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‘A very worrying scenario’: Internal documents on India Covid-19 vaccine raise troubling questions about approval process

STAT

As the Covid-19 pandemic spread across the world two years ago, one of India’s leading biotech companies was racing to develop a vaccine with crucial backing from the Indian government. Read the rest…

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Pfizer RSV vaccine seen as effective against severe disease, FDA documents say

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An experimental RSV vaccine developed by Pfizer to protect infants — by vaccinating pregnant people — was shown to be effective in preventing severe lower respiratory tract disease, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday in an analysis of the data generated to support licensure of the vaccine.

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Say goodbye to the Covid-19 vaccination card. The CDC has stopped printing them

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It’s the end of an era for a once-critical pandemic document: The ubiquitous white Covid-19 vaccination cards are being phased out. Now that Covid-19 vaccines are not being distributed by the federal government, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped printing new cards. Read the rest…

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U.S. Authorities Seek Documents From Troubled Covid Vaccine Manufacturer

NY Times

Emergent BioSolutions, which ruined 75 million vaccine doses at its Baltimore plant, disclosed records requests from Congress and federal and state law enforcement agencies.

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ABPI reacts to new vital vaccination report

Pharma Times

New HSCC document deems the UK’s vaccination position to be at risk - News - PharmaTimes

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Regulators questioned integrity of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, leaked files show

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European regulators questioned the integrity of early batches of Pfizer/BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine, although the matter was resolved before approval, according to information leaked online following a cyberattack. As it conducted its analysis of the vaccine in December, the European Medicines Agency’s systems were targeted by unknown hackers.

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IBM-led group wins German contract for digital vaccine passport

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Germany has awarded a tender to a consortium led by IBM to develop a secure app that will provide a digital version of the country’s paper vaccine certificates. IBM has already developed a Digital Health Pass that is being trialled in the US as a health passport, capturing COVID-19 test results, temperature scans and vaccine records.

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