Featured Story | By Arlene Weintraub Operation Warp Speed co-leader Moncef Slaoui predicts that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer will succeed and that every American could be vaccinated by June. But recent polls suggest only half of people are willing to get the shot—a problem Slaoui blames on politics. read more |
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Top Stories By Eric Sagonowsky In less than a year, scientists around the world have rallied against COVID-19 and developed promising vaccines that could stem the pandemic. Concerns remain, though, and, amid that backdrop, top government expert took a chance Thursday to discuss safety and efficacy requirements, distribution plans and vaccine confidence—plus more. read more By Beth Snyder Bulik FDA researchers uncovered more worries about a coronavirus vaccine. The nonprofit Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA is currently in listening mode on an FDA project focused on two key audiences: front-line workers, including healthcare and retail employees, and traditionally underrepresented groups, including Black, LatinX and Native Americans. Some of their comments were troubling. read more By Heather Landi United Airlines tested this week a digital health pass on a flight from London to Newark, New Jersey, as part of a program to enable safer global travel and accelerate border reopenings. Here's how the digital health app works and how soon it could be offered on other flights. read more By Eric Sagonowsky Moderna, racing ahead with COVID-19 vaccine R&D, completed enrollment for its late-stage trial of mRNA-1273. The trial, testing the vaccine candidate against placebo in 30,000 participants, includes thousands of people from communities of color and thousands at higher risk of severe coronavirus. read more By Conor Hale After raising $100 million this year, Cue Health has received another $481 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to dramatically ramp up production of its hand-held diagnostic test for COVID-19, with plans to deliver 6 million tests to the federal government over the next six months. read more By Eric Sagonowsky President Donald Trump touted a COVID-19 vaccine ready for Election Day, and behind the scenes, his officials tried to make it happen. But despite intense pressure, the FDA publicly rolled out stricter safety guidelines that thwarted those hopes—and now Commissioner Stephen Hahn is reportedly at odds with his boss, HHS chief Alex Azar. read more By Robert King The American Medical Group Association is imploring Health and Human Services to nix changes to how providers report data to get COVID-19 relief funding, arguing the new system will hinder medical groups' ability to get the vital money. read more By Eric Sagonowsky, Angus Liu, Kyle Blankenship, Conor Hale, Fraiser Kansteiner The FDA held its much-anticipated public hearing about COVID-19 vaccine development Thursday, and experts covered subjects ranging from distribution plans to vaccine confidence. Meanwhile, industry officials wrote an open letter supporting NIAID director Anthony Fauci, and Moderna completed enrollment for its big phase 3 trial. read more By Healthcare Staff Follow along with the latest COVID-19 news straight from the Fierce Healthcare team. read more By Angus Liu As major drugmakers race to develop effective COVID-19 vaccines, a rogue's gallery of bad state actors have been pegged behind a series of data breaches into critical research. Now, an Indian generics maker has been hit with a potential cyberattack, and it's shutting down some of its plants to isolate the problem. read more By Ben Adams There are many companies losing out over the economic impact of the pandemic, but Quest Diagnostics is one that is booming as a result. read more By Sharon Klahr Coey Pharma and healthcare digital advertising is expected to increase to more than $9.5 billion this year, according to media researcher eMarketer. That's an increase of 14% over last year and puts the industry in the number two spot for growth, according to new report. read more |
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