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FDA authorizes Novavax Covid vaccine for adults as the first new shots in U.S. in more than a year
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FDA authorization of Novavax’s vaccine was delayed for weeks as the agency reviewed changes to the company’s manufacturing process.
The Novavax shot is based on more conventional protein technology used for decades in hepatitis B and HPV vaccines, while Pfizer and Moderna are the first FDA approved vaccines to use mRNA.
Novavax was one of the original participants in the U.S. government’s race to develop a Covid vaccine in 2020, receiving $1.8 billion in taxpayer funding from Operation Warp Speed.
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The Food and Drug Administration has authorized Novavax’s two-dose vaccine for adults ages 18 and over, the fourth Covid shot to get emergency approval in the U.S. since the pandemic began.
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A panel of FDA’s outside experts recommended 21 to 0, with one member abstaining, that the agency give emergency use authorization for Novavax’s two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for people aged 18 years and older.
The advisors’ vote of confidence was delivered days after the FDA’s scientists determined the vaccine to be effective but with the caveat of potential rare heart inflammation. Last autumn, pre-Omicron, the vaccine was found to have a 90.4% efficacy in a trial comprising 17,272 people given a vaccine and 8,385 people given a placebo.
“The Advisory Committee’s positive recommendation acknowledges the strength of our data and the importance of a protein-based COVID-19 vaccine developed using an innovative approach to traditional vaccine technology,” CEO Stanley Erck said in a statement. “We have heard in today’s VRBPAC meeting the significant support for our vaccine from physicians, healthcare organizations, and consumers who are eagerly anticipating a protein-based vaccine option. We look forward to the FDA decision.”
Diagnostic startup Senzo is developing an at-home COVID-19 test that’s as reliable as a PCR
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Senzo’s Amplified Lateral Flow COVID-19 test.
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If you’ve headed to a work event, family gathering or crowded space in the last two years, it’s likely you’ve taken an at-home COVID-19 test to check your viral status.
It’s how much of the world is responsibly operating in the “new normal” right now, as we manage the ongoing pandemic while returning to something like pre-2020 life. And one Philly-area startup is hoping its tests can be a part of that system.
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With the rise of at-home testing and a recent increase of COVID-19 cases across the United States, public health officials have expressed concern about an undercounting of cases and a lack of data that may hamper America’s pandemic response. Digital diagnostics company Ellume is today highlighting its COVID-19 Home Test’s automatic reporting function that enables test results to be securely shared with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and State Health Departments – allowing for real-time insights into pandemic trends. The resulting data is deidentified and encrypted to protect consumer identity and privacy.
Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced initial results from the Phase 1/2 clinical trial of its COVID-Influenza Combination Vaccine (CIC). The CIC combines Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, and its quadrivalent influenza vaccine candidate. The CIC trial demonstrated that formulating the combination vaccine is feasible, well-tolerated and immunogenic.
Governor Larry Hogan joined dozens of attendees at Ellume’s grand opening in Frederick on March 31 to welcome the diagnostics manufacturer to Frederick County. Ellume’s 215,000-square-foot production facility on Executive Way has been up and running since February 2022, only ten months after the company signed a lease with Matan Properties.
Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, and Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, announced that the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for Novavax’ protein-based COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged ≥12 to <18 years in India. The vaccine, also known as NVX-CoV2373, is manufactured and marketed in India by SII under the brand name Covovax™ and is the first protein-based vaccine authorized for use in this age group in India.
