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click here Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine under scrutiny at EMA after 4 'serious cases' of unusual blood clots 3 major health items included in President Biden's budget request COVID-19 tracker: Pfizer asks U.S. to expand vax nod to adolescents; EU eyes deal for 1.8B Pfizer-BioNTech doses Emergent's Baltimore plant flagged for quality control concerns last April, FDA report reveals Biotech internships in a pandemic? Diversity-boosting Project Onramp adjusts to COVID-19, moves into Philadelphia, plots further expansion UPDATED Coronavirus tracker: Americans' opinions about telehealth have changed due to COVID-19, survey finds CMS proposes 1.3% pay bump for skilled nursing facilities, several new quality measures Featured Story | By Eric Sagonowsky AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has dominated headlines as reports of rare blood clots mounted, but, now, European drug safety regulators are investigating potential clotting risks from Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine. Like AstraZeneca's, the J&J shot is adenovirus-based. read more |
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Top Stories By Robert King President Biden made a major budget request to Congress that includes new funding for public health and to fight the opioid epidemic. read more By Kevin Dunleavy,Fraiser Kansteiner,Eric Sagonowsky Pfizer has asked the U.S. to expand the emergency authorization of its vaccine to adolescents aged 12 to 15. The European Union is in talks with Pfizer and BioNTech for 1.8 billion more vaccine doses. Germany is negotiating with Russia for its Sputnik V vaccine. And more headlines. read more By Fraiser Kansteiner An FDA Form 483 has illuminated problems at Emergent BioSolution's Baltimore manufacturing site, where the CDMO recently had to scrap some 15 million Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses over a production error. Thing is, the FDA flagged Emergent for very similar issues almost a year ago. read more By Amirah Al Idrus Project Onramp kicked off in 2019 to connect low-income students across Massachussetts to well-paid summer internships at local biotech companies. Since then, the internship program has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic, connected students and companies outside of Massachusetts through virtual internships and expanded into a new city: Philadelphia. read more By Healthcare Staff Follow along with the latest COVID-19 news straight from the Fierce Healthcare team. read more By Robert King The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed payment rule for skilled nursing facilities that calls for a roughly 1% pay bump and several new quality measures. read more |
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