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The Pentagon is touting its rollout of coronavirus vaccines even as it is unable to say how many service members have actually received COVID-19 vaccinations. Defense Department (DOD) officials say they have delivered more than 2 million shots…

AstraZeneca said it had a positive meeting with the European Commission after it was reported that the company had not replied letter of complaint from the European Union within 20 days.Reuters reports that the Anglo-Swedish company shared the…

Shops, restaurants, bars and a number of other non-essential businesses will reopen in England on Monday, as the country continues its coronavirus vaccination effort.Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the eased restrictions in a statement last…

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An Israeli study released on Saturday found that the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa is able to “break through” the antibodies created from the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to some extent.The study was carried out by Tel Aviv…

The HHS’ new interoperability and information blocking rules have been in effect for one week, yet how they will be enforced is unclear. But there are some clues that could provide a glimpse into what the enforcement landscape might look like, and the best thing providers and IT developers can do is be proactive, experts say.

Digital health startup Better Therapeutics plans to go public through a SPAC merger that would value it at $187 million. The company is currently running a pivotal study to see if its app-based program could be used as a treatment for type 2 diabetes. 

Sanofi, which already has messenger RNA R&D alliances with other companies, paid $160 million up front to acquire preclinical startup Tidal Therapeutics. The pharma giant said Tidal’s mRNA approach could lead to an off-the-shelf CAR-T therapy.

The Biden administration is taking initial steps toward an expanded role in global COVID-19 vaccination efforts, while stopping short of sharing excess doses on a wide scale.The federal government has been amassing doses, growing its supply into…

The CEO of a plan that bungled production of 15 million Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine doses receive a 51 percent increase in compensation in 2020, according to a report from The Washington Post. Emergent Biosolutions CEO Robert…