Thursday, June 11, 2020
Regeneron has begun clinical development of its anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody combination REGN-COV2. The adaptive phase 1/2/3 clinical trials will assess the effects of the antibodies on hospitalized and nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020
The Trump administration is working to get 400 million needles and syringes needed to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine that officials hope is ready by the end of the year.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech are rushing to develop an mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 and ramp up production to meet demand. How much will that cost? And how will Pfizer price the vaccine? The company has to balance the demand from investors to answer those questions with the need for an effective vaccine, chief business officer John Young says.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the entire healthcare industry hard, but a new study shows which specialties are faring the worst.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Centene Corporation and the National Minority Quality Forum are joining forces to study how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting communities of color.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020
Regeneron vaulted its antibody therapy into phase 1, while Eli Lilly said its own antibody treatment could be ready by September. BioNTech snared more than $100 million in vaccine funding from the EIB, while Moderna confirmed a large phase 3 for its shot. And case counts soared in Arizona post-reopening, prompting a congressman's call-to-action.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020
Follow along with the latest COVID-19 news straight from the Fierce Healthcare team.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020
BioNTech and Pfizer are among the front-runners in the closely watched COVID-19 vaccine race, and as they simultaneously work through development and scale up manufacturing, BioNTech has scored a €100 million financing agreement to help fund production in Europe.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020
A group of independent soda bottle manufacturers working for Coca-Cola has pivoted to help produce the test tubes needed for COVID-19 diagnostic kits.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020
An inactivated COVID-19 vaccine by China's state-owned Sinopharm has induced high levels of neutralizing antibodies against the novel coronavirus in animal tests. The vaccine is made from an inactivated form of the virus—a conventional technology— but it could have some advantages over next-generation platforms.
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