International regulators discuss available knowledge supporting COVID-19 medicine development

3 April 2020 - On 2 April, regulators from around the world joined the second workshop on COVID-19 organised by ...

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CSIRO scientists in Australia start testing potential coronavirus vaccine on ferrets

2 April 2020 - Ferrets have been injected with two trial vaccines for coronavirus at CSIRO’s Geelong animal testing laboratory to ...

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COVID-19 has changed how the world does science, together

1 April 2020 - Never before, scientists say, have so many of the world’s researchers focused so urgently on a single ...

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Coronavirus Treatment Acceleration Program

1 April 2020 - FDA has created a special emergency program for possible therapies, the Coronavirus Treatment Acceleration Program.  ...

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COVID-19 update: FDA continues to accelerate development of novel therapies for COVID-19

31 March 2020 - As part of the Trump Administration’s all-hands-on-deck approach across public, academic and private sectors to combat the ...

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Advancing regulatory science in the EU – new strategy adopted

31 March 2020 - EMA has published its Regulatory Science Strategy to 2025 today.  ...

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Developing COVID-19 vaccines at pandemic speed

30 March 2020 - Rapid publication of a perspective co-authored by former head of Australian Department of Health. ...

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Clinical trial processes

31 March 2020 - The TGA has received a number of enquiries about processes for clinical trials relating to COVID-19 ...

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Johnson & Johnson announces a lead vaccine candidate for COVID-19; landmark new partnership with U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; and commitment to supply one billion vaccines worldwide for emergency pandemic use

30 March 2020 - Company Expects to Initiate Phase 1 Human Clinical Studies of Vaccine Candidate at Latest by September 2020. ...

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Crowdsourcing to fight COVID-19

26 March 2020 - “We are trying to fly the plane while we are building it.”  ...

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FDA continues to support transparency and collaboration in drug approval process as the clinical data summary pilot concludes

26 March 2020 - As our society becomes more global, it has become increasingly clear that the U.S. FDA needs to ...

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Novartis and life sciences companies commit expertise and assets to the fight against COVID-19 pandemic alongside Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

26 March 2020 - Collaboration to address product development and scale up challenges posed by current pandemic. ...

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Global regulators map out data requirements for phase 1 COVID-19 vaccine trials

24 March 2020 - Global regulators have published a report today presenting the outcomes of a workshop on COVID-19 vaccine ...

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FDA and EMA collaborate to facilitate SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development

23 March 2020 - Vaccines offer a way to build immunity to a disease-causing microorganism before one has ever been exposed ...

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Fast-tracking research into treatments for COVID-19

21 March 2020 - The Australian Government will provide $13 million to fast-track research into treatments for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). ...

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