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Researchers discover new antibody that reduces severity of COVID-19 infection
ExpressPharma
November 05, 2021
Scientists have identified and tested an antibody that limits the severity of infections from a variety of coronaviruses, including those that cause COVID-19 as well as SARS.
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Study Gives Hope for 'Dream' Vaccine Against All COVID Variants
drugs
August 24, 2021
A multi-purpose vaccine that would protect humans against any future COVID-19 variants could one day be possible, a new study suggests.
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Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical Partners With Duke-NUS Medical School for a Phase 2 Trial for a New COVID 19 Treatment
americanpharmaceuticalreview
August 13, 2021
Sen-Jam, a life-science startup led by Registered Pharmacist Jacqueline Iversen, has partnered with researcher Ashley St. John PhD of the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, to trial a novel combination of two proven drug molecules that may work ...
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Search for COVID-19 drugs boosted by SARS discovery
worldpharmanews
August 28, 2020
An extensive search and testing of current drugs and drug-like compounds has revealed compounds previously developed to fight SARS might also work against COVID-19.
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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine appears to clear safety hurdle in mouse study
expresspharma
June 16, 2020
Prior studies on a vaccine for SARS - a close cousin to the new virus that causes COVID-19 - suggests vaccines against this type of virus might have the unintended effect of causing more severe disease when the vaccinated person is later exposed to the ..
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Study finds novel coronavirus can remain stable for days
pharmaceutical-technology
March 19, 2020
A study led by the US National Institutes of Health found that the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can be viable in air for several hours and on surfaces for days.
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New findings show SARS drugs can help treat Covid-19
pharmaceutical-technology
March 04, 2020
Researchers in the US have mapped a SARS-CoV-2 protein, which could help use drugs developed to treat SARS coronavirus as effective treatments for the new Covid-19 disease.
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Strong efficacy but serious side-effects with Spark's haemophilia drug drop shares by 30%
pharmafile
August 09, 2018
Spark Therapeutics has been left reeling after it revealed new data on its haemophilia A treatment, which, while promising in efficacy, left investors disappointed and share price plummeting.