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Twice-weekly coronavirus tests for all
pharmatimes
April 07, 2021
The government has announced plans for everyone in England to be able to access free, regular, rapid coronavirus testing from April 9, in a bid to further reduce the spread of the virus by capturing those that are carriers but symptom free.
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India’s vaccine endeavour truly a ‘Vaccineyaan’: Renu Swarup
expresspharma
April 06, 2021
India’s vaccine endeavour in fighting the novel coronavirus can truly be termed ‘vaccineyaan’ because it is going all over the world, said Department of Biotechnology Secretary Renu Swarup.
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MIMS Research Foundation is developing a novel drug to treat coronavirus
expresspharma
April 01, 2021
MIMS Research Foundation, a research arm of Aster DM Healthcare is developing a polyclonal antibody to stop cytokine storm in coronavirus. The researchers aim to prevent coronavirus related deaths with the novel drug.
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Researchers reveal novel coronavirus jumped from bats to humans with ”very little change”
expresspharma
March 16, 2021
However, some changes such as the D614G mutation, and similar tweaks in the virus spike protein has affected its biology.
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Novavax vaccine shows 96 per cent efficacy against original coronavirus, 86 per cent against UK variant
expresspharma
March 15, 2021
Novavax plans to produce its two-shot vaccine at eight manufacturing locations, including the Serum Institute of India.
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Vaccine development software shows promise in influenza effort, could help defeat coronavirus
worldpharmanews
March 04, 2021
A novel computer algorithm that could create a broadly reactive influenza vaccine for swine flu also offers a path toward a pan-influenza vaccine and possibly a pan-coronavirus vaccine as well, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications.
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Could a nasal spray prevent coronavirus transmission?
worldpharmanews
February 22, 2021
A nasal antiviral created by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons blocked transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets, suggesting the nasal spray also may prevent infection in people exposed to the new coronavirus ...
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Japan Health Ministry finds new coronavirus variant
expresspharma
January 12, 2021
The variant was identified in airport tests on a man in his 40s, a woman in her 30s and two teens, the ministry said.
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India has key role to play in equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines: Industry experts
expresspharma
December 28, 2020
With vaccine rollout beginning in some countries, the world ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic is looking to India for the large-scale production and supply of coronavirus vaccines as it enters 2021.
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Moderna expects its COVID-19 vaccine to protect against UK coronavirus variant
expresspharma
December 25, 2020
Moderna said it expects that the immunity induced by its COVID-19 vaccine would be protective against the coronavirus variants reported in the UK.