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The FDA has approved Moderna and Pfizer's revised COVID-19 booster shot for use in children as young as 5.
Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration approved Moderna and Pfizer's modified COVID-19 booster doses for children as young as 5 years old, out of worry for increasing exposure now that youngsters are back in school and participating in other activities.
Peter Marks, the head va...
Singapore Finds Moderna to be the Best Vaccine
According to research in Singapore, Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for the coronavirus have been observed to be more successful in preventing deaths than the Sinopharm and Sinovac.
The island saw 802 deaths in 2021 due to Covid-19. 555 of these individuals had not been fully vaccinated whe...
Moderna Vaccine to be Manufactured in Australia
Australia is planning to produce the Moderna vaccine for the Covid-19. The country plans on putting together 100 million shots per year.
An agreement has been signed between Moderna, Australia’s federal government, and the government of Victoria to set up a facility in Victoria by...
FDA requires more time to review Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents
Moderna has been told that the US FDA will require additional time to complete the assessment of its COVID-19 vaccine, for use in adolescents between the age group 12 to 17 years.
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- FDA will require additional time for assessing Moderna&r...
Moderna’s booster does not meet all criteria for COVID-19 boosters: U.S. FDA
Scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that Moderna Inc’s Covid-19 vaccine has failed to fulfil the necessary criteria for booster doses. This is possibly because the efficacy of first two shots has remained strong.
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- U...
Human error caused contamination in 1.63 million doses of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in Japan
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- Takeda confirms that contamination in vials occurred due to human error
- The contaminants were pieces of stainless steel
Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical said that the contamination that was found in the Moderna COVID-19 v...
Contamination found in Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine in Japan
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- Foreign material found in five unused vials of Pfizer
- Three cities in the country are requesting Pfizer to analyze the vaccines
Contamination has been found in five unused vials of Pfizer Inc.’s Coro...
Moderna and ILCM to collaborate in order to develop a new mRNA therapeutic for Crigler-Najjar Syndrome Type 1 (CN-1)
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- Both the companies are collaborating to develop mRNA-3351
- CN-1is a rare disease caused due to mutation in gene UGT1A1
The Institute for Life Changing Medicines (ILCM) and the Moderna have announced their collab...
Millions of doses of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine found contaminated
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- 1.63 million doses have black particles suspended in the vials
- The company is looking into the issue to find the root cause
The Japanese government has put a batch of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine on hold. This is because...
Japan receives around 180,000 contaminated shots of Moderna vaccine, halts immunization
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- Japan receives contaminated vaccine shots of Moderna vaccine
- 180,000 vaccine sots are assumed to be contaminated
The Japanese health ministry had given Emergency use approval to Moderna in May this y...
US AWAITS INDIAN APPROVAL TO SHIP COVID VACCINES DEVELOPED BY PFIZER, MODERNA
The United States is saying that it still waits for approval from the Indian regulators to ship COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna, which the Asian country is entitled to receive. The US has pledged 80 million vaccines for the world and according to its distribution plan, India wil...
A STUDY OF ARM REACTION CAUSED BY MODERNA’S COVID-19 VACCINE RELEASED BY JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
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• The research team examined 1,447 Self-Defense Forces personnel who were administered with their first dose of the Moderna vaccine nine or more days earlier
In order to understand the side effect of COVID-19 vaccine developed by US-based drugmaker Moderna Inc....
CDC SAYS US HAS ADMINISTERED OVER 331 MN DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE
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• The federal agency said these numbers have gone up from the 330,604,253 vaccine doses that were administered by July 4
• This number announced by the CDC includes two-dose vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech and single dose of Johnson & John...
SOUTH KOREA HOLDING TALKS WITH mRNA VACCINE MAKERS FOR PRODUCTION OF 1 BN DOSES
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• The President Moon Jae-in led government has already inked deals to locally produce three COVID-19 vaccines developed by AstraZeneca, Novavax and Russia
According to a senior official from the South Korean government, his country is in talks with mRNA vaccine...
SOUTH KOREAN PM SAYS COUNTRY TO SECURE MORE mRNA VACCINES TO USE THEM AS A BOOSTER SHOT
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• Kim said "The government plans to first secure vaccine supply, mostly mRNA ones, enough to vaccinate the entire public with at least one shot next year.”
According to a statement by the Prime Minister of South Korea, Kim Boo-kyum is planning to sec...
US TO BUY ADDITIONAL 200 MN DOSES OF MODERNA’S COVID-19 VACCINE
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• Moderna on Wednesday announced the purchase and said that it expects to deliver 110 million of the new doses in the fourth quarter of this year, and remaining 90 million in the first quarter of 2022.
In order to stay prepared for any sort of situation, ...
JAPAN’S STATE-RUN CENTERS TO GIVE COVID-19 VACCINES UNDER AGES 18 -64
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- Japan’s state-run centers to give COVID-19 vaccines under ages 18 - 64.
- The centers in Tokyo and Osaka were set up last month by the Defense Ministry.
- The ministry last week expanded the scope to accept people from ...
JAL BEGAN COVID-19 VACCINATION FOR ITS EMPLOYEES
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- JAL began COVID-19 vaccination for its employees.
- The airlines decided to begin administering shots at Tokyo's Haneda airport.
- JAL aims to inoculate about 36,000 group employees.
- JR East, Itochu Corp., univ...
US PHARMACIST SENTENCED TO THREE-YEARS PRISON OVER CHARGES OF TAMPERING WITH COVID-19 VACCINE
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• Along with sentence of three years, R. Brandenburg, was also ordered to pay nearly $83,800 in compensation to the hospital where he was working
According to the statement given by the United States Justice Department on Tuesday, a pharmacist from Wisconsin ha...
JAPAN GOVT. APPROVES PFIZER’S COVID-19 VACCINES FOR 12-15 YEAR OLD
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- Japan govt. approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines for 12-15 year old.
- The age group will be able to receive shots free of charge.
- Only around 6% of the country's population of 126 million has been given at least o...