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Pfizer COVID shots appear 73% effective in children under 5

Pfizer’s says its COVID-19 vaccine was 73% effective in protecting children younger than 5 as omicron spread in the spring

The Independent UK

Viva Biotech Dispenses Bitter Pill of Slowing Growth, Asset Devaluation

Key Takeaways: Viva Biotech’s eked out a scant 5% revenue growth in the first half of the year and fell into the red, even as other peers in China’s CXO sector performed much better Changing values of the company’s investments are largely behind big fluctuations in its performance in recent…

Benzinga

Pfizer’s shot is 73% effective against COVID in children under 5

Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine was 73.2% effective against the disease in a trial of children 6 months through 4 years old, reinforcing results that led to the shot’s authorization in young kids in June.

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Freedom Biosciences Gets $10.5M In Seed Financing For Psychedelics Research, This Is What We Know

Freedom Biosciences achieved a major $10.5 million in a seed financing round in which MBX Capital, PsyMed Ventures, Village Global and The Yale Startup, among others, participated.

Benzinga

Pharmacist prescription trial proposed as possible solution to the GP shortage faces indefinite delays

Some Australians are waiting longer than ever to see their GP, and one state has come up with a possible solution that would allow pharmacists to take over some of the doctors' prescription work. But a trial that was due to begin in June has now been delayed, with no…

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Thai Leaf, Cornell team up on hemp

Thai Leaf Biotechnology, a private company that imports and produces hemp seed, in collaboration with Cornell University, has unveiled plans to upgrade the Thai hemp market by developing new strains of hemp and seeds that are suitable to be grown in Thailand's climate as well as yielding a high cannabidiol…

Bangkok Post

Congo reports new Ebola case linked to previous outbreak

Congo's health ministry has confirmed a new Ebola case in Congo’s eastern Beni city and say it was linked to a previous outbreak

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Pfizer files application for booster against latest variants

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE asked the U.S. to authorize a new COVID-19 booster shot customized against the currently circulating COVID-19 variants as governments race to protect their populations against the ever-mutating virus.

Tribune News Service

What's Next For The 20-Year Old Behind $100M Bed Bath & Beyond Trade? Why Jake Freeman Is Focused On This Psychedelics Stock

Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) traders learned last week about Jake Freeman, the 20-year University of Southern California student investor who outsmarted the entire class of "Ape" investors, including GameStop Corp. (NYSE:

Benzinga

Pfizer asks FDA to greenlight new omicron booster shots, which could arrive this fall

Pfizer has submitted data on its bivalent COVID-19 booster shot that specifically targets the latest omicron subvariants. If authorized, the company says the shots could be ready as soon as September.

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FTSE 100 chief executive average pay jumps by 39% to £3.4m

“To see CEO pay rocketing to more than 100 times the average salary is sickening,” say union bosses

The Independent UK

Pfizer seeks OK of updated COVID vaccine booster for fall

Pfizer has asked U.S. regulators to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron relatives

The Independent UK

Fentanyl seizure: experts warn potent drug could rapidly emerge as a problem in Australia

Experts say news of record haul of more than 11kg of the opioid drug, found in February, should have been announced sooner

The Guardian - AU

Why are federal authorities so concerned about a record fentanyl shipment found in Melbourne?

After a record amount of fentanyl was seized in Melbourne, authorities are sounding the alarm about the highly dangerous drug that has rarely been found in Australia.

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AFP, ABF discover record fentanyl seizure in machinery sent from Canada to Melbourne

Federal authorities have intercepted a record amount of the potentially deadly opioid fentanyl, hidden inside machinery sent to Melbourne.

Bangkok Post

Govt frets over Rohypnol sales

The government has ordered authorities to sweep out manufacturers and vendors who illegally produce or sell Rohypnol, aka the blue tongue pill, to curb abuse of the drug among teenagers.

The Hindu

Outreach programme for pharma industries held

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Hearing aids OK’d for over-the-counter sale starting in October, prices expected to fall

The Food and Drug Administration said the new regulation creates a new class of hearing aids that don’t require a medical exam or prescription. They’ll be sold online or over-the-counter at pharmacies and other stores.

Reuters

EU backs changing monkeypox vaccine injection method to boost supply

European countries could stretch out limited supplies of the monkeypox vaccine by administering smaller doses of the shot, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Friday.

The Independent UK

EU regulator OKs plan to increase monkeypox vaccine supplies

The European Medicines Agency said a smaller dose of the monkeypox vaccine appears to still be effective and can be used to stretch the current supply by five times, echoing a recommendation made earlier this month by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, other pols keep taking money from pharma companies implicated in opioid crisis

The Oak Park Democrat continues to accept campaign money from Johnson & Johnson, 1 of 4 companies paying $26 billion to settle suits accusing them of fueling the crisis. He’s not the only Illinois official doing so.

The Hindu

Drug trade thrives in darknet

Drug traffickers have gone hi-tech and are using dark web, social media and crypto currency to carry on their activities clandestinely, reveals a police investigation following a drug bust

Benzinga

Recap Of Thursday's Biotech Catalysts - End Of the Day Summary

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing Krystal Biotech’s (NASDAQ:KRYS) Biologics License Application (BLA) for its lead candidate B-VEC in the treatment of patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB). The regulatory agency has granted Priority Review designation and assigned a target actin date of February 17,…

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Awakn's Second Licensing Partnership Agreement In A Week, This Time In Canada: Ketamine For Pain Comorbidities

Psychedelics therapeutics biotech company Awakn Life Sciences Corp. (OTCQB: AWKNF) has signed what constitutes its first licensing partnership deal in Canada.

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