral molnupiravir for mild-to-moderate COVID-19, saying it

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Truepill preps launch of virtual COVID-19 service for oral a...

Telehealth, diagnostics and pharmacy business Truepill will launch a new virtual care platform in the coming weeks that it says will provide "end-to-end" care for people with COVID-19.

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GSK poaches Pfizer exec Dormitzer as new vaccines R&D chief

GlaxoSmithKline has found a replacement for head of vaccines R&D Emmanuel Hanon, who left the company for a US biotech earlier this year, hiring Phil Dormitzer from Pfizer.

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Pharma pledges rapid response to Omicron COVID variant

With governments around the world announcing measures to curb the new B.1.1.529 variant of COVID-19 – now christened Omicron – leading vaccine manufacturers have said they are poised to dev

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