Tag Archive for: respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Manufacturers of RSV immunizations will make an additional 230,000 doses available for infants in January, the White House said on Thursday, after U.S. government officials met with suppliers to discuss meeting demand during winter.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Pfizer’s (PFE.N) respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for use in women during the middle of the third trimester of pregnancy to protect their babies.

A panel of advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday will vote on whether to recommend the use of recently approved vaccines from Pfizer and GSK to prevent severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in older adults.

GSK on Wednesday said its vaccine for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which recently won EU approval, showed strong long-term protection in older adults in a late-stage trial.

Moderna Inc. said on Tuesday its closely watched flu vaccine did not meet the criteria for early success in a late-stage trial, sending its shares down nearly 5% premarket.

Sobi has announced a streamlining and simplification of the contractual economics for nirsevimab through a new royalty agreement with Sanofi and the termination of the participation agreement with AstraZeneca.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) circulation is showing signs of return to pre-pandemic seasonality in the U.S. after two years of irregular onsets and peaks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday.

In two papers published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, Pfizer touted positive Phase III data for its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate, showing high levels of protection for older adults and infants.

U.S. drugmaker Pfizer is ready to launch its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for both older adults and pregnant women in the United States and Europe later this year, executives said on Thursday.

Pandemic restrictions that hampered the circulation of viruses other than COVID-19 could be behind the unseasonably early upsurge in respiratory infections in Europe this winter that the festive break could prolong, scientists say.