Trials of a vaccine and new drug raise hope of beating COVID-19

20 July 2020 - The latest tests with Oxford University’s vaccine, and interferon beta, look promising. ...

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Many drug companies working on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments are lobbying harder than usual

20 July 2020 - Pharmaceutical companies racing to develop coronavirus treatments and vaccines have upped their lobbying presence in the ...

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Deep dive into big pharma AI productivity: one study shaking the pharmaceutical industry

15 July 2020 - The pharmaceutical business is perhaps the only industry on the planet, where to get the product from ...

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The COVID-19 vaccine development multiverse

14 July 2020 - Leaving in its wake more than 12 million infections, over 550,000 deaths, and an economic toll in ...

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The development of COVID-19 vaccines: safeguards needed

6 July 2020 - A safe and effective vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the best way to control and ...

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Developing a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine at warp speed

6 July 2020 - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has unleashed major and substantial changes in the provision of health ...

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FDA takes action to help facilitate timely development of safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines

30 June 2020 - Today, the U.S. FDA took important action to help facilitate the timely development of safe and effective ...

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Clinical trial costs to develop a new drug may actually be rather modest — or so one study suggests

18 June 2020 - For years, the pharmaceutical industry has maintained that the costs to develop medicines accounts for rising ...

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Price limits will scare off COVID-19 vaccine makers, Fauci warns

10 June 2020 - More than one vaccine will be needed, Fauci says. ...

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U.K. lab to sidestep pharma industry to sell potential virus vaccine

7 June 2020 - Imperial College aims to develop a vaccine that is cheaper and easier to manufacture and is forming ...

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The quest for a vaccine could restore faith in big pharma

 4 June 2020 - The boffins of AstraZeneca are showing the way forward ...

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Trump Administration selects five coronavirus vaccine candidates as finalists

3 June 2020 - The Trump administration has selected five companies, including Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer, as the most likely ...

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The FDA should not rush a COVID-19 vaccine

2 June 2020 - Vaccines are widely expected to offer the best way out of the COVID-19 pandemic.  ...

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Tax payers paid to develop remdesivir but will have no say when Gilead sets the price

27 May 2020 - Critics say government deserves more credit for tens of millions in public money spent to develop coronavirus ...

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U.S. is ahead of China in vaccine race, former FDA chief says

24 May 2020 - Data on Chinese vaccines in clinical development “didn’t look overwhelmingly strong,” Scott Gottlieb said. ...

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