Coronavirus vaccine
Jun 24, 2020 11:46
Brazil’s pandemic response has faced criticism since March, when President Jair Bolsonaro started defying social distancing recommendations. read more
Jun 21, 2020 13:57
About a dozen vaccines are in different stages of human tests globally, as the World Health Organization warns the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating and “the world is in a new and dangerous phase”. read more
Jun 19, 2020 14:32
The trial, which is enrolling about 150 adult and elderly patients, will evaluate the two different boosters, or adjuvants, in combination with Clover’s candidate shot, SCB-2019, the Chinese company said. read more
Jun 17, 2020 16:39
CureVac’s product is based on an unproven but promising area of pharmaceutical development known as messenger RNA, in which the vaccine teaches the body’s cells to identify and attack the virus. read more
Jun 16, 2020 14:00
Fuelled by billions of dollars in government investment, vaccines from little-known companies like China’s CanSino Biologics Inc. and giants like Pfizer Inc. and AstraZeneca Plc are in development. read more
Jun 12, 2020 12:59
More than 150 groups all over the world are developing various vaccines for Covid-19 and at least 10 of them have entered the clinical trial phase. read more
Jun 11, 2020 17:17
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech said the primary goal of the study would be to prevent symptomatic Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. read more
Jun 08, 2020 06:04
At least 6.9 million people have been infected across the world by the coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University. read more
Jun 08, 2020 05:31
While urging people to “learn to live” with Covid-19, PM Lee also asked to play their part in limiting the spread of the virus by maintaining personal hygiene, wearing masks, observing safe distancing rules and avoiding crowded gatherings. read more
Jun 07, 2020 16:10
Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings Corp said its research on Avigan as a potential treatment for Covid-19 may drag on until July. read more
May 29, 2020 08:33
Roche said in a statement that it had joined forces with Gilead for a global phase III clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of using tocilizumab combined with remdesivir in hospitalised patients with severe Covid-19 pneumonia. read more
May 27, 2020 21:45
U.S. fatalities approached the 100,000 level, though infections rose at the slowest pace since March and President Donald Trump unveiled plans to increase testing. read more
May 26, 2020 18:41
Find a way to incentivise innovators developing medicines and vaccines, yet ensure access to the innovation is for all. read more
May 24, 2020 14:26
Dozens of researchers across the globe are racing against time to come out with a vaccine for coronavirus that has infected nearly five million people and killed over 3,30,000 globally. read more
May 23, 2020 11:47
As the coronavirus pandemic shows no sign of abating with the global cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus surpassing 5.2 million and deaths crossing 338,000, the race to find a cure for it including a drug and a vaccine has also gained momentum. read more
