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click here CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid now scheduling Pfizer vaccine appointments for adolescents Roche CEO Schwan joins chorus of pharma execs blasting COVID patent waiver UPDATED Coronavirus tracker: CDC relaxes mask mandates for fully vaccinated Feds stop sending Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 cocktail to Illinois on concerns of P.1 variant Merck, GSK and Pfizer vaccines get a boost as CDC lifts two-week restriction on pandemic shots Plane ticket? Check. Passport? Check. COVID Test? Abbott and United Airlines have it covered Staring down huge pandemic inspection backlog, FDA lays out 'roadmap' to get back on track Portable test maker Cue Health nets $235M to pivot back to a post-COVID world COVID-19 tracker: China backs controversial vaccine IP waiver Featured Story | By Paige Minemyer Now that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine has secured approval to be administered to kids aged 12 to 15, major retail pharmacies are adjusting their policies to make the shots quickly available. read more |
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Top Stories By Noah Higgins-Dunn Roche CEO Severin Schwan has joined the list of pharma executives rejecting a U.S.-backed measure that would waive patent protections for COVID-19 products, saying in an interview with the Financial Times that the idea is "counterproductive." read more By Healthcare Staff Follow along with the latest COVID-19 news straight from the Fierce Healthcare team. read more By Eric Sagonowsky Throughout the long pandemic response, pharma companies and federal authorities have at times had to navigate challenges arising from new variants. Vaccines and monoclonal antibodies have largely remained effective, but now authorities are pausing distribution of Eli Lilly’s combo cocktail in one state over concerns of a specific variant. read more By Noah Higgins-Dunn The CDC is doing away with its suggestion that people wait two weeks before or after getting a COVID-19 shot before receiving another vaccine for a different condition, a rule that many Big Pharma players blamed for reducing sales during the first quarter of the year. read more By Andrea Park The friendly skies just got a bit more COVID-friendly. A new partnership between United Airlines and Abbott will offer international travelers a much more streamlined approach to obtaining the negative COVID test required to enter the U.S. read more By Fraiser Kansteiner As the pandemic disrupted normal operations last year, the FDA accrued a massive backlog of facility inspections. Now, the agency is laying the groundwork to get its site reviews back on track. read more By Conor Hale The recent Fierce 15 winner attracted new private investments to spin its portable COVID tests into a broader menu of point-of-need diagnostics. read more By Noah Higgins-Dunn,Kevin Dunleavy,Fraiser Kansteiner The CDC says fully vaccinated Americans can take off their masks in most indoor and outdoor settings without the need for social distancing. China has backed a controversial proposal to waive patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines. Feds halt shipments of Lilly’s combo cocktail to Illinois amid variant concerns. And more headlines. read more |
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