Tag: #FDA
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Food and Drug Administration approves first HIV injection
United States: The United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the world’s first HIV injection, scientists are calling it a game-changer. According to the US Food and Drug Administration website, the purpose of the injectable treatment is to ensure a “pre-exposure HIV prevention”. It is hoped that the administration of the drug…
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Pfizer COVID-19 pill approved for at-home use by US
Trial data shows the oral pill by Pfizer is 90 percent effective in preventing deaths and hospitalisations in high-risk patients
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USA authorizes use of Pfizer-BioNTech in kids aged 12 and 15
Lahore, 11th May: The United States has finally authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children aged between 12 and 15 years. According to reports, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday that the Pfizer-BioNTtech COVID vaccine is now safe to be used for kids aged between 12 and 15.…
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Kids aged 12-15 soon to be administered with Pfizer vaccine
Lahore, 4th May: The United States is getting ready to administer Pfizer and German partner BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 12 and above soon. According to reports, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will start vaccinating kids aged between 12 and 15 with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus from next week. According…
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AstraZeneca says vaccine 76% effective in updated US trial data
British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca revised down by three percentage points the effectiveness of its Covid vaccine
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Shahnawaz Qureshi claims 88 percent development works in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD, Mar 21 (10:58 PM PKT)(APP): The All HDA Officers and Officials Welfare Association’s General Secretary Shahnawaz Qureshi has claimed 88 percent development works of Hyderabad Development Authority’s largest housing scheme Gulistan-e-Sarmast has been completed. In a statement issued here on Sunday Qureshi informed that soon the phase 4 balloting of the project, which consisted of around…
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FDA approves commercialization use of 270 plots in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD, Mar 20 (06:48 PM PKT) (APP): The Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) generated Rs 54.75 million revenue from commercial markets by approving commercialization use of 270 plots in the city. An FDA spokesman said on Saturday that various teams were activated across the district which were taking strict action besides sealing premises of residential plots and buildings over…
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FDA raids a dairy farm in Renalakhurd
RENALAKHURD, Feb 26 (APP): Punjab Food Authority (PFA) along with police on Friday raided a dairy farm and a milk collection centre and recovered huge quantity of milk contaminated with harmful chemical, hazardous powder, ghee and other raw material being used in the preparation of impure milk. PFA team raided on the dairy farm owned by Malik Tariq…
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Johnson & Johnson vaccine highly effective against severe Covid: FDA
Washington, Feb 24 (AFP/APP):The single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe Covid-19, including the South African and Brazil variants, new documents released by the US Food and Drug Administration showed Wednesday. In large clinical trials, the vaccine efficacy against severe disease was 85.9 percent in the United States, 81.7 percent in…
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Multan: PFA seals five more food outlets
MULTAN, Feb 21 (APP): The Punjab Food Authority’s (PFA), during its continued crackdown against substandard food businesses, Sunday sealed five more food outlets. A spokesperson for PFA said the teams of the authority carried out crackdown at various parts of South Punjab. He said the food safety teams checked 644 food units out of which five…