Entries by Andrew Humphreys

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CDC chief: too soon to lift Covid-19 U.S. mask mandates

The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Feb. 14 it is “absolutely” too soon to lift mask mandates, citing daily Covid-19 case numbers that despite recent declines remain more than double the levels seen the summer of 2020.

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Israeli study finds 94% drop in symptomatic Covid-19 cases with Pfizer vaccine

Israel’s largest healthcare provider reported a 94% drop in symptomatic Covid-19 infections among 600,000 people who received two doses of Pfizer’s vaccine in the country’s biggest study to date.

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U.S. FDA Approves Panzyga for Treatment of Adults with CIDP

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer Inc.’s supplemental Biologics License Application for Panzyga to treat adult patients with a rare neurological disease of the peripheral nerves called chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).

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69 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines delivered, 48.4 million administered: U.S. CDC

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the agency had administered 48,410,558 doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the country as of the morning of Feb. 12 and delivered 69,014,725 doses.

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Court Rules Against Amgen PCSK9 Patent Claims Against Sanofi and Regeneron

In a long-running court battle over PCSK9 antibodies, Amgen lost the company’s bid to uphold patent claims for the cholesterol drug Repatha against rival drug Praluent, developed by Sanofi and Regeneron.