Tag: pharmaceuticals
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Venture Fund to Back Covid-19 Start-Ups
A life science incubator company plans to fund eight start-up enterprises developing diagnostics, vaccines, or treatments for the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Trial to Test Arthritis Drug for Covid-19 Pneumonia
A clinical trial is beginning soon that tests a current drug for rheumatoid arthritis as a treatment for severe pneumonia in patients with Covid-19 infections.
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Engineered Blood Cells Created for Cancer Therapies
An academic lab and spin-off company are developing engineered white blood cells with added cancer-killing proteins to attack solid tumor cancers.
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New Venture Formed to Discover Neuro Therapies
Two drug discovery companies are forming a joint venture to discover treatments for neurological conditions based on cannabinoid-like compounds.
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WHO Beginning Covid-19 Therapy Trial
World Health Organization is organizing an international clinical trial to test four treatments for the novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, pandemic.
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FDA Outlines Trial Disruption Steps Due to Covid-19
The Food and Drug Administration outlined steps clinical trial teams should take if their studies face disruptions from the novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, pandemic.
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Patch Delivers Low-Dose Vaccine with Full-Dose Power
A clinical trial shows a polymer patch with one-sixth of the usual influenza vaccine dose generates about the same immune reaction as a full-dose injection.
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Trial Testing Arthritis Drug as Covid-19 Treatment
A clinical trial is enrolling patients with severe novel coronavirus infections to test a synthetic antibody now approved to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
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Commentary – Biotech, Trump’s Latest Casino
If you thought the Trump administration couldn’t bungle any worse its response to the coronavirus pandemic, think again.
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Lilly, Biotech, NIH to Develop Covid-19 Antibodies
Drug maker Eli Lilly and Co., a biotechnology company, and an agency of NIH are collaborating on antibodies for novel coronavirus vaccines and therapies.