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World takes stock of COVID-19 drug

Some governments in Europe and Asia said on Wednesday they have enough of Gilead’s COVID-19 anti-viral remdesivir for now despite fears of shortages since the U.S. drugmaker pledged most output to its home market for…

July 2, 2020
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Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine shows potential in human trial

A COVID-19 vaccine developed by German biotech firm BioNTech and U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has shown potential and was found to be well tolerated in early-stage human trials, the companies said on Wednesday.

July 1, 2020
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Gilead sets coronavirus drug candidate remdesivir at $2,340 per patient

Gilead Sciences Inc on Monday priced its COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir at $2,340 per patient for wealthier nations and agreed to send nearly all of its supply of the drug to the United States over the…

June 30, 2020
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COVID-19 pandemic ‘is not even close to being over: WHO chief

The COVID-19 pandemic is not even close to being over, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing on Monday.

June 29, 2020
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Chinese firm says coronavirus vaccine candidate shows promise in human test

China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said on Sunday that early human test results for a coronavirus vaccine candidate suggested it could be safe and effective, the second vaccine candidate from the firm to show encouraging…

June 29, 2020
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‘The electronic chip and the poison’: COVID-19 and conspiracy theories

COVID-19 and conspiracy theories: ‘The electronic chip and the poison’

The vaccine will inject you with an electronic chip, poison you, make you sick, they say.

June 27, 2020
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head of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Coronavirus pandemic getting worse globally: WHO head Tedros

The COVID-19 pandemic is subsiding in Europe, but getting worse globally with the number of infections expected to reach 10 million next week and the number of deaths 500,000, the head of the World Health…

June 25, 2020
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Phrama firm gets $71 million from US for COVID-19 vaccine device

Inovio Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday it has received $71 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to scale up production of the company’s devices that are used to administer its experimental COVID-19 vaccine into…

June 23, 2020
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Thai trials of COVID-19 vaccine reach make-or-break stage

Thai scientists administered a second dose of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine to monkeys on Monday, looking for another positive response to enable clinical trials in humans as early as October.

June 22, 2020
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COVID-19: DRAP issues registration letters for import, manufacturing of remdesivir

Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has issued registration letters for import and manufacturing of remdesivir used for critically ill patients of COVID-19.

June 22, 2020
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Sewage study suggests COVID-19 was in Italy in December

Scientists in Italy have found traces of the new coronavirus in wastewater collected from Milan and Turin in December 2019 – suggesting COVID-19 was already circulating in Northern Italy before China reported the first cases.

June 21, 2020
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Govt ensuring sufficient supplies of remdesivir for critical Covid-19 patients: Zafar Mirza

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Zafar Mirza says the government is ensuring sufficient supplies of remdesivir for critical Covid-19 patients.

June 21, 2020
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Director-General of the world health agency Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Coronavirus pandemic now in a new and dangerous phase: WHO

World Health Organization has urged the countries to remain extremely vigilant as the number of cases hit a new peak.

June 20, 2020
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U.S. hospitals in hard hit regions step up use of steroids on sickest COVID-19 patients

Several U.S. hospitals in states with fresh surges of COVID-19 cases have started treating their sickest patients with dexamethasone rather than await confirmation of preliminary results of a study by British researchers, who said the…

June 19, 2020
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