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A consignment of 200,000 AmBisome (Amphotericin B injection), used in black fungus treatment reached India on early Sunday. Another consignment of AmBisome from @GileadSciences, used in Black Fungus treatment, reaches India. Total 200,000 doses already there so far. More to follow! tweeted Ambassador of India to United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu. Mucormycosis, commonly known as black fungus, has wreaked havoc across India, especially in COVID-19 patients who have been administered heavy doses of steroids to treat the infection. Many states have declared black fungus as a epidemic disease including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu and Bihar under the Epidemic Act 1897. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has instructed all concerned officials to arrange the drug from anywhere in the world on a war footing.
BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced that the Conditional Marketing Authorization (CMA) for COMIRNATY
® in the European Union (EU) has been expanded to include individuals 12 to 15 years of age. This follows the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) positive opinion to authorize the vaccine in this age group. The extended indication for the CMA for COMIRNATY
® is valid in all 27 EU member states.
COMIRNATY
® was the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive authorization in the EU and is the first to have its CMA extended to adolescents. Distribution and administration of COMIRNATY
® by the EU member states will continue to be determined according to the populations identified in the EU and per national guidance.
President Biden’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes $750 million to address the ongoing fallout from the SolarWinds hack, even as lawmakers continue to press the administration to include more fu
Uber and GMB sign “landmark” collective bargaining agreement with no ability to negotiate on earnings, attracting criticism from smaller unions that it lacks teeth.