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CEPI establishes centralised COVID-19 vaccine evaluation network
Five labs have been selected by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to act as a global network for the assessment of COVID-19 vaccine immunogenicity.
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Could GDPR be impeding the global COVID-19 pandemic response?
Jasper Bovenberg and colleagues argue that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and associated guidelines has frustrated COVID-19 research, potentially harming global pandemic response efforts.
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Lack of gender equality in COVID-19 decision-making could be costing lives
New research suggests male predominance in COVID-19 expert groups and task forces is undermining the pandemic response.
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COVID-19 vaccine candidate well-tolerated in older adults
The experimental COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273, was well-tolerated and elicited a strong immune response in older adults during a Phase I trial.
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Failure to secure ‘bare minimum’ deal on medicines could put patients at risk, MPs told
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UK politicians were warned that without a post-Brexit deal on medicines, short-term supply delays could be damaging to both public health and the economy.
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Return to work for life sciences: an evolving challenge
Helen Farr, a Partner at Taylor Wessing, discusses the hurdles that life science businesses must tackle to bring employees back to work safely; whether that be working remotely or returning to the lab.
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120 million COVID-19 rapid diagnostic tests made available to lower income countries
The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator reports that new agreements have made millions of rapid COVID-19 antigen tests available to low and middle-income countries.
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Older people likely to be underrepresented in COVID-19 trials, says study
Researchers suggest, based on certain exclusions, older people are likely to be underrepresented in 50 percent of COVID-19 trials and all vaccine trials in the US.
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Has pharma abused the US COVID-19 small business loans system?
A review suggests some large pharma companies were approved to receive paycheck protection program (PPP) loans that were intended to help small US businesses to pay workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Novavax begins Phase III COVID-19 vaccine efficacy trial
The trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Novavax’ NVX-CoV2373 vaccine candidate in approximately 10,000 UK participants.
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EU to receive 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Sanofi and GSK
A contract for 300 doses of the investigational COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been signed by the European Commission (EC).
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EUA requested for potential COVID-19 respiratory failure treatment
An Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) request for the use of RLF-100™ (aviptadil) in critical COVID-19 patients was submitted to the US FDA.
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Serum Institute of India: outsourced manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines
As the COVID-19 pandemic and the search for an effective preventative vaccine continues, the Serum Institute of India has entered into manufacturing agreements with both Novavax and Codagenix to help supply their experimental COVID-19 vaccine candidates.
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Herd immunity is an impractical COVID-19 mitigation strategy, says study
Researchers who designed a transmission model for COVID-19 demonstrated that attempting to establish herd immunity against COVID-19 would be too challenging.
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US expands COVID-19 convalescent plasma treatment trials
Operation Warp Speed and the NIH are funding the expansion of two trials evaluating the efficacy of convalescent plasma therapy in hospitalised COVID-19 patients.
