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Study finds Covid-19 coronavirus of natural origin
pharmaceutical-technology
March 20, 2020
A new study led by Scripps Research Institute has shown that the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, is of natural origin and not engineered in a laboratory.
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Covid-19: Entos and Takis to work on separate vaccines
pharmaceutical-technology
March 20, 2020
Entos Pharmaceuticals is set to develop a DNA vaccine for Covid-19 coronavirus infection using its Fusogenix drug delivery platform.
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IMV to progress clinical development of Covid-19 vaccine
pharmaceutical-technology
March 20, 2020
IMV has initiated plans to progress the clinical development of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate, to determine the clinical safety and immunogenicity.
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Stanford’s StartX joins Covid-19 response with task force
pharmaceutical-technology
March 20, 2020
Stanford University non-profit start-up StartX has launched StartX Med Covid-19 task force to mobilise 70 experts in the university’s community to collaborate on and fast track preventive ...
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: FDA issues guidance for conducting clinical trials
expresspharma
March 20, 2020
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a guidance for industry, investigators and institutional review boards conducting clinical trials during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Whole genomes of coronavirus from UK patients sequenced by Sheffield scientists
expresspharma
March 20, 2020
The work forms part of a worldwide emergency response to the outbreak, helping coordinate agile responses to new infectious diseases as they spread and mutate in local populations.
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CSIR-IICT ties up with Cipla to develop anti-COVID-19 drug
expresspharma
March 20, 2020
Hyderabad-based CSIR – Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) has tied up with pharmaceutical giant Cipla to work on development of anti-viral drugs to contain COVID-19.
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111 Launches Free Consultation Services for Chinese Citizens Abroad against COVID-19
prnasia
March 19, 2020
111, Inc. (NASDAQ: YI) ("111" or the "Company"), a leading integrated online and offline healthcare platform in China, announced today that it has started to offer free online consultation service to Chinese nationals living and working abroad through it
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Xi chairs leadership meeting on epidemic control, economic development
chinadaily
March 19, 2020
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on March 18 chaired a leadership meeting to analyze the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic prevention and control as well as the economic development at home
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Chinese mainland reports zero increase in domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases
chinadaily
March 19, 2020
No new domestically transmitted cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported on the Chinese mainland March 17, according to data from Chinese health authority March 18.