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Chinese Man Hospitalized With H5N6 Bird Flu
drugs
July 16, 2021
A man in China has been hospitalized with the H5N6 strain of avian flu, which is one of several potentially dangerous strains that can infect humans.
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Chinese researchers warn of new virus in pigs with human pandemic risk
expresspharma
July 01, 2020
A team of Chinese researchers looked at influenza viruses found in pigs from 2011 to 2018 and found a “G4” strain of H1N1 that has “all the essential hallmarks of a candidate pandemic virus”.
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GSK says science does not link pandemic H1N1 flu vaccine to sleep disorder
expresspharma
May 29, 2020
A spokesman for GSK said the “science has moved on” since concerns were raised about links between narcolepsy and its H1N1 vaccine, called Pandemrix, which was developed during the flu pandemic 10 years ago.
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Study reveals distinct features of deceased COVID-19 patients’ lungs
expresspharma
May 27, 2020
The researchers speculate that the greater degree of clot formation and blood vessel generation in COVID-19 patients may have contributed to the unique lung features.
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UK MPs call for greater action on clinical transparency and trial reporting
pharmafile
October 31, 2018
The UK’s House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has argued in a new report that the failure of clinical trial sponsors to adequately report their findings is leading to a ....
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EMA, MHRA and GlaxoSmithKline blast BMJ’s ‘flawed’ pandemic flu vaccine safety report
fiercepharma
September 29, 2018
he EMA, MHRA and GSK criticized a BMJ report that suggests Pandemrix is less safe as scientifically “flawed and misleading.”