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OpenAI CEO to Testify Before US Senate Panel Next Week on Concerns Regarding AI Regulations
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will make his first appearance before a Senate panel next week as the US Congress grapples with how best to regulate artificial intelligence as the technology becomes more powerful and widespread. Altman will testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology & the Law on Tuesday on what laws might be need...
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UK Regulator Approves Moderna Jab For Children Aged 12-17
Britain's medicines watchdog on Tuesday said it had approved the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 17, after previously giving the green light to Pfizer.
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UK Regulator Fines Pharmaceutical Firms For Manipulating Market
Britain's competition regulator announced Thursday it has imposed hundreds of millions of pounds in fines on several pharmaceutical firms for breaching the law in the supply of hydrocortisone tablets.
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Pfizer Vaccine For 12 To 15-Year-Olds Approved By UK Regulator
Britain's medicines regulator said Friday the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is safe for adolescents aged 12 to 15 after a "rigorous review", following similar assessments in the European Union and United States.
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UK Approves Single Shot Johnson & Johnson Covid Vaccine
Britain on Friday approved the use of a the single shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced Friday.
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79 Blood Clots, 19 Deaths After Taking AstraZeneca Vaccine: UK Regulator
There have been 79 cases of rare blood clots, resulting in 19 deaths, in people receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine in Britain, the country's medicines regulator said Wednesday.
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AstraZeneca Vaccine Approval Unlikely In January: European Union Agency
The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, which was approved Wednesday in Britain, is unlikely to get a green light in the European Union in the next month, according to the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
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UK Must Vaccinate 2 Million A Week To Avoid 3rd Coronavirus Wave: Report
Britain must vaccinate two million people a week to avoid a third wave of the coronavirus outbreak, a study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has concluded.
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Explainer: What Do The UK Allergic Reaction Cases Mean For Pfizer Vaccine
Britain's medicines regulator has advised people with a history of significant allergies not to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine after two people reported adverse reactions on the first day of its rollout in the UK.
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UK Issues Allergy Warning On Pfizer Vaccine After Adverse Reactions
Britain's medicine regulator said anyone with a history of anaphylaxis to a medicine or food should not get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, giving fuller guidance on an earlier allergy warning about the shot.
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UK Medicine Regulator To Assess Best Dose For Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine
Britain's medical regulator will examine all the data from trials of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford and AstraZeneca, including which dosing regimen is best to use, the regulator's chief executive said on Wednesday.
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UK Warns Against Pfizer Vaccine For Those With Serious Allergies After 2 Reactions
Britain's medicine regulator has advised that people with a history of significant allergic reactions do not get Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine after two people reported adverse effects on the first day of rollout.
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How The World Has Sped Up Covid-19 Vaccine Approvals
Britain has become the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, giving the green light to the Pfizer/BioNTech drug.
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Brexit Accelerated Covid-19 Vaccine Approval: UK Government
Britain crowed on Wednesday that Brexit had hastened its rollout of a Covid-19 vaccine while the EU lags on its own approval, provoking criticism that it was indulging in pharmaceutical nationalism.
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Nobel Prize Awarded To 3 For Learning How Cells Sense Oxygen
US researchers William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza and Britain's Peter Ratcliffe on Monday shared the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability, the Nobel Assembly said.
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OpenAI CEO to Testify Before US Senate Panel Next Week on Concerns Regarding AI Regulations
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will make his first appearance before a Senate panel next week as the US Congress grapples with how best to regulate artificial intelligence as the technology becomes more powerful and widespread. Altman will testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology & the Law on Tuesday on what laws might be need...
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UK Regulator Approves Moderna Jab For Children Aged 12-17
Britain's medicines watchdog on Tuesday said it had approved the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 17, after previously giving the green light to Pfizer.
-
UK Regulator Fines Pharmaceutical Firms For Manipulating Market
Britain's competition regulator announced Thursday it has imposed hundreds of millions of pounds in fines on several pharmaceutical firms for breaching the law in the supply of hydrocortisone tablets.
-
Pfizer Vaccine For 12 To 15-Year-Olds Approved By UK Regulator
Britain's medicines regulator said Friday the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is safe for adolescents aged 12 to 15 after a "rigorous review", following similar assessments in the European Union and United States.
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UK Approves Single Shot Johnson & Johnson Covid Vaccine
Britain on Friday approved the use of a the single shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced Friday.
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79 Blood Clots, 19 Deaths After Taking AstraZeneca Vaccine: UK Regulator
There have been 79 cases of rare blood clots, resulting in 19 deaths, in people receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine in Britain, the country's medicines regulator said Wednesday.
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AstraZeneca Vaccine Approval Unlikely In January: European Union Agency
The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, which was approved Wednesday in Britain, is unlikely to get a green light in the European Union in the next month, according to the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
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UK Must Vaccinate 2 Million A Week To Avoid 3rd Coronavirus Wave: Report
Britain must vaccinate two million people a week to avoid a third wave of the coronavirus outbreak, a study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has concluded.
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Explainer: What Do The UK Allergic Reaction Cases Mean For Pfizer Vaccine
Britain's medicines regulator has advised people with a history of significant allergies not to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine after two people reported adverse reactions on the first day of its rollout in the UK.
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UK Issues Allergy Warning On Pfizer Vaccine After Adverse Reactions
Britain's medicine regulator said anyone with a history of anaphylaxis to a medicine or food should not get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, giving fuller guidance on an earlier allergy warning about the shot.
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UK Medicine Regulator To Assess Best Dose For Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine
Britain's medical regulator will examine all the data from trials of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford and AstraZeneca, including which dosing regimen is best to use, the regulator's chief executive said on Wednesday.
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UK Warns Against Pfizer Vaccine For Those With Serious Allergies After 2 Reactions
Britain's medicine regulator has advised that people with a history of significant allergic reactions do not get Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine after two people reported adverse effects on the first day of rollout.
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How The World Has Sped Up Covid-19 Vaccine Approvals
Britain has become the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, giving the green light to the Pfizer/BioNTech drug.
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Brexit Accelerated Covid-19 Vaccine Approval: UK Government
Britain crowed on Wednesday that Brexit had hastened its rollout of a Covid-19 vaccine while the EU lags on its own approval, provoking criticism that it was indulging in pharmaceutical nationalism.
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Nobel Prize Awarded To 3 For Learning How Cells Sense Oxygen
US researchers William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza and Britain's Peter Ratcliffe on Monday shared the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability, the Nobel Assembly said.
