vaccines
AstraZeneca Chief Executive says vaccine is still possible this year
September 10, 2020Research and Development AstraZeneca, Oxford Vaccine, Vaccine, coronavirus vaccine, vaccines
Pascal Soriot, Chief Executive of AstraZeneca, said that the company’s vaccine could still be available this year, despite the clinical …
Up to 60,000 in the UK may have suffered from “long COVID” new data suggests
September 8, 2020Manufacturing and Production Vaccine, pandemic, vaccines
60,000 people across Britain may have been suffering from prolonged symptoms of coronavirus months after contracting the virus. This is …
Africa declared free of wild polio
August 26, 2020Research and Development polio, vaccines
The Africa Regional Certification Commission has declared Africa to be free from wild polio. Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan were the …
China’s drug regulator says vaccines must have 50 percent efficacy to be approved
August 17, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID, China, coronavirus, vaccines
The Chinese Centre for Drug Evaluation (CCDE) has said that coronavirus vaccines must show 50 percent efficacy to be approved. …
Philippines expected to approve Russia’s ‘Sputnik’ COVID-19 vaccine
August 14, 2020Medical Communications COVID, COVID-19, coronavirus, vaccines
The Philippines is expected to begin large scale human testing of Russia’s controversial ‘Sputnik’ coronavirus vaccine. Rodrigo Duterte, the President …
Over a third of Americans say they won’t take a coronavirus vaccine
August 10, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID-19, coronavirus, vaccines
35% of Americans say they have no plans to take a COVID-19 vaccine, according to new polling. A new Gallup …
US indicts two Chinese hackers for attempting to steal COVID-19 drug and vaccine research
July 22, 2020Research and Development COVID-19 Vaccines, coronavirus, hacking, vaccines
Two Chinese hackers have been charged in the US with hacking medical companies and stealing hundreds of millions of dollars …
UK secures early access to 90 million doses of coronavirus vaccines
July 20, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID-19, coronaviurs, vaccines
The UK has secured early access to 90 million doses of coronavirus vaccines through multiple partnerships with pharmaceutical companies.
WHO reports “alarming decline” in child vaccinations due to COVID-19 disruption
July 17, 2020Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing COVID-19, WHO, vaccination, vaccines
The World Health Organization and UNICEF have pointed to an “alarming decline” in the levels of children worldwide receiving essential …
Pharmafile.com’s weekly COVID-19 news round-up
July 15, 2020Research and Development COVID-19, coronavirus, vaccines
The coronavirus news this week focuses on therapeutics, with Gilead’s remdesivir reducing the risk of death in 62% of severe …
Russia claims it has completed the first human trial for COVID-19 vaccine
July 13, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID-19, coronavirus, vaccines
Russia has become the first country to complete a COVID-19 vaccine trial on humans, according to the Russian News Agency. …
GlaxoSmithKline commits to the production of one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine adjuvant in 2021
May 28, 2020Manufacturing and Production COVID-19, GSK, coronavirus, pharma, vaccines
GlaxoSmithKline has just come forward to commit to the manufacture and distribution of one billion doses of vaccine adjuvant against …
China approves first homegrown HPV vaccine
January 8, 2020Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, HPV, NMPA, pharma, vaccines
Female patients in China between the ages of nine and 45 will have access to the country’s first domestically-produced vaccine …
Anti-vaxx movement complicit in 140,000 global measles deaths in 2018, mostly in children
December 6, 2019Medical Communications anti vaxx, anti-vaxx, anti-vaxxers, measles mumps polio, measls, mumps, polio, vaccinations, vaccines
Over 140,000 people died from measles last year, with most of them being children under five, according to World Health …
UK Government calls on social media companies to fight misinformation surrounding vaccines
August 19, 2019Sales and Marketing MMR, anti-vaxxers, measles, pharma, vaccination, vaccines
Boris Johnson has called on social media companies to come together to discuss ways in which they can promote accurate …
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