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With the Olympics just months away, Japan issues emergency nod for AstraZeneca, Moderna vaccines
Most nursing homes faced multiple, persistent outbreaks of COVID-19 among residents and staff, GAO reports
Novavax hunts for Australian manufacturer as CSL homes in on AstraZeneca vaccine production
COVID-19 tracker: U.S. eases export controls for CureVac shot: report; White House partners with dating apps to push vaccines
Pandemic fallout: Pharma execs should discard conservative playbook, take aggressive action, says report
Altarum: March health spending rebounds by double digits from drop in same month in 2020

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With the Olympics just months away, Japan issues emergency nod for AstraZeneca, Moderna vaccines

By Noah Higgins-Dunn

Japan, which has fallen far behind other wealthy nations when it comes to its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, approved the emergency use of shots from AstraZeneca and Moderna. The move comes just months ahead of the already-postponed Olympic Games.

Most nursing homes faced multiple, persistent outbreaks of COVID-19 among residents and staff, GAO reports

By Dave Muoio

U.S. nursing homes were repeat victims of the COVID-19 pandemic with about 94% experiencing two or more outbreaks of the disease among residents or staff through January, a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office reveals.

Novavax hunts for Australian manufacturer as CSL homes in on AstraZeneca vaccine production

By Fraiser Kansteiner

Once a likely contender to produce Novavax's late-stage COVID-19 vaccine in Australia, local biotech CSL now says it'll be too busy manufacturing AstraZeneca's shot. Novavax, meanwhile, is in the "early stages" of a search for long-term production.

COVID-19 tracker: U.S. eases export controls for CureVac shot: report; White House partners with dating apps to push vaccines

By Noah Higgins-Dunn,Kevin Dunleavy,Fraiser Kansteiner

European Union officials have persuaded the U.S. to loosen some of its export controls on key vaccine supplies so Germany's CureVac can manufacture its shot, sources tell Reuters. The Biden administration wants lonely singles to swipe right on the COVID-19 vaccine. And more headlines.

Pandemic fallout: Pharma execs should discard conservative playbook, take aggressive action, says report

By Kevin Dunleavy

The coronavirus pandemic will create stratification in the industry that will require executives to take bold steps, rather than conservative ones, to achieve growth, Ernst & Young says in its inaugural life sciences quarterly report.

Altarum: March health spending rebounds by double digits from drop in same month in 2020

By Robert King

Healthcare spending rebounded in March, growing by 12.5% above March 2020 spending levels that dropped due to the pandemic.

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