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Lancaster academic sees positives in first published clinical trial of COVID-19 treatment
worldpharmanews
April 07, 2020
A Lancaster University statistician who worked on the first published large randomised clinical trial for a potential treatment for the COVID-19 virus said the scientific community was coming together to combat the coronavirus.
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Biomerica Signs Agreements with Mount Sinai Medical School to Scale-up COVID-19 Serological Test
americanpharmaceuticalreview
April 07, 2020
Biomerica has signed two separate definitive license agreements with Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine in New York to license technologies pertaining to a laboratory version serological test ...
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Ansun Biopharma Announces Positive Results for Novel COVID-19 Treatment
americanpharmaceuticalreview
April 07, 2020
Ansun Biopharma announced preliminary data from an investigator-initiated trial of DAS181, a recombinant sialidase with broad antiviral properties, for the treatment of severe COVID-19 infection.
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PharmaMar Submits Trial of Aplidin for COVID-19 to Spanish Medicines Agency
americanpharmaceuticalreview
April 07, 2020
PharmaMar has announced the APLICOV clinical trial protocol for Aplidin® (plitidepsin) was submitted to the Spanish Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency (AEMPS).
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USP Offers Hand Sanitizer Toolkit in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
americanpharmaceuticalreview
April 07, 2020
The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) is offering an online toolkit with guidelines from major public health organizations on compounding alcohol-based hand sanitizers and the preparation of hand sanitizers by manufacturers, pharmacies and other facilities.
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Fluxergy Submits Request for EUA for One-Hour COVID-19 Test at Point-of-Care
americanpharmaceuticalreview
April 07, 2020
Fluxergy has submitted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
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COVID-19 Clinical Research Coalition to accelerate coronavirus R&D in resource-poor countries
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 07, 2020
The coalition has been formed to find R&D solutions for low- and middle-income countries to limit the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in areas with fragile healthcare systems.
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India to import PPE from China in COVID-19 fight, says report
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 07, 2020
New reports say that India will stock up on personal protective equipment and ventilators by banning exports and importing from China.
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EMA recommendations on compassionate use of remdesivir for COVID-19
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 07, 2020
The European Medicines Agency has released recommendations about which patients could benefit from remdesivir and the possible criteria for compassionate use of the drug.
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Pharma programmes for employees to volunteer in fight against COVID-19
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 07, 2020
Lilly, Merck and Pfizer have announced how they will enable their employees to volunteer in programmes to combat COVID-19 while on base pay.