Vertex Announces European Medicines Agency Validation for Marketing Authorization Application Extension for KAFTRIO® in Combination With Ivacaftor to Include People With Cystic Fibrosis and Responsive Rare Mutations

[ad_1] -Application to add ~200 non-F508del CFTR mutations to the KAFTRIO® license- -If approved, ~2,800 people with cystic fibrosis in the European Union ages 2 and above could receive a…

Merck Covid drug linked to virus mutations that can spread between people, new study says

[ad_1] A worker holds a bottle of Merck & Co.’s molnupiravir antiviral medication in a warehouse in Shoham, Israel, on Jan. 18, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A…

Data prove coronavirus mutations are more infectious -German official

[ad_1] Lothar Wieler, the head of Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control, speaks during a news conference, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Berlin, Germany,…

As bird flu spreads to minks, sea lions and other mammals, scientists are on alert for dangerous mutations

[ad_1] Hundreds of wild sea lions in South America, a farm of minks in Europe, and more than 58 million poultry birds have died. All of these animals fell victim…

Omicron XBB.1.5 does not have mutations known to make people sicker, WHO says

[ad_1] A man is getting a Covid-19 test at a Covid-19 mobile testing site as people lined up at the Times Square in New York City, on Dec 6, 2021.…