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2 stories tagged "influenza"

Drugs & FDA

Moderna's mRNA flu shot got a 9-0 vote. The comparator question that killed its first filing did not go away.

An FDA panel voted 9-0 to back Moderna's first mRNA flu vaccine. Four months earlier, the same agency refused to even read the file over the comparator the trial used. The comparator did not change.

Drugs & FDA

A $200 Flu Pill Just Got a Cheaper Twin. The 10 Percent Resistance Problem Came With It.

The FDA cleared the first generic of baloxavir, the one-pill flu drug, in time for the 2026–2027 season. Cheaper is real. The mutation that turns the drug into a sugar pill is real too.