FDA authorizes Novavax Covid vaccine targeting JN.1

FDA authorizes Novavax Covid vaccine targeting JN.1

A vial labelled “Novavax V COVID-19 Vaccine” is seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2022.  Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration authorized Novavax‘s updated protein-based Covid vaccine for emergency use in people ages 12 and up on Friday, paving the way for the shot to compete with Pfizer and Moderna‘s jabs … Read more

New Covid shots from Pfizer, Moderna, what to know

New Covid shots from Pfizer, Moderna, what to know

Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine mRNA 2024-2025 formula. Courtesy: Moderna A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. It’s that time of the year again. A new round of Covid shots is on its way to Americans.  … Read more

FDA approves Pfizer, Moderna updated KP.2 shots

FDA approves Pfizer, Moderna updated KP.2 shots

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, putting the new shots on track to reach most Americans in the coming days amid a summer surge of the virus.  The jabs target a strain called KP.2, a descendant of the highly contagious omicron subvariant JN.1 that began circulating … Read more

What we know about the next round of Covid vaccines

What we know about the next round of Covid vaccines

New vaccine COMIRNATY® (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) by Pfizer, available at CVS Pharmacy in Eagle Rock, CA.  Irfan Khan | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good afternoon! It’s almost that time of the year again. A new … Read more

Moderna combination Covid, flu vaccine shows positive late-stage data

Moderna combination Covid, flu vaccine shows positive late-stage data

Empty bottles of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. Fred Tanneau | AFP | Getty Images Moderna on Monday said its combination vaccine that targets both Covid-19 and the flu was more effective than existing standalone shots for those viruses in a late-stage trial.  The biotech company is the first to release positive phase three data on a … Read more

Novavax stock jumps on Sanofi Covid vaccine deal

Novavax stock jumps on Sanofi Covid vaccine deal

A vial labelled “Novavax V COVID-19 Vaccine” is seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2022.  Dado Ruvic | Reuters Shares of Novavax jumped as much as 50% on Monday as Wall Street cheered the company’s new multibillion-dollar deal with French drugmaker Sanofi that sparked a dramatic turnaround for the struggling vaccine maker. Novavax’s stock … Read more

Novavax and Sanofi to commercialize Covid vaccine, develop combo shots

Novavax and Sanofi to commercialize Covid vaccine, develop combo shots

A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands. Patrick Van Katwijk | Getty Images Novavax on Friday said it has signed a multibillion-dollar deal with French drugmaker Sanofi to co-commercialize the company’s Covid … Read more

Novavax (NVAX) earnings report Q4 2023

Novavax (NVAX) earnings report Q4 2023

Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images Vaccine maker Novavax on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter revenue and earnings that missed Wall Street’s estimates and reiterated plans to cut costs as it fights to stay afloat.  Still, Novavax narrowed its losses in the quarter from the same period a year ago, even as demand for the biotech … Read more

Novavax to settle Gavi arbitration over canceled Covid shot purchase

Novavax to settle Gavi arbitration over canceled Covid shot purchase

A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands. Patrick Van Katwijk | Getty Images Novavax on Thursday said it will settle a bitter arbitration dispute with Gavi, a nongovernmental global vaccine organization, over a … Read more