Vaccines

The Readout LOUD Damian Garde, Meg Tirrell and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: Medical privacy post-Roe, fixing clinical trials, & the next Covid vaccines

Health Andrew Joseph

FDA recommends vaccine makers update Covid-19 shots to target Omicron

First Opinion John P. Moore and Paul A. Offit

FDA: Don’t rush a move to change the Covid-19 vaccine composition

Health Helen Branswell and Matthew Herper

FDA advisory panel recommends Omicron-containing booster shots

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Pharma largely failed to follow human rights principles with its Covid-19 vaccines and drugs

Health Helen Branswell

FDA panel to advise on whether — and how — Covid vaccines should be updated

Health Matthew Herper

Pfizer says its Omicron-containing boosters outperform current vaccine

Health Akila Muthukumar

Covid-19 vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in a year, study estimates

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: Medicare could have saved billions if it paid what Cuban charges; India’s drug controller accused of taking bribe

First Opinion Jim Downs

Never forget that early vaccines came from testing on enslaved people

Health Jason Mast

CDC recommends Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines for children under 5

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

WTO reaches a deal on Covid vaccine patent waivers, but industry and advocates remain unhappy

Health Matthew Herper

FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers

The Readout LOUD Damian Garde, Meg Tirrell and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: Paul Offit on Covid vaccines for kids, plus: how the Fed affects biotech, & another Alzheimer’s setback

Health Matthew Herper and Helen Branswell

FDA advisory panel votes unanimously that Pfizer and Moderna shots be authorized for young children

Health Helen Branswell and Matthew Herper

Tracking an FDA advisory panel meeting on Covid vaccines in young children

First Opinion Steve Brozak and Richard Marfuggi

Lessons from earlier pandemics: Vaccine panel must discuss imprinting among infants and toddlers

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: Canada OKs ALS drug still waiting FDA approval; WTO talks on Covid patent waiver are down to the wire

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Simmering disputes persist as Covid patent waiver talks come down to the wire

First Opinion Thomas B. Cueni

Waiving intellectual property rights is a flawed solution to achieving Covid-19 vaccine equity

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: FDA panel endorses Bluebird Bio gene therapy for rare disease; GSK touts RSV vaccine trial results

The Readout LOUD Damian Garde, Meg Tirrell and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: Applause-worthy cancer data, the long wait for Novavax, & the next FDA controversy

Health Kate Sheridan

Homeless and incarcerated people in Minnesota struggled to access Covid vaccines

Politics Rachel Cohrs

How the Covid-19 pandemic prepared the White House to respond to monkeypox

First Opinion Muhammad Yunus

Preparing for the next pandemic: Time to follow a social business model for patent-free global medicine production

The Readout LOUD Adam Feuerstein and Meg Tirrell

An emergency doctor and parent sorts through Covid vaccine options for kids under 5

The Readout LOUD Adam Feuerstein and Meg Tirrell

Listen: Covid vaccines for the youngest kids, ASCO preview, & a biotech CEO’s arrest on murder charges

Health Helen Branswell

Pfizer/BioNTech to seek Covid vaccine authorization for children under age 5

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: Cancer coalition aims to boost access to meds in poor countries; Moderna’s vaccine patent defense poses shield for others