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BIDDEFORD, Maine, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Tufts Medical Center and Prapela, an infant health company in Biddeford, ME, have been awarded a joint $2.5 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse through the Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative, to help advance the development of the Prapela SVS Hospital Bassinet for the treatment of newborns diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)/Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS).
Tufts Medical Center & Prapela Receive $2.5 Million award from NIH to Support Prapela s Development of Hospital Bassinet Pad for Opioid-Exposed Newborns
Tufts Medical Center & Prapela Receive $2.5 Million Award from NIH for NAS/NOWS Breakthrough Study
Pfizer Advances Its COVID-19 Vaccine Trial for Children 11 and Younger
With vaccines expected to be available to this age group as soon as this fall
Pfizer says it’s moving forward with its Phase 2/3 trial in the pediatric population and expects to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to children between the ages of 5–11 in the fall, and soon after for those 4 and younger, if studies show immune response and safety.
“If safety and immunogenicity is confirmed, and pending authorization or approval from regulators, we hope to submit the vaccine for potential Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sometime in September-October timeframe for children 5–11, and soon after for 6 months to 5,” Pfizer stated.
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