After Pfizer, US Approves Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
NEW DELHI: The US biotechnology company Moderna has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) has authorized the emergency use of mRNA-1273, Moderna’s vaccine against COVID-19 in individuals 18 years of age or older. The Moderna approval comes exactly a week after the US Food and Drug Administration okay-ed a shot from Pfizer […]
Russia to supply 17 more countries with COVID-19 drug Avifavir
MOSCOW: Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and its partner Chemrar will supply the COVID-19 drug Avifavir to 17 additional countries, the fund said in a statement on Thursday. Avifavir gained approval from the Russian health ministry in May and is based on Favipiravir, which was developed in Japan and is widely used there as the basis […]