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J&J submits EUL application to WHO for single-shot COVID-19 vaccine

February 19, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) announced today that it submitted for emergency use listing (EUL) to the World Health Organization (WHO) for its COVID-19 vaccine. New Brunswick, N.J.-based J&J’s Janssen subsidiary’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine candidate was submitted for EUL with a data package including interim efficacy and safety results from the Phase 3 Ensemble clinical trial, which […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Featured, Pharmaceutical, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, World Health Organization

Hahn apologizes for convalescent plasma claim

August 25, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

Under intense criticism for his statement that convalescent plasma donated by former coronavirus patients could reduce COVID-19 deaths by 35%, FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn apologized on Twitter late Monday. The agency announced on Sunday that it had granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) for plasma donated by coronavirus survivors as a treatment for new patients. President Trump, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Hospital Care, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, FDA, Mayo Clinic, World Health Organization

Feds’ convalescent plasma claim questioned

August 25, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

Scientists are questioning the Trump administration’s claim for the effectiveness of convalescent plasma in preventing deaths from COVID-19, according to published reports. President Trump and the heads of the FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services all said on Sunday that plasma donated by former coronavirus patients has reduced deaths by 35%. Their […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Hospital Care Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, FDA, Mayo Clinic, World Health Organization

Apple announces medical studies using new Research app

September 12, 2019 By Sean Whooley

Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) said yesterday that it is launching medical studies into women’s health, hearing, and heart function and movement with its new Research app. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company said the app will show how medical research is conducted and allow participants to contribute to potential medical discoveries. The Research app will be available as a free […]

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, Clinical Trials, Featured, News Well, Otolaryngology/Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT), Women's Health Tagged With: American Heart Association, Apple, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, National Institutes of Health (NIH), World Health Organization

Study: Heat-stable drug formulation offers new option to prevent postpartum bleeding

June 28, 2018 By Sarah Faulkner

Data from a collaboration between Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Merck (NYSE:MRK) and the World Health Organization showed that a heat-stable formulation of carbetocin is as effective as oxytocin for the prevention of excessive bleeding following vaginal birth. Millions of women are affected by postpartum hemorrhage every year, according to Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Traditionally, women are given oxytocin to prevent the deadly condition. But […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical, Wall Street Beat, Women's Health Tagged With: ferringpharmaceuticals, Merck, World Health Organization

Antibacterial coated suture wins WHO recommendation

November 4, 2016 By Sarah Faulkner

Ethicon said today that its triclosan-coated suture was included in the new “Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections (SSI)” by the World Health Organization. The guidelines are the 1st global guidelines for preventing surgical site infections. “The panel suggests the use of triclosan-coated sutures for the purpose of reducing the risk of […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Surgical Tagged With: Ethicon, Johnson and Johnson, World Health Organization

PharmaJet inks pact with World Health Organization for polio vaccine

August 31, 2016 By MassDevice

By Sarah Faulkner PharmaJet said yesterday that it inked a multi-year partnership as part of the World Health Organization’s effort to eradicate polio, using the Colorado-based company’s needle-free technology. Their Tropis device administers medication through the skin, without the use of needles. Although polio has been eradicated from the Americas, Europe, South East Asia and the Western […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations Tagged With: PharmaJet, Polio, World Health Organization

WHO: Few countries ready for ‘superbug’ fight

April 29, 2015 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

WHO: Few countries ready for 'superbug' fight

(Reuters) — Only 34 countries have national plans to fight the global threat of antibiotic resistance, meaning few are prepared to tackle the "superbug" infections that put even basic healthcare at risk, the World Health Organization said today.

Filed Under: Hospital Care, News Well Tagged With: World Health Organization

World Health Assembly strengthens regulatory standards

June 3, 2014 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

World Health Assembly strengthens regulatory standards

By: Margaret Hamburg, M.D.

The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), attended every year by the leading government health officials from its 194 member nations. Recently, I was pleased to participate as a member of the U.S. delegation in the 67th meeting of this important group in Geneva, Switzerland.

Filed Under: Blog, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), News Well, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: World Health Organization

WHO bids Swine Flu adieu

August 11, 2010 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Swine Flu logo

In a jargon-laced statement August 10, World Health Organization director-general Dr. Margaret Chan declared an end to the Swine Flu pandemic.

The United Nations’ health organization head proclaimed that the "world is no longer in phase 6 of influenza pandemic alert" and that the H1N1 influenza virus had entered into a "post-pandemic period."

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Swine Flu, World Health Organization

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