CRISPR Therapeutics announced an agreement with Sirius Therapeutics to develop and commercialize small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapies. Under the deal, CRISPR will pay $25 million in cash and $70 million in equity to Sirius upfront.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine with age restrictions after a six-week delay.

In the Phase 2 study of patients with chronic kidney disease, the highest dose of the drug lowered by 86% the levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), a measure of inflammation, through 90 days. Study participants treated with a placebo showed hs-CRP reductions of 15%.

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clinched the political support needed to become the nation’s top health official by pledging to work within the decades-old federal system for approval and use of vaccines. Yet his regulators are promising big changes that cloud the outlook for what shots might even be available.

Mexico halts Brazilian poultry imports after a bird flu outbreak, the U.S. FDA conditionally approves Novavax's COVID vaccine, and allows the first Alzheimer's blood test. Meanwhile, Assura is outbid by PHP in a takeover,