Novavax will submit results to UK regulator ‘within two weeks’, clinical trial chief says

The Novavax coronavirus vaccine could submit its results to the UK regulator within two weeks, says the clinical trial chief, with supplies set to be available to Britain as soon as this summer. Early results show the jab is 89.3 effective against the virus and can fight off the Kent strain, in a glimmer of … Read more

Novavax will submit results to UK regulator ‘within two weeks’, clinical trial chief says

The Novavax coronavirus vaccine could submit its results to the UK regulator within two weeks, says the clinical trial chief, with supplies set to be available this summer. Early results show the jab is 89.3 effective against the virus including the Kent strain in a glimmer of hope the UK could add a fourth jab … Read more

Advertising regulator bans ‘misleading’ debt adverts from impersonators

The UK’s advertising watchdog has banned the adverts of two unregulated lead generators after they were found to have mimicked legitimate debt charities and claimed to be endorsed by the Government. The websites ‘writeoffmydebt’ and ‘stepdebtsupport’ were criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority after a series of complaints by the Government-funded Money and Pensions Service, … Read more

Plans to post millions of rapid testing kits to homes are BLOCKED by regulator over accuracy fears

Plans to post millions of rapid testing kits to homes are BLOCKED by regulator amid fears they are not accurate enough when people test themselves Tests only pick up 49 per cent of infections when used by ordinary people Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency blocked mass rollout Boris Johnson has said lateral flow tests … Read more

Plans to post millions of rapid testing kits to homes are BLOCKED by regulator over accuracy fears

Plans to post millions of rapid testing kits to homes are BLOCKED by regulator amid fears they are not accurate enough when people test themselves Tests only pick up 49 per cent of infections when used by ordinary people Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency blocked mass rollout Boris Johnson has said lateral flow tests … Read more

Twitter is fined £410,000 by Ireland’s data regulator for a bug that made private tweets public

Twitter is fined £410,000 by Ireland’s data regulator for a bug that made private tweets public Irish regulator made first use of new GDPR ‘One Stop Shop’ EU rules  Allow national watchdogs to impose penalties without consulting the bloc EU’s GDPR is part of concerted effort to hold big tech companies accountable  Silicon Valley giant … Read more

UK drugs regulator reassures public allergic reactions after vaccines are ‘very rare’

Britain’s medicines regulator sought to dampen fears over the coronavirus vaccine after two people with severe allergies had reactions after being among the first to receive the jab yesterday. The reactions in the two NHS workers provoked the Medicines and Healthcare products Agency (MHRA) to stop offering the jab to people with a history of … Read more

UK regulator dismisses Bell’s palsy fears over Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine

Britain’s drug regulator today dismissed safety fears over the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine after a report revealed four people in a trial in the US got Bell’s palsy. The condition, which is usually temporary, causes muscles on one side of the face to droop because of nerves not working properly. Four cases of it … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Regulator is poised to give go-ahead to a vaccine for emergency use within DAYS

The UK medicines regulator is posed to license one of the coronavirus vaccines for emergency use within days as the Armed Forces and the NHS urgently start preparing for its distribution at around 10 ‘vaccine hubs’.  Military personnel are turning locations across the country into mass vaccine sites, including the mothballed Nightingale hospital at London … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Regulator is poised to give go-ahead to a vaccine for emergency use within DAYS

The UK medicines regulator is posed to license one of the coronavirus vaccines for emergency use within days as the Armed Forces and the NHS urgently start preparing for its distribution at around 10 ‘vaccine hubs’.  Military personnel are transforming locations including the mothballed Nightingale hospital at London’s ExCel centre, Epsom racecourse in Surrey, and … Read more