Healthcare providers – including CVS Health Corp. – are kicking off flu vaccinations early, ordering extra shots and aiming to add tests that check for both the annual flu and COVID-19, pharmacy executives and experts told Reuters.

Critically ill Covid-19 patients recovered rapidly from respiratory failure after three days of treatment with RLF-100, a therapy granted fast-track designation in the United States, two drug companies said on Sunday.

Merck is spinning off products from the company’s Women’s Health, Legacy Brands and Biosimilars businesses.

Prospects for AstraZeneca’s respiratory treatments business improved as a three-drug inhaler was shown to ease smoker’s lung and U.S. regulators granted the company’s injectable asthma drug Fasenra special status for a rare lung condition.

Research from three clinical trials supports that Sarepta Therapeutics’ Exondys 51 slows respiratory decline in DMD.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced FDA approval of two products for adolescent and adult patients with asthma: AirDuo RespiClick and ArmonAir RespiClick.

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