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Booster Shots More Effective During Omicron Emergence Period
drugs.com
January 26, 2022
Booster doses seem effective for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 omicron variant..
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Omicron Shows Signs of Ebbing as U.S. Cases Fall, Hospitalizations Level Off
contractpharma
January 25, 2022
Weeks after omicron began ravaging the United States, experts are now seeing statistical signs that suggest the wildly contagious variant might be losing steam.
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Pfizer Begins Testing COVID-19 Vaccine Targeted to Omicron
drugs.com
January 25, 2022
Pfizer Inc. announced Tuesday that it has launched a trial that will compare its existing COVID-19 vaccine against...
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Feds may limit authorizating monoclonal antibody treatments
FirstWordPharma
January 24, 2022
According to a source familiar with the decision-making, US regulators are considering limiting the authorization of certain monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 that have not proved effective against the Omicron variant, reported CNN.
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Fourth COVID vaccine shot sharply raises serious illness resistance for over 60s: Israel
FirstWordPharma
January 24, 2022
Israel's health ministry says a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine given to people over 60 in the country made them three times more resistant to serious illness than thrice-vaccinated people in the same age group, as reported in U.S. News & World Report.
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Three doses of mRNA COVID vaccines very effective against Omicron and Delta: Study
ExpressPharma
January 24, 2022
The study, from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found that boosters of mRNA COVID vaccines are 82 per cent effective in protecting against Omicron variant-associated ED visits.
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FDA May Limit Use of Two COVID-19 Antibody Treatments
drugs.com
January 24, 2022
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may soon curtail the use of two monoclonal antibody treatments...
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FDA Limits Use of Two COVID Antibody Treatments
drugs.com
January 24, 2022
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is curtailing the use of two monoclonal antibody treatments that do not appear to work...
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Three New Studies Confirm Power of Booster Shots Against Omicron
drugs.com
January 21, 2022
Booster shots are keeping the Omicron variant from landing millions of Americans in hospitals, emergency...
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Fourth COVID vaccine partially effective against Omicron: Israeli study
ExpressPharma
January 20, 2022
A fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine boosts antibodies to higher levels than the third jab but provides only partial protection against the Omicron variant of coronavirus, according to a preliminary study conducted in Israel.