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Novavax (NVAX) is awaiting the outcome of a June 7 meeting of the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee, which could finally bring its COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. market. Chief Commercial Officer John Trizzino told Yahoo Finance in an exclusive interview Wednesday that the company is optimistic about the upcoming meeting. Novavax ran into manufacturing quality problems in early 2021 and experienced subsequent delays in its Phase 3 trial in the U.S., forcing the company to push back its timeline… Source link

With the White House aiming for a Sept. 20 start date for COVID-19 booster shots for adults in the U.S., the countdown has begun for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review booster data from vaccine companies.  Moderna (MRNA), meanwhile, is focused on halving its booster shot, from the current 100 microgram dose. The company submitted to the FDA an initial round of data to support the half dose this week. According to Moderna officials, the lower dosage has production benefits… Source link

Bloomberg ARKK Copycat Is Beating Cathie Wood’s Original by 10-Fold (Bloomberg) — A tiny ETF tracking innovative companies is quietly outpacing one of the most famous investments on Wall Street.The Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF (MOON) has risen 39% this year, compared to ARK Innovation ETF’s 3.5% gain, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Cathie Wood’s flagship fund, known by its ticker ARKK, became one of the top-performing exchange-traded funds in the past year thanks to big… Source link

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unveiled a centralized school reopening plan Friday that includes safety and mitigation practices such as physical distancing and masking, as well as using new measures such as “podding.” Podding includes keeping the same students together (as in a pod) to reduce students’ possible exposure to the virus. But questions about access to critical resources like better ventilation, testing and masks, remain unanswered. During a press… Source link

TipRanks 3 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks With 8% Dividend Yield Let’s talk portfolio defense. After last week’s social flash mob market manipulation, that’s a topic that should not be ignored. Now, this is not to say that the markets are collapsing. After 2% losses to close out last week’s Friday session, this week’s trading kicked off with a positive tone, as the S&P 500 rose 1.5% and the Nasdaq climbed 2.5%. The underlying bullish factors – a more stable political scene, steadily… Source link

MILWAUKEE — Advocate Aurora Health says a now-fired employee intentionally removed 57 vials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine from a refrigerator last weekend, causing them to become ineffective and be discarded. Each vial contains enough vaccine for 10 vaccinations. Initially, Aurora was “led to believe” the removal was an error. But Wednesday, the employee “acknowledged that they intentionally removed the vaccine from refrigeration,” according to a statement from the health care… Source link

By Rebecca Spalding and Carl O’Donnell Dec 23 (Reuters) – Millions of COVID-19 vaccines are sitting unused in U.S. hospitals and elsewhere a week into the massive inoculation campaign, putting the government’s target for 20 million vaccinations this month in doubt. As of Wednesday morning, only 1 million shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had been given, about one-third of the first shipment sent last week. Over 9.5 million doses of vaccines, including Moderna’s, have now been sent… Source link