The FDA has granted InflaRx (Nasdaq:IFRX) emergency use authorization (EUA) for the monoclonal antibody Gohibic (vilobelimab) to treat critically-ill COVID-19 patients. The company’s shares were up yesterday almost 84% to $3.77. Today, its shares jumped an additional 62% to $6.10. The EUA represents a significant advance for the Jena, Germany–based company, which on March 31,…

COVID-19 vaccine developers Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and its partner BioNTech (Nasdaq:BNTX) have won emergency use authorization (EUA) for a single booster dose of their omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 booster for kids between 6 months and 4 years of age. The booster can be administered at least two months after completing the primary vaccination series with three…

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq:BNTX) have filed an application to the FDA for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for an additional COVID-19 vaccine booster dose in adults 65 years of age and older. The two companies submitted two real-world data sets from Israel while the omicron variant was widespread. Pfizer notes that an additional dose…

FDA has authorized bebtelovimab, a monoclonal antibody from Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY), for certain high-risk patients with COVID-19. The emergency use authorization (EUA) for the antibody covers the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in individuals at least 12 years of age who weigh at least 40 kg (about 88 pounds). The EUA is constrained to individuals…

GlaxoSmithKline (LON:GSK) and its partner Vir Biotechnology (NSDQ:VIR) have announced that their COVID-19 drug sotrovimab continues to offer protection against the mutations in the spike protein of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant. In March, the two companies received emergency use authorization (EUA) for the drug. The EUA specifically covers the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in high-risk adults…

The FDA will allow the use of Lilly’s (NYSE:LLY) bamlanivimab and etesevimab antibodies for younger pediatric patients, including newborns. The revised expanded emergency use authorization (EUA) specifically includes children with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who face a high risk of disease progression. The EUA previously covered children at least 12 years of age who weigh at least…

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech (NSDQ: BNTX) announced today that they submitted a request to the FDA to expand the authorization of their COVID-19 vaccine to younger children. Expanded FDA emergency use authorization would allow for the use of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which has full FDA approval for people 16 years of age and older,…

FDA determined it couldn’t conclude that the benefits of lenzilumab from Humanigen (NSDQ:HGEN) outweigh the risks for patients hospitalized with COVID-19.  Lenzilumab is the company’s lead product candidate.  The drug works by neutralizing granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which is implicated in the so-called cytokine storm.  The drug is the subject of 16 clinical trials spanning…

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and its partner BioNTech (NSDQ:BNTX) aim to expand the U.S. emergency use authorization (EUA) for their COVID-19 vaccine to include children aged five to 11.   The companies plan on filing paperwork for the expanded EUA over the coming months. “We are planning for emergency use authorization submission for [children aged five to 11] in…

On April 16, Lilly announced that it was requesting FDA to revoke the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the monoclonal antibody bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) when used alone. Hours after, the agency agreed to rescind the EUA on the grounds that bamlanivimab is potentially ineffective against some SARS-CoV-2 variants. Bamlanivimab, however, won’t be disappearing as a COVID-19…