The U.K. is extending a worker furlough program that pays people idled by the COVID-19 pandemic up to around $3,088 a month, as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak says the program will now run through the end of October. The government is doubling the original four-month timeline, he said, to support workers when the […]
Fast Track Designation Biotechnology Company Granted for Coronavirus Vaccine
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) – The United States Food and Drug Administration granted Fast Track designation for a Cambridge-based biotechnology company’s coronavirus vaccine. Fast Track will facilitate the development and expedite the review of Moderna’s vaccine candidate (mRNA-1273). “Fast Track designation underscores the urgent need for a vaccine against the novel coronavirus,” said Tal Zaks, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer […]