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The FDA later clarified that it has not approved any therapeutics or drugs to treat COVID-19, but that studies were underway to see if chloroquine could be effective in treatment of COVID-19. [ 146 ] [ 147 ] Following Trump's claim, panic buying of chloroquine was reported from many countries in Africa, Latin America and South Asia.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has officially approved remdesivir as a treatment for coronavirus, drug manufacturer Gilead Sciences announced Thursday. The Ebola drug was already being used ...
On March 19, Trump falsely claimed the drug chloroquine was approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for COVID-19. This led the FDA to say it had not approved any drugs or therapies for COVID-19, and strongly advised people against taking it outside of a hospital or clinical trial, due to possibly fatal side effects. [36]
The FDA issued warning letters to seven companies for selling products that claim to prevent, treat or cure COVID-19 caused by the new coronavirus.
Earlier this month, the health regulator approved updated COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna targeting the KP.2 variant. JN.1 was the dominant strain in the United States earlier this year.
As of February 2021, in the United States, only remdesivir had FDA approval for certain COVID-19 patients, [67] and while early research had suggested a benefit in preventing death and shortening illness duration, this was not borne out by subsequent trials. [68] [needs update]
After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the emergency use of the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines many questions are beginning to circulate.. In the FDA's press release on Aug. 22 ...
National regulatory authorities have granted full or emergency use authorizations for 40 COVID-19 vaccines.. Ten vaccines have been approved for emergency or full use by at least one stringent regulatory authority recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO): Pfizer–BioNTech, Oxford–AstraZeneca, Sinopharm BIBP, Moderna, Janssen, CoronaVac, Covaxin, Novavax, Convidecia, and Sanofi ...