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Medicago, GSK post positive midphase data on plant-derived COVID-19 vaccine

Medicago and GlaxoSmithKline have presented interim phase 2 data on their adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The results suggest the plant-derived jab CoVLP+AS03 is somewhat differentiated from other vaccines through the mixed cellular response it triggers.

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COVID-19 tracker: India's vaccine export ban likely to last until October; U.S. vaccinated 600,000 kids last week

India likely won't resume major exports of COVID-19 vaccines until October, government sources tell Reuters, a major hit to the world's poorest nations. The U.S. vaccinated roughly 600,000 adolescents with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last week, the CDC director reports. And more headlines.

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CytoDyn shares plummet after FDA blasts the biotech for cherry-picking COVID-19 data

In an unprecedented public rebuke, the FDA accused CytoDyn of trying to cherry-pick data from two failed studies of leronlimab in COVID-19 patients to claim the drug is effective. Plus, a stockholder has filed a class action lawsuit alleging that CytoDyn made false and misleading statements about the viability of leronlimab in treating COVID-19, a securities filing shows.

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Advocate Aurora Health reports $352M gain for Q1 2021 even without COVID relief funds

The Illinois- and Wisconsin-based nonprofit had lost more than $1.3 billion during the same time last year. The system wrote that much of the swing was driven by the performance of its various investments.

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CommonSpirit Health accelerates COVID-19 rebound with $539M in operating gains

CommonSpirit reversed last year's losses in spite of persistent low volumes and higher costs. The Catholic health system said it's still planning for "a low, but steady" stream of COVID-19 patients across its inpatient locations during the foreseeable future.

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UPDATED Coronavirus tracker: CDC officials who raised early COVID-19 warnings depart agency

Follow along with the latest COVID-19 news straight from the Fierce Healthcare team.

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