Trump Administration to recommend vaccinating everyone over 65
The state is ramping up inoculation, transforming Dodger Stadium and Disneyland into mass vaccination centers. — NYT: Top Stories
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Bayer announces U.S. FDA accepts new drug applications and grants priority review for investigational drug Finerenone for patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes
Submission to FDA was based on positive data from Phase III FIDELIO-DKD study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine WHIPPANY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bayer announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its New Drug Application (NDA)
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A stark divide in California’s surge
Monday: The State of California is having two distinct pandemics, north and south. — NYT: Top Stories
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In 5 U.S. States, crushing numbers and hospitals at capacity
Arizona, California, Oklahoma, Rhode Island and South Carolina are now averaging the most daily new cases per person. — NYT: Top Stories
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Rocket Pharmaceuticals announces buildout of R&D and manufacturing facility to support development of innovative gene therapy pipeline
—New 103,720 ft2 Facility to Serve as Headquarters and House 150 Employees in Cranbury, NJ— —State of the Art R&D Facility to Support Manufacturing Including AAV Drug Product— —cGMP Production to be Initiated in 2021 for Planned Phase 2 Study of First
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Vaccine rollout hits snag as health workers balk at shots
FILE – In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, a nurse puts on protective gear in a COVID-19 unit in California. The nation’s biggest immunization rollout in history is facing pushback from an unlikely source: health care workers who witnessed COVID-19′s devastation
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U.S. tops 4,000 daily deaths from coronavirus for 1st time
A COVID-19 patient, placed on a ventilator, rests at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. California health authorities reported Thursday a record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads. (AP Photo/Jae C.
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U.S. lost 140,000 jobs in December in first drop since April
The sputtering economic rebound went into reverse in President Trump’s last full month in office, as employers laid off workers amid rising virus cases. — NYT: Top Stories
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Merck to hold fourth-quarter and full-year 2020 sales and earnings conference call on February 4
KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$MRK #MRK–Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, will hold its fourth-quarter and full-year 2020 sales and earnings conference call with institutional investors and analysts at 8:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 4. During the