Monday, February 14, 2022: Life Sciences

The FDA on Friday authorized a new monoclonal antibody treatment to treat mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms. The drug, developed by Eli Lilly, should be used to treat patients ages 12 and older “for whom alternative COVID-19 treatment options approved or...

Monday, February 14, 2022: Life Sciences

The FDA delayed its decision on authorizing Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children under five years old. The agency stated, “Based on the agency’s preliminary assessment, and to allow more time to evaluate additional data, we believe additional...

Friday, February 11, 2022: Life Sciences

The Biden administration bought enough of an experimental monoclonal antibody drug from Eli Lilly & Co. to treat 600,000 COVID-19 patients. According to health officials, the treatment to be shipped to states for free if it’s authorized by regulators. The...

Monday, February 7, 2022: Life Sciences

The FDA will restart its domestic pharma-related surveillance inspections today after pausing the program in December. The agency has been stopping and starting since the COVID-19 pandemic began to “ensure the safety of its employees and those of the firms it...

Friday, February 4, 2022: Life Sciences

Eli Lilly and Co. pushed back its timeline to ask regulators to grant accelerated approval to its experimental Alzheimer’s disease drug. The drugmakers said approval would have little impact on its business this year given Medicare officials’ decision to...