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Experts Decry Prasad Memo’s Lack of Transparency as Vaccine Stocks Dip

With no evidence to support the claim that 10 children died due to COVID-19 vaccines, experts unpack the impact of CBER chief ...

FDA claims Covid shots killed 10 children and vows new vaccine rules

Vaccine experts said the memo was irresponsible and omits key details about how officials arrived at the conclusion.
Fierce Pharma

FDA's Prasad tells staffers agency plans to get tougher on vaccine regulation, blames child deaths on COVID shots

In the wake of the memo, several vaccine experts responded that the CBER director's claim about the deaths requires more ...

FDA chief says Biden administration withheld data on heart risk from Covid vaccines

Myocarditis is a known — but small — side effect of the mRNA Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, information that federal ...
ABC 7 Chicago

New COVID-19 pill is not a substitute for the vaccine, according to experts -- here's why

The first pill shown to treat COVID-19 has moved one step closer to being available to the public. The pharmaceutical company Merck requested FDA emergency authorization Monday for their COVID-19 ...
Reuters

-Merck starts recruitment for COVID-19 vaccine trial

Sept 11 (Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N), opens new tab has begun recruiting participants to its early-stage COVID-19 vaccine study, according to the government database ...
Reuters

Merck CEO sees human trials for COVID-19 vaccine candidate 'fairly soon'

LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Merck (MRK.N), opens new tab aims to start human trials on one of its COVID-19 vaccine candidates "fairly soon," with a second vaccine candidate likely to begin trials later ...