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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMedication manufacturers operating 24/7 to fix supply shortages, says CHPA's Scott MelvilleConsumer Healthcare Products Association CEO Scott Melville joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss what's causing a shortage of children's medication and when parents can expect supplies to normalize.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded more than $37 million to an individual for reporting information about a bribery scheme at a large European healthcare company. The sum is the highest award paid out to a single whistleblower so far this calendar year and one of the top 10 largest awards ever paid out by the SEC’s whistleblower program to an individual, according to the SEC. The SEC has given out more than $1.3 billion of awards since the beginning of its whistleblower program, which was created by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, according to the report. But lawyers representing the whistleblower said the award was connected to a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act settlement reached by a publicly traded European healthcare company with the SEC and the Justice Department. “The SEC whistleblower program has hit its stride and is generating high-quality disclosures that supercharge enforcement of the securities law and protect investors,” he said.
“The LAIV vaccine used in the UK does not contain Streptococcus A,” an MHRA spokesperson told Reuters via email. The bacteria are not listed in the ingredients for Fluenz Tetra (bit.ly/3HesXo4), which is also marketed in the U.S. as fluMist. “Group A strep is not used at any stage of the development of the nasal flu vaccine. The vaccine does not contain Group A strep,” Pollard said via email. The MHRA and AstraZeneca told Reuters that group A strep is not an ingredient in the Fluenz Tetra vaccine, and two independent experts said there are no reports of contamination.
Even when demand is not sky-high, drugs shortages happen regularly – but usually more quietly – in the US. At any time, the reasons why shelves may be empty vary from place to place and from drug to drug. With children’s medications, drug manufacturers say they are running full-tilt, and they planned for some increase in sales over the winter months. The FDA tracks drug shortages too, taking reports directly from manufacturers, but it defines them differently than the pharmacists’ group. The White House says drug shortages are a priority for President Biden’s administration, too.
REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File PhotoLONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Britain's health regulator on Tuesday authorised a COVID-19 vaccine for infants as young as six months, opening the door for vaccinating the country's youngest children once the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) agrees. Whether the vaccine is eventually deployed in this age group depends on a recommendation from the JCVI, which advises UK health departments on which shots should be used as part of the national vaccination programme. The vaccine is tailored for use in this age group - it is a lower dose version than the one used in children aged five to 11 years. U.S. officials rolled out this version of the Pfizer-BioNTech shot for the same age group earlier this year. Months ago, EU regulators also endorsed the use of COVID vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna (MRNA.O) for under-fives.
The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 0.3 after advancing by the same margin in September. In the 12 months through October, the PCE price index increased 6.0% after advancing 6.3% in September. Excluding the volatile food and energy components, the PCE price index rose 0.2% after gaining 0.5% in September. The so-called core PCE price index climbed 5.0% on a year-on-year basis in October after increasing 5.2% in September. The annual consumer price index increased less than 8% in October for the first time in eight months.
UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID booster targeting BA.4/5
  + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Nov 9 (Reuters) - Britain's health regulator on Wednesday approved a COVID-19 booster from Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and partner BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) targeting the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants and the original coronavirus strain. The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the vaccine was approved for use as a booster dose in people aged 12 years and older after it was found to meet safety, quality and effectiveness standards. "All approved COVID booster vaccines help to improve the protection obtained from earlier doses of the vaccine and help give longer-term protection against getting seriously ill from COVID-19," according to the MHRA. Pfizer and BioNTech last week said their so-called bivalent COVID-19 vaccine tailored for BA.4/5 produced a strong antibody response in older adults than the original shot after one month, and in October said it generated a strong immune response. Reporting by Pushkala Aripaka in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli and Shounak DasguptaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Rail Shippers Brace for Potential National Strike
  + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +6 min
Companies from food suppliers in the Midwest to retail importers across the U.S. are bracing for a potential national rail strike by seeking alternative transport to keep their supply chains running. Tens of thousands of American workers are on strike and thousands more are attempting to unionize. “We believe the potential for a rail work stoppage is growing,” Citi’s Christian Wetherbee wrote in a research note Wednesday. Other shippers will have to hold on to cargo if the rail network shuts down. U.S. railroads hauled more than 18,000 carloads of grains over the past week, according to the Association of American Railroads.
Testarea clinică a acestui vaccin a stârnit confuzie după ce rezultate preliminare anunţate la sfârşitul lunii noiembrie au relevat efecte diferite în cazul unor doze diferite. AstraZeneca continuă testele, dar MHRA precizează că evaluarea sa pe baza căreia a autorizat vaccinul nu a avut în vedere rezultatele administrării unei singure jumătăţi de doză. Deşi eficacitatea vaccinului AstraZeneca este mai redusă faţă de cea a vaccinului Pfizer-BioNTech, în condiţiile numărului insuficient de doze disponibile acest vaccin poate juca un rol semnificativ în combaterea pandemiei. Mai mult, vaccinul AstraZeneca nu necesită transportul şi stocarea la temperaturi de -70 de grade Celsius, cum este cazul vaccinului Pfizer-BioNTech, putând fi păstrat într-un frigider obişnuit timp de şase luni. Vaccinul Pfizer-BioNTech foloseşte noua tehnologie a ARN-ului mesager, care transmite celulelor umane informaţia genetică pentru a produce proteina Spike, ce va declanşa răspunsul imun care produce anticorpi.
Organizations: Healthcare products, Moderna Locations: SUA, UE, Totuşi
Aceasta se sprijină pe codul genetic al virusului SARS-CoV-2 pentru a antrena sistemul imunitar al organismului să creeze anticorpi împotriva lui, scrie agerpres.ro Vaccinul Pfizer-BioNTec implică însă restricţii şi măsuri severe de transport şi stocare. După ce sunt condiţionate la linia de producţia a Pfizer din Belgia, vaccinurile sunt plasate în cutii cu temperatură controlată, fiecare cu o capacitate între 1.000 şi 5.000 de doze, şi transportate cu camioane sau avioane. Cutiile sunt prevăzute cu un termometru care arată temperatura ce trebuie menţinută la aproximativ -70 de grade Celsius pentru ca vaccinul să-şi păstreze eficacitatea optimă. După sosirea la centrul de vaccinare, fiecare fiolă este diluată cu soluţie salină.Potrivit companiilor Pfizer şi BioNTec, peste 900 de persoane au lucrat la acest vaccin şi au fost testate peste 20 de mutaţii ale noului coronavirus, iar vaccinul a reuşit să le neutralizeze cu succes. Prin urmare, cele două companii farmaceutice, americană şi germană, sunt încrezătoare că acesta va oferi protecţie pentru mutaţiile virusului SARS-CoV-2 care există până acum şi pentru cele care ar putea să apară în următoarele 12 luni.Totuşi, nu este cunoscută durata protecţiei oferite de vaccinarea împotriva acestui virus, pentru determinarea acesteia voluntarii participanţi la testele clinice urmând să fie monitorizaţi şi în lunile următoare.De asemenea, în următoarele trei până la şase luni va continua evaluarea asupra capacităţii vaccinului Pfizer-BioNTec de a preveni transmiterea virusului de la o persoană la alta.
Organizations: Healthcare products Locations: Regatul Unit, Belgia
But some consumer advocates and doctors worry that those supplements don't have as many benefits as people think. "Our gummy vitamins have been on fire," CEO Matt Farrell told investors in a July earnings call. He said that Hero Nutritionals, founded in 1995, created the first gummy vitamin for the American market. A Perrigo representative said it no longer manufactured gummy vitamins, and it did not respond to further inquiries.) But the doctor had something to admit: He takes a gummy vitamin every day.
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