AstraZeneca pledges to manufacture 30m units of Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine
May 19, 2020Manufacturing and Production AstraZeneca, COVID-19, UK, Vaccine, coronavirus, pharma
AstraZeneca has provided an update on the partnership it forged with the University of Oxford in late April to push …
US threatens to permanently cut off WHO funding
May 19, 2020Manufacturing and Production COVID-19, Trump, coronavirus
The US has threatened to permanently cut off funding to the World Health Organization if they do not take proposed …
Trump signs deal with generics company Phlow Corp to help shift drug manufacturing to the US
May 19, 2020Manufacturing and Production APIs, COVID-19, Drugs manufacturing, coronavirus, generics
The Trump administration will sign a $354 million deal with the generics company Phlow Corp to help produce medicines and …
Trump claims he is taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent contracting COVID-19
May 19, 2020Manufacturing and Production COVID-19, coronavirus, hydroxychloroquine
President Donald Trump told reporters last night that he is taking the drug hydroxychloroquine to ward off COVID-19, despite US …
Judge rejects Martin Shkreli’s prison release request to work on COVID-19 therapy
May 18, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID-19, Martin Shkreli, coronavirus
Notorious incarcerated ex-pharma CEO Martin Shkreli has his request rejected to be released from prison in order to research a …
New study on COVID-19 immune response shows promise for vaccine development
May 18, 2020Research and Development, Sales and Marketing COVID-19, coronavirus, pharma
Researchers at the labs of Dr Alessandro Sette and Dr Shane Crotty at California’s La Jolla Institute for Immunology have …
White House announces Dr Moncef Slaoui, the former head of GSK’s vaccine division, as the co-leader of Operation Warp Speed
May 18, 2020Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
President Donald Trump has announced that Dr Moncef Slaoui, the former head of GlaxoSmithKline’s vaccine division, will head up Operation …
Trump announces ‘Operation Warp Speed’ to develop a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year
May 18, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID-19, Trump, coronavirus
President Trump has announced a task force to quickly develop a vaccine for the US, titled Operation Warp Speed. Explaining …
Sanofi backtracks on promise of shipping COVID-19 vaccine to the US first
May 18, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID-19, coronavirus
Sanofi has backtracked on comments it made last week, where the company’s CEO said the US would get priority when …
Ex-BARDA chief warns of ‘darkest’ US winter in modern history due to COVID-19
May 18, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID-19, coronavirus
The former head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has warned that due to the US’s handling …
Genentech’s retiring R&D head to be replaced by MIT executive
May 15, 2020Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genentech, Roche, appointment
Michael Varney, industry veteran and Head of Research & Development at Genentech, has announced he is to leave the role …
Debra Feldman announced as Vice President, Head of Regulatory at Dyne Therapeutics
May 15, 2020Research and Development
Dyne Therapeutics has announced the appointment of Debra Feldman as their new Vice President, Head of Regulatory. Feldman said on …
Abbott’s COVID-19 test, used at the White House, fails to identify up to 48% of positive cases, study argues
May 15, 2020Medical Communications, Research and Development Abbott, COVID-19, coronavirus, pharma
Abbott’s 13-minute ID NOW COVID-19 testing kits have come under scrutiny after a study from New York University (NYU) revealed …
NIH will launch clinical trial testing hydroxychloroquine in combination with azithromycin as a COVID-19 treatment
May 15, 2020Medical Communications COVID-19, coronavirus
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) said it is launching a clinical trial testing hydroxychloroquine in combination with azithromycin …
A quarter of English COVID-19 deaths in hospitals were diabetics
May 15, 2020Medical Communications COVID-19, coronavirus, diabetes
The NHS’s first data breakdown of underlying health conditions in COVID-19 fatalities has shown that 1 in 4 deaths in …
Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week
May 15, 2020Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing COVID-19, coronavirus, top 10
The news this week continues to be dominated by COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, with the NIAID announcing the launch of …
Korean researchers find drug that is more effective in treating COVID-19 than remdesivir
May 15, 2020Medical Communications COVID-19, coronavirus
A research team at the Institut Pasteur Korea have identified a drug that appears to be more effective in treating …
100% of multiple myeloma patients respond to Janssen’s investigational CAR T therapy, data shows
May 14, 2020Research and Development CAR T, CAR-T, Janssen, multiple myeloma, pharma
Janssen has revealed new Phase1b/2 findings of the efficacy of its investigational B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed chimeric antigen receptor T cell …
French based Sanofi will ship COVID-19 vaccine to the US first
May 14, 2020Business Services COVID-19, Sanofi, Vaccine
French based pharmaceutical company Sanofi has announced it will ship its COVID-19 vaccine that is in development to the US …
African countries see surge in fake coronavirus treatments
May 14, 2020Business Services COVID-19, chloroquine, coronavirus
Counterfeit drugs that are falsely advertised to treat coronavirus have seen a surge in sales in parts of Africa. In …
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