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Rich countries buy up majority of COVID-19 vaccine doses, People’s Vaccine Alliance says

10 December 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)

According to the alliance, 70 poor countries will only be able to vaccinate one in 10 people against COVID-19 next year after rich countries bought up most prophylactics.

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Universal influenza vaccine shows promise in early-phase clinical trial

8 December 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The chimeric hemagglutinin (HA)-based vaccine induced a strong, functional immune response that lasted at least 18 months.

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Contributing to ACT Accelerator could generate $466 billion for major economies, says Eurasia Group report

4 December 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The report found that the 10 major economies could see a return of more than $466 billion by 2025, 12 times the total estimated cost of supporting the WHO’s Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator.

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WHO urges countries to “step up” the fight against malaria

2 December 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The WHO’s World malaria report suggests the progress in eradicating malaria has slowed due to funding shortages and that COVID-19 disruptions could result in additional deaths.

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Moderna applies for regulatory authorisation for COVID-19 vaccine

2 December 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The company has submitted for Emergency Use Authorization in the US and Conditional Marketing Authorization in Europe for its mRNA-1273 vaccine against COVID-19.

Syringe laid on a map of Africa - idea of vaccine distribution in Africa

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WHO report suggests African countries are not ready for COVID-19 vaccines

27 November 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The WHO Regional Director for Africa urges governments to “ramp up readiness” as report suggests the region is not prepared for a COVID-19 vaccine roll-out.

vials lined up labelled 'remdesivir' with one pulled out with a syringe balanced on it labelled the same

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WHO expert panel advises against use of remdesivir for hospitalised COVID-19 patients

20 November 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The WHO group concluded there is currently no evidence that remdesivir improves survival when reviewing data from 7000 hospitalised COVID-19 patients.

Vial labelled 'POLIO VACCINE' surrounded by a stethoscope and a syringe

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WHO lists first vaccine for emergency use

17 November 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The nOPV2 vaccine has received emergency use listing and will be used to combat outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived polio viruses (cVDPVs).

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Pfizer and BioNTech to supply the EU with 200 million doses of BNT162b2 vaccine

12 November 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

Subject to regulatory approval, EU member states will be supplied with the potentially highly effective BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

Male doctor injecting a woman in the upper arm with a syringe in Africa

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Trial of new HIV PrEP medication stopped early due to effectiveness

10 November 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The trial was stopped because the data suggested that injections of the long-acting antiretroviral drug cabotegravir (CAB LA) are highly effective for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in women.

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200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be made available for COVAX

29 October 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

Sanofi and GSK have agreed to support the COVID-19 vaccine (COVAX) Facility with 200 million doses of their adjuvanted, recombinant protein-based COVID-19 vaccine.

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Repurposed drugs not effective treatment for hospitalised COVID-19 patients, WHO says

20 October 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)

WHO has said that remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon had little or no effect when treating hospitalised patients with COVID-19.

red HIV particle discintegrating while surrounded by white blobs - supposedly antiretroviral drugs

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Study suggests dolutegravir is the optimal first-line HIV medication

19 October 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

Researchers comparing dolutegravir to efavirenz suggest dolutegravir increases viral suppression and has similar rates of adverse events.

Vials labelled 'SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Vaccine'

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Who will receive COVID-19 vaccines first?

12 October 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

EPR’s Hannah Balfour discusses some of the proposed COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans and how medicinal nationalism and supply deals could prevent “fair and equitable access” to COVID-19 vaccines.

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Lopinavir-ritonavir not an effective treatment for COVID-19, study shows

6 October 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)

A clinical trial in the UK has shown that lopinavir-ritonavir is not an effective treatment for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19.

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