Feb. 8, 2021 – With growing concern about the spread of new COVID-19 variants, companies developing vaccine modifications will not have to “start at square one,” according to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock, M.D.. Because of early indications that the initial vaccines may have lower effectiveness against one or more of […]
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Nov. 30, 2020 – Job one for President-elect Joe Biden is the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which will represent a “marked difference in energy and tone” than that offered by the current administration and likely will include a new FDA Commissioner as well as the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines, according to Kate Rawson, senior […]
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Aug. 20, 2020 – The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) ability to approve new drugs while juggling new responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be exceeding expectations, with the agency approving 36 novel drugs to date in 2020, an increase from the 24 new molecular entities (NMEs) approved by this date in 2019 (with […]
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