The Italian Medicines Agency has published the annual report on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. The data collected and analyzed concern the reports of suspected adverse reaction registered in the National Pharmacovigilance Network (RNF) in the vaccination campaign year from 27 December 2020 to 26 December 2021 for the four vaccines in use in the vaccination campaign in [...]
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The Technical Scientific Commission (CTS) of AIFA, in the extraordinary session yesterday, 5 January 2022, at the request of the Ministry of Health, expressed its favorable opinion on the possibility of providing a vaccine booster dose also for subjects aged between 12 and 15 years old. In analogy with what already [...]
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The Technical Scientific Commission (CTS) of AIFA, in the meeting of 22 December 2021, approved the use of the Nuvaxovid (Novavax) vaccine, making it available in the entire indication authorized by EMA for subjects aged 18 or over. Vaccination involves a primary vaccination course of two doses three weeks apart. [...]
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The Technical Scientific Commission of AIFA (CTS), in the meeting of 1 December 2021, approved the extension of indication of use of the Comirnaty (Pfizer) vaccine for the age group 5-11 years, with a reduced dose (one third of the authorized dosage for adults and adolescents) and with a specific formulation. Vaccination will take place in two doses at [...]
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(by Federica De Stefani, lawyer and head of Aidr Regione Lombardia) The forecast of the administration of a third dose of vaccine turns the spotlight on privacy once again and requires the intervention of the Guarantor. At the base of this new "controversy" the statements of Guido Bertolaso, coordinator of the vaccination campaign in Lombardy, released on the sidelines of [...]
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The virtuous data of the economy for 2021 and 22 ', Mario Draghi affirms, are due to the success of the vaccination campaign: "vaccination is the basis of the recovery, schoolchildren are back at school: it was a difficult step but all in all solved with success". On the green pass side, writes the Ansa, the data on the download of the certificate [...]
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Intensification of the vaccination campaign expected The Ministry of Education specifies that, in the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the trade unions, there is no provision, nor has it ever been thought of, for a free swab mechanism for the so-called no vax. The Protocol, on the other hand, provides for a preferential lane for personnel who have yet to get vaccinated, therefore an intensification [...]
read moreThe Lonate Ceppino company was the protagonist of the episode of Agorà (Rai3) which shed light on the technologies indispensable for Samic Spa to achieve productive independence: "We are ready for the production of the bioreactors essential for the production of vaccines in Italy" L 'managing director, Giancarlo Saporiti: "Just as we produce reactors for the chemical sector, we are able [...]
read moreAIFA authorizes the AstraZeneca vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals over the age of 18, as per EMA indication. "The arrival of a third vaccine represents an important contribution to the ongoing vaccination campaign", comments AIFA DG Nicola Magrini and "AIFA has provided indications for optimizing the use of existing vaccines [...]
read moreThe Italian Medicines Agency has authorized the Covid 19 Vaccine Moderna for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in subjects aged 18 and over. The General Manager, Nicola Magrini, was very satisfied: "We welcome the possibility of making a second tool available for this vaccination campaign that is [...]
read moreIn a press release, the Cultural Association Identità Italiana - Italiani all'Estero launched an appeal in favor of the hundreds of thousands of Italians who work and live far from Italy: "We launched a petition on the Change.org platform to ask the Italian to commit to ensure that the anti-Covid-19 vaccine is also made available to Italians residing abroad. " To say it [...]
read moreV Day is also taking place in Tuscany. The first 8 doses of vaccine destined for hospitals in Tuscany left this morning around 620 am, escorted by the patrols of the State Police. They arrived at the Florentine hospital of Careggi at dawn escorted by an army vehicle and from there they left to reach 11 hospitals in the region [...]
read moreThe long-awaited marketing authorization for the vaccine has arrived. The European drug agency has in fact kicked off the marketing of Pfizer-BioNTech's anti-Covid vaccine in individuals over 16 years of age. It is in fact a "conditional" approval, as the drug is not recommended for children under 16. After the rigorous investigations [...]
read more(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Why do the Chinese not get sick anymore from Covid-19 today? A good question, a question that many of us ask ourselves by looking at the images via social media of Chinese TVs that show the population walking around the street without a protective mask. An oddity? I would say no, they arrive before the others because [...]
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Prime Minister Conte, on the strength of data that show almost stable data at the moment, will not impose new national restrictions leaving full discretion to the various governors. Arcuri will officially take care of the operational plan for the distribution and storage of the German-American vaccine arriving in Italy as early as January 2021. (by Andrea Pinto) The contagion curve for [...]
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The US company Biotech Moderna announced: "Positive tests on volunteers, they developed antibodies" According to what was announced by the US biotech company Moderna, the first safety tests on humans of its vaccine, which it is developing in collaboration with the National Institute of allergies and infectious diseases led by virologist Anthony Fauci, is giving promising results compared to [...]
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The Israeli Institute for Biological Research is reportedly about to give the news expected by the whole world, “the development of a vaccine against the coronavirus has been completed. The news is reported by the Israeli newspaper "Haaretz", citing medical sources, according to which the researchers were able to identify the biological mechanism and the qualities of the virus, including a [...]
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