COVID-19
FDA grants Fast Track designation for Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine candidate
May 13, 2020Research and Development COVID-19, coronavirs
The FDA has granted Fast Track designation for Moderna Inc’s mRNA vaccine candidate against the coronavirus. The regulatory body had …
AMAG Pharmaceuticals to cut 30% of staff as part of restructure
May 13, 2020Research and Development COVID-19, coronavirus
AMAG Pharmaceuticals announced that it will cut 30% of its staff, or 140 jobs, as part of a companywide restructuring. …
Gilead signs deal with generic drugmakers to expand global supply of remdesivir
May 13, 2020Research and Development COVID-19, coronavirus, remdesivir
Gilead Sciences has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with five generics drug companies in India and Pakistan to supply them …
Pharmafile.com’s weekly COVID-19 news round-up
May 13, 2020Research and Development COVID-19, coronavirus
Developments in treatments for COVID-19 continue to dominate the news as the latest in hydroxychloroquine trials shows it does not …
Researchers in Denmark testing if senicapoc drug can reduce lung damage in COVID-19 patients
May 13, 2020Research and Development COVID-19, Sars, coronavirus
Scientists are studying if senicapoc, a treatment for sickle cell anemia, can be repurposed to mitigate damage to a COVID-19 …
Japan authorises exceptional approval of Gilead’s remdesivir for severe COVID-19
May 12, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing COVID-19, Gilead, Japan, coronavirus, pharma, remdesivir
Remdesivir, perhaps the leading hope in the race against COVID-19, has secured approval from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and …
FDA grants Abbott Emergency Use Authorization for another COVID-19 antibody test
May 12, 2020Manufacturing and Production COVID, COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic, tests
The FDA has given Emergency Use Authorisation for another COVID-19 diagnostics test for antibodies from Abbott Laboratories. With this approval, …
Wuhan plans to test all 11 million residents for COVID-19 after 6 new cases are recorded
May 12, 2020Manufacturing and Production COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus originated, plans to test all of its residents after 6 new cases …
FDA provides new guidelines to accelerate the development of COVID-19 treatments
May 12, 2020Manufacturing and Production COVID-19, FDA, coronavirus, pandemic
The FDA has provided new guidelines to researchers studying potential COVID-19 treatments to help speed up the process of their …
What can previous outbreak modeling tell us about the COVID-19 pandemic?
May 11, 2020Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing COVID-19, Interview, coronavirus, feature, pharma
Dr LaRee Tracy, a lecturer at San Diego State University and Director of Biostatistics at PHASTAR, led a team of …
Eli Lilly’s Retevmo approved by FDA to treat lung and thyroid cancers
May 11, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID-19, coronavirus
The FDA has announced that Retevmo (selpercatinib) has been approved to treat both non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and medullary thyroid …
NIAID announces the launch of second remdesivir trial for COVID-19 patients
May 11, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID-19, coronavirus, niaid, remdesivier
The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NAID) has announced that it is enrolling COVID-19 patients in hospital …
Black people are four times more likely to die from COVID-19 than white in England and Wales, ONS report shows
May 7, 2020Business Services COVID-19, coronavirus
A recent report from the Office of National Statistics has shown that black people in England and Wales are four …
UK becomes first European country to pass 30,000 deaths from COVID-19
May 7, 2020Business Services COVID-19, coronavirus
Britain has become the first European nation to pass 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus, putting it only behind the US as …
Scientists in the UK and US identify hundreds of mutations in the COVID-19 virus
May 7, 2020Business Services COVID-19, Protein, coronavirus, virus
Two studies from the UK and US have identified hundreds of mutations in COVID-19, which could cause problems for the …
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