"Before new versions of the Omicron strain took hold in the U.S., Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE had begun tinkering with their widely used Covid-19 vaccine."

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"A drug to prevent preterm birth may provide the next test of the agency’s process for speedily getting drugs on the market, despite limited evidence that some work."

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>"The agency will wait for data on whether three doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid vaccine are effective in young children after new, disappointing data."

"The agency threw out previous recommended limits on doses but encouraged “nonopioid therapies” wherever possible."

"A crucial Johnson & Johnson plant has stopped making its Covid vaccine, though the company says it has millions of doses in inventory."

>"U.S. government officials said synthetic opioids are akin to “a slow-motion weapon of mass destruction.”"