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ICT, Lasa succeed in Favipiravir drug synthesis, to commence production expresspharma
June 18, 2020
The collaborators aim to manufacture close to 10,000 doses of the antiviral to begin with.
EU calls for global alliance to buy COVID-19 vaccines up front expresspharma
June 18, 2020
It is planning to spend around $2.3 billion on the advance purchase of vaccines in testing on behalf of the 27 EU states.
Gilead announces results from Phase 3 Trial of remdesivir in patients with moderate COVID-19 worldpharmanews
June 17, 2020
Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced topline results from the Phase 3 SIMPLE trial in hospitalized patients with moderate COVID-19 pneumonia.
Promising path found for COVID-19 therapeutics worldpharmanews
June 17, 2020
A team of researchers at the University of Georgia has successfully demonstrated that a set of drug-like small molecules can block the activity of a key SARS-CoV-2 protein - providing a promising path for new COVID-19 therapeutics.
Up to 45 percent of SARS-CoV-2 infections may be asymptomatic worldpharmanews
June 17, 2020
An extraordinary percentage of people infected by the virus behind the ongoing deadly COVID-19 pandemic never show symptoms of the disease, according to the results of a Scripps Research analysis of public datasets on asymptomatic infections.
Super-potent human antibodies protect against COVID-19 in animal tests worldpharmanews
June 17, 2020
A team led by Scripps Research has discovered antibodies in the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients that provide powerful protection against SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes the disease, when tested in animals and human cell cultures.
Celltrion's infliximab biosimilar to be tested for COVID-19 pharmatimes
June 17, 2020
Celltrion Healthcare has partnered with the University of Oxford and University Hospitals Birmingham to investigate the use of infliximab biosimilar CT-P13 as a treatment for COVID-19 symptoms.
MHRA suspends COVID-19 hydroxychloroquine trials pharmatimes
June 17, 2020
As of this morning – Wednesday June 17 – the current recorded case count for COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the UK has reached 298,136 with 41,969 deaths.
TRV027 to be tested as COVID-19 illness treatment in clinical trial europeanpharmaceuticalreview
June 17, 2020
A clinical trial is set to investigate whether a molecule known as TRV027 is effective at preventing lung damage and the formation of blood clots in COVID-19 patients.
Therapeutic Solutions Initiates 500 Volunteer COVID-19 Prevention Clinical Trial Using QuadraMune americanpharmaceuticalreview
June 17, 2020
Therapeutics Solutions announced the initiation of a clinical trial aimed at demonstrating safety and efficacy of its immune-boosting formulation QuadraMune?.