Myovant Sciences’ stock rocketed on news that the company was partnering with Pfizer to develop and commercialize Orgovyx (relugolix) for prostate cancer and women’s health.
The United States recorded more than 15,000 deaths from Covid-19 and over 1.2 million new cases for the week ended Dec. 27, though those numbers may be artificially low due to reporting gaps over the Christmas holiday.
Novavax Inc. started a large late-stage study of the company’s experimental Covid-19 vaccine in the United States after delaying the trial twice due to issues in scaling up the manufacturing process.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Dec. 27 reported 18,909,910 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 179,104 cases from the CDC’s previous count, and said deaths rose by 1,309 to 330,901.
New York State Health officials are investigating a Brooklyn-based healthcare provider on suspicion it violated state guidelines for distribution of Covid-19 vaccine.
Facing a backlog in administering coronavirus vaccines, U.S. states are asking medical and nursing students, and even firefighters, to help give the shots and free up healthcare workers battling a raging pandemic at overcrowded hospitals.
Tennessee emerged alongside California on Dec. 23 as an epicenter of the latest Covid-19 surge even while more than 1 million Americans have been vaccinated as U.S. political leaders sought to guard against a highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across Britain.
In the United States during the week ended Dec. 20, someone died from Covid-19 every 33 seconds.
The U.S. Congress approved an $892 billion coronavirus aid package, throwing a lifeline to the nation’s pandemic-battered economy after months of inaction, while also keeping the federal government funded.
The first injections of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine started to be administered on Dec. 21 after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) on Dec. 18.
