Research & Development News
WHO validates Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use and issues interim policy recommendations
WHO today validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving countries, funders, procuring agencies and communities the assurance that it meets international standards for safety, efficacy and manufacturing. The vaccine is produced by the Beijing-based pharmaceutical company Sinovac. Penn researchers discover drug that blocks multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants in mice
Africa urgently needs 20 million second doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Africa needs at least 20 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the next six weeks to get second doses to all who received a first dose within the 8 - 12-week interval between doses recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Nearly half of COVID-19 patients left hospital in worse physical condition
But researchers at Michigan Medicine say a devastating side effect lurks, underreported, between those extremes - the loss of ability caused by the virus.
60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in UK
Why are some COVID-19 vaccines working better for men than women?
If there's one take-home message for the general public about the coronavirus vaccines approved in the U.S., it's that they are remarkably effective.
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Business & Industry
- Novartis acquires Arctos Medical, expanding optogenetics portfolio to bring gene therapies to patients with severe vision loss
- Pfizer and BioNTech announce positive topline results from pivotal trial of COVID-19 vaccine in children 5 to 11 years
- University of Oxford and Oracle Cloud System helping researchers identify COVID-19 variants faster
- Roche opens access to pathology imaging tools to improve patient care
- Pfizer and BioNTech submit a variation to EMA with the data in support of a booster dose of COMIRNATY®
Research & Development
- Therapy using dual immune system cells effectively controls neuroblastoma
- COVID-19 nasal vaccine candidate effective at preventing disease transmission
- How a plant virus could protect and save your lungs from metastatic cancer
- Scientific evidence to date on COVID-19 vaccine efficacy does not support boosters for general population
- NIH scientists build a cellular blueprint of multiple sclerosis lesions
- First-in-human clinical trial for a vaccine to treat opioid use disorders enrolls first patients
- No serious health effects linked to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
Conferences & Events
- Novartis, Bayer and Boehringer Ingelheim to showcase their commitment to a reimagined pharma industry
- Scientists urge for investment now in highly potent vaccines to prevent the next pandemic
- CPhI Worldwide to return in 2021
- Reuters Events' Cell & Gene Therapy USA
- Total health: Build a better healthcare system
- Don't fall for the 'next best action' trap
- Locking down shape-shifting spike protein aids development of COVID-19 vaccine
Regulatory Affairs
- FDA authorizes software that can help identify prostate cancer
- FDA advances data, IT modernization efforts with new office of digital transformation
- ECDC and EMA highlight considerations for additional and booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines
- FDA approves first COVID-19 vaccine
- FDA approves new treatment for Pompe disease