The technology used in Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine carries toxicity risks, scientists with the company said in a new paper. “A major challenge now is how to efficiently de-risk potential toxicities associated with mRNA technology,” the scientists wrote. The Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 shots use modified messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology. The mRNA is delivered by […]
Japan has lowered its major tsunami warning level after a series of earthquakes hit its western coastline, but officials on Monday morning urged caution. The names of over 150 people associated with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will soon be public, exposing a list of “John Doe”s in previously sealed court documents. It took […]
Pharmaceutical giant Moderna shaved off about several billion dollars in total value after rival Pfizer warned that it would slash guidance around its COVID-19 vaccines and other products. Moderna’s stock plunged by $7 billion the the past week, according to a Bloomberg News analysis. While the company did not say it would cut its outlook […]
Amid a decline in COVID-19 vaccinations, shares for two of the top mRNA vaccine manufacturers have dropped considerably this year. Pfizer’s shares are down about 40 percent, and Moderna’s shares are down 55 percent for this year, coming as both companies recently released guidance on revenue projections. Novavax, which makes a COVID-19 vaccine that doesn’t […]
U.S. drug regulators on Sept. 11 cleared new COVID-19 vaccines to try to counter the poor effectiveness the current slate provide. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared shots from Moderna and Pfizer that will be available to Americans as young as 6 months of age later this month. “Vaccination remains critical to public […]
Western companies seem to be heading out of China in droves, but one pharmaceutical giant is buying in. U.S. drugmaker Moderna just inked a new deal to make mRNA medicines in China. But there’s one key factor: “Any medicines produced under this agreement will be exclusively for the Chinese people… and will not be exported,” […]
A bill taking aim at TikTok is facing changes on Capitol Hill. This comes after the app spent $100 million to lobby Congress. Federal prosecutors are now targeting the head of a Washington-based think tank, who has been charged for acting as a Chinese agent. Dozens of Chinese military aircraft were spotted near Taiwan, flanked […]
Parcel delivery firm UPS and the Teamsters Union on Wednesday accused each other of walking away from the negotiations, with each side blaming the other for walking away from talks. This is delaying contract talks that cover roughly 340,000 U.S. drivers, package handlers, and loaders at UPS. Vaccine maker Moderna said on Wednesday it had […]
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisers made a unanimous recommendation that updated COVID-19 shots, which are to be launched for a vaccination campaign this fall, are to target one of the dominant variants. The shots are to be aimed at the XBB coronavirus variants, which are reportedly the current most dominant variants, according to […]
Moderna is setting up shop in China. The vaccine maker said Friday it’s looking for opportunities in the world’s second-largest economy, as Pfizer and BioNTech cut their supplies in Europe. This comes amid warnings of a second wave expected to peak this June. A top epidemiologist is predicting over 60 million will catch the infection […]
Moderna is setting up shop in China as fears of another COVID-19 wave in the country rise. The vaccine maker says it has registered in China. So far, the country has only vaccinated its population with domestic vaccines. Stocks shot up at the news. This comes amid warnings from China’s top health adviser that China […]
A federal judge in Texas this week ordered the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make public data it relied on to license COVID-19 vaccines—Moderna’s for adults and Pfizer’s for children—at an accelerated rate, requiring all documents to be made public by mid-2025 rather than, as the FDA wanted, over the course of around 23.5 […]
The highest-ranking prosecutor in Texas is launching an investigation into whether the three top COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers have misled the public. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is probing whether Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson misrepresented the efficacy of their COVID-19 vaccines, the Republican announced on May 1. The companies may have violated the Texas Deceptive […]
A potential indictment of former President Donald Trump was delayed on March 22 after the grand jury in New York investigating the Stormy Daniels hush money case was reportedly told not to meet and to be on standby for Thursday. The reason for the adjournment is unclear. Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers gave their reactions to the […]
Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel defended his company’s decision to drastically increase the cost of the COVID-19 vaccine in a hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on March 22. Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Ranking Member Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) both thanked Bancel for his company’s work to push out […]
Moderna has reversed course and promised that people will not have to pay for the company’s COVID-19 vaccine once the U.S. government stops buying shots. “Moderna remains committed to ensuring that people in the United States will have access to our COVID-19 vaccines regardless of ability to pay,” the company said in a statement. Moderna’s […]
The U.S. government is asserting that it, not Moderna, should face a lawsuit that alleges the company committed patent infringement with its COVID-19 vaccine. The government said the court should allow it to “relieve Moderna of any liability for patent infringement resulting in performance of the ’-0100 contract and to transfer to the United States […]
COVID-19 vaccines and treatments that have been free of charge to consumers, due to U.S. government funding, will eventually transition to be provided via the regular health care system. This means that certain COVID-19 tests, vaccines, and treatments, will cost more for some. Here’s what it means for you: End of Emergency Ashish Jha, the […]
Big Pharma companies, which reaped billions of dollars in COVID vaccine sales, allegedly pressured Twitter to censor activists who pushed for the sharing of knowledge needed to make generic vaccines, according to the latest addition to the “Twitter Files.” In 2020, there was an “international push” to force the drug industry to make its COVID […]
